03 — CLOUD & PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE / ENGINEERED FOR REALITY

Cloud is a platform.
Not the strategy.

The right cloud architecture starts with the challenge — not a catalogue of services. REMVOO connects platform decisions with security, integration, delivery and operations.

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REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE01 / 04

01BUSINESS OUTCOME↘

02APPLICATIONS + INTEGRATION↘

03CLOUD PLATFORM + SECURITY↘

04DELIVERY + OPERATIONS●

ARCHITECTURE → DECISIONS → EXECUTION

AZURE EXPERTISEVENDOR-INDEPENDENT THