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Cloud & DevOps Services

Build, deploy, manage, and scale your applications with cloud and DevOps services from Alive Inc.

The challenge

Why this matters for your business

Modern applications need more than application code. They require reliable infrastructure, automated deployment processes, monitoring, secure environments, scalable resources, backups, and efficient development workflows.

Alive Inc. provides cloud and DevOps services for websites, web applications, mobile backends, SaaS platforms, enterprise software, APIs, databases, and other digital systems.

Our capabilities cover cloud architecture, infrastructure setup, migration, CI/CD, deployment automation, containerization, monitoring, scaling, backups, environment management, and DevOps practices.

What we build

Cloud & DevOps Services, scoped to your workflows

Cloud & DevOps Services

Our cloud and DevOps capabilities can include:

  • Cloud architecture
  • Cloud infrastructure setup
  • Cloud migration
  • Application deployment
  • CI/CD implementation
  • DevOps automation
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Containerization
  • Server management
  • Database infrastructure
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Performance optimization
  • Scaling
  • Backup and recovery
  • Environment management
  • Deployment pipelines
  • Infrastructure security
  • Application modernization

Cloud Architecture Services

Design cloud infrastructure around your application's technical and business requirements.

Cloud architecture planning can consider:

  • Application architecture
  • Compute resources
  • Databases
  • Storage
  • Networking
  • APIs
  • Security
  • Monitoring
  • Backups
  • Scaling
  • Availability
  • Deployment workflows

Cloud Infrastructure Services

Set up infrastructure required to run and support digital applications.

Infrastructure can include:

  • Application servers
  • Databases
  • Object storage
  • Networking
  • Load balancing
  • Caching
  • DNS
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Backup systems
  • Deployment environments

Cloud Migration Services

Move existing applications and infrastructure to a cloud environment.

Cloud migration can involve:

  • Existing infrastructure assessment
  • Application assessment
  • Dependency analysis
  • Data assessment
  • Cloud architecture planning
  • Migration strategy
  • Infrastructure preparation
  • Application migration
  • Database migration
  • Testing
  • DNS and production transition
  • Post-migration monitoring

Application Migration to the Cloud

Applications running on traditional servers or other hosting environments may be migrated to cloud infrastructure.

Migration approaches can include:

  • Lift and shift
  • Rehosting
  • Replatforming
  • Refactoring
  • Partial modernization
  • Full application redevelopment

DevOps Services

DevOps combines development and operations practices to improve the way software is built, tested, deployed, monitored, and maintained.

DevOps services can include:

  • Development environment setup
  • Automated builds
  • Automated testing
  • CI/CD
  • Deployment automation
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Release management
  • Environment management

CI/CD Pipeline Development

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery or Deployment can automate parts of the software delivery process.

A CI/CD pipeline can include:

  • Source code management
  • Automated build
  • Dependency installation
  • Automated tests
  • Code quality checks
  • Application packaging
  • Deployment
  • Environment configuration
  • Post-deployment checks

Continuous Integration

Continuous Integration helps development teams regularly integrate and validate code changes.

A CI workflow can include:

  • Code repository integration
  • Automated builds
  • Dependency management
  • Unit tests
  • Integration tests
  • Static analysis
  • Build validation
  • Automated notifications

Continuous Deployment

Deployment automation can reduce repetitive manual deployment tasks.

Depending on the project, deployment pipelines can automate:

  • Application builds
  • Environment configuration
  • Database migration
  • Application deployment
  • Service restart
  • Health checks
  • Rollback processes
  • Notifications

Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code allows infrastructure configuration to be defined and managed through code or structured configuration.

It can help with:

  • Repeatable environments
  • Infrastructure versioning
  • Automated provisioning
  • Configuration consistency
  • Environment replication
  • Deployment automation

Containerization

Container-based deployment can package applications and their dependencies into consistent runtime environments.

Containerization can help with:

  • Development consistency
  • Deployment consistency
  • Environment portability
  • Application isolation
  • Scaling
  • Automated deployments

Docker-Based Application Deployment

Docker can be used to package applications and their runtime dependencies into containers.

Containerized applications can be integrated into:

  • Development environments
  • Testing environments
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Cloud infrastructure
  • Production deployments

Kubernetes and Container Orchestration

Applications with more complex container infrastructure may require orchestration.

Where appropriate, container orchestration can support:

  • Application deployment
  • Scaling
  • Service management
  • Configuration
  • Health checks
  • Rolling updates
  • Resource management

Cloud Application Deployment

Deploy applications to cloud infrastructure with structured environments and deployment workflows.

Deployment services can cover:

  • Application servers
  • Databases
  • APIs
  • Background services
  • Storage
  • Domain configuration
  • SSL/TLS
  • Environment variables
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Backup

Cloud Database Services

Applications depend on reliable database infrastructure.

Cloud database support can include:

  • Database provisioning
  • Database configuration
  • Access controls
  • Backup
  • Monitoring
  • Performance optimization
  • Scaling
  • Migration
  • Replication where required

Cloud Storage

Cloud storage can support application assets, media, documents, backups, and other data.

Storage architecture can include:

  • Object storage
  • File storage
  • Backup storage
  • Media storage
  • Application assets
  • Archive storage

Load Balancing and Scalability

Applications with increasing traffic may require additional infrastructure capacity.

Scalability strategies can include:

  • Load balancing
  • Horizontal scaling
  • Vertical scaling
  • Application optimization
  • Database optimization
  • Caching
  • Content delivery networks
  • Auto-scaling where appropriate

Cloud Monitoring and Logging

Monitoring helps teams understand application and infrastructure health.

Monitoring can include:

  • Server resources
  • Application errors
  • API performance
  • Database performance
  • Network activity
  • Availability
  • Background jobs
  • Deployment events
  • Infrastructure events

Application Performance Monitoring

Performance monitoring can help identify bottlenecks across applications and infrastructure.

Depending on the environment, monitoring can cover:

  • Response times
  • API latency
  • Database queries
  • Server resources
  • Application errors
  • Background processes
  • Traffic
  • Resource utilization

Cloud Security

Cloud infrastructure should be designed with security in mind.

Security considerations can include:

  • Identity and access management
  • Least-privilege permissions
  • Network controls
  • Secure credentials
  • Secrets management
  • Encryption
  • Secure storage
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Backup
  • Secure deployment pipelines

Backup and Disaster Recovery

Cloud infrastructure should include appropriate recovery planning for important applications and data.

Backup and recovery planning can address:

  • Application data
  • Databases
  • Files
  • Media
  • Configuration
  • Infrastructure
  • Backup frequency
  • Retention
  • Recovery procedures
  • Recovery testing

High Availability Architecture

Applications with high availability requirements may need infrastructure designed to reduce single points of failure.

Depending on requirements, architecture may include:

  • Multiple application instances
  • Load balancing
  • Database redundancy
  • Automated health checks
  • Backup systems
  • Failover mechanisms
  • Multi-environment deployment

DevOps for SaaS Platforms

SaaS applications can benefit from automated deployment, monitoring, scaling, and infrastructure management.

DevOps capabilities for SaaS platforms can include:

  • CI/CD
  • Automated testing
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Environment management
  • Application monitoring
  • Database deployment
  • Tenant-aware operations
  • Scaling
  • Backup
  • Logging

DevOps for Web Applications

Web applications can use DevOps practices to improve development and deployment workflows.

This can include:

  • Source control
  • Automated builds
  • Testing
  • CI/CD
  • Deployment
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Infrastructure automation

DevOps for Mobile Backends

Mobile applications often depend on backend APIs, databases, authentication services, notifications, and other cloud infrastructure.

DevOps support can include:

  • Backend deployment
  • API deployment
  • Database infrastructure
  • CI/CD
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Environment management
  • Scaling

API Infrastructure and DevOps

APIs require reliable infrastructure and deployment processes.

API DevOps can include:

  • API deployment
  • CI/CD
  • Authentication infrastructure
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • Scaling
  • Version management
  • Environment management
  • Secure configuration

Cloud Cost Optimization

Cloud infrastructure can grow in cost as applications, traffic, storage, and services increase.

Cost optimization may include:

  • Resource analysis
  • Instance optimization
  • Storage optimization
  • Database optimization
  • Scaling configuration
  • Unused-resource identification
  • Environment management
  • Infrastructure redesign

Cloud Environment Management

Applications commonly require multiple environments.

We can help structure development, testing, staging and production environments.

Environment management can include:

  • Configuration
  • Secrets
  • Deployment
  • Databases
  • Access controls
  • Monitoring
  • Infrastructure consistency

DevOps Automation

Automation can reduce repetitive operational tasks.

Automation can include:

  • Infrastructure provisioning
  • Application deployment
  • Testing
  • Database migrations
  • Backups
  • Monitoring
  • Notifications
  • Environment creation
  • Release processes

Cloud and DevOps for Enterprise Applications

Enterprise applications can require structured infrastructure and deployment practices across multiple environments and teams.

Cloud and DevOps services can support:

  • Enterprise applications
  • Internal systems
  • APIs
  • Databases
  • Business workflows
  • Reporting systems
  • Integration platforms
  • Secure deployment

How we deliver

Cloud & DevOps Process

  1. 01

    Infrastructure Assessment

    We review the existing infrastructure, application architecture, databases, APIs, traffic, deployment process, and operational requirements.

  2. 02

    Architecture Planning

    We design an infrastructure approach around scalability, reliability, security, deployment, monitoring, and business requirements.

  3. 03

    Environment Setup

    Required development, testing, staging, and production environments are configured.

  4. 04

    Application Deployment

    Applications, APIs, databases, storage, and other required components are deployed.

  5. 05

    CI/CD Implementation

    Where appropriate, automated build, test, and deployment workflows are implemented.

  6. 06

    Monitoring and Optimization

    Infrastructure and application performance can be monitored and optimized over time.

  7. 07

    Ongoing DevOps Support

    Cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows can be maintained as applications and business requirements evolve.

Why Alive Inc

Why Choose Alive Inc. for Cloud & DevOps?

Software Engineering Knowledge

Our cloud and DevOps work is connected to application development rather than infrastructure in isolation.

Application-Aware Infrastructure

Infrastructure can be designed around the actual application architecture and business requirements.

Cloud and Deployment Expertise

We can support cloud migration, deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, scaling, and infrastructure management.

Security Considerations

Access control, secure configuration, backups, monitoring, and deployment security can be incorporated into the infrastructure strategy.

Long-Term Support

Cloud infrastructure can continue to evolve as application traffic, users, integrations, and business requirements change.

Questions

Frequently asked

What are cloud and DevOps services?

Cloud and DevOps services cover the infrastructure, automation, deployment, monitoring, and operational practices used to build, deploy, manage, and scale software applications.

Can you migrate an existing application to the cloud?

Yes. Cloud migration can include infrastructure assessment, architecture planning, application migration, database migration, testing, deployment, and post-migration support.

Can you set up CI/CD?

Yes. CI/CD pipelines can automate application builds, testing, deployment, environment configuration, and other software delivery processes.

Can you deploy applications using Docker?

Yes. Docker-based deployment can be implemented where containerization is appropriate for the application's architecture and operational requirements.

Do you provide Kubernetes services?

Kubernetes and container orchestration can be used for applications that have appropriate scale and infrastructure requirements.

Can you manage cloud databases?

Yes. Cloud database services can include provisioning, configuration, backups, monitoring, performance optimization, migration, and scaling.

Can you set up cloud monitoring?

Yes. Application and infrastructure monitoring can track resources, availability, performance, errors, logs, and other operational information.

Can you optimize cloud costs?

Yes. Cloud infrastructure can be assessed for resource utilization, storage, databases, scaling, environments, and other cost drivers.

Can you set up backup and disaster recovery?

Yes. Backup and recovery strategies can be designed around application data, infrastructure, recovery requirements, and business priorities.

Can you support SaaS cloud infrastructure?

Yes. SaaS platforms can use cloud infrastructure, automated deployments, monitoring, scaling, backups, and other DevOps practices.

Can DevOps help with mobile applications?

Yes. DevOps can support the cloud backend, APIs, databases, deployment pipelines, environments, and infrastructure used by mobile applications.

Can you manage an existing cloud environment?

Yes. We can assess existing infrastructure and provide ongoing support, optimization, deployment, monitoring, and modernization where appropriate.

How much do cloud and DevOps services cost?

Cost depends on infrastructure complexity, cloud environment, application scale, number of environments, monitoring requirements, deployment automation, migration scope, and ongoing support requirements.

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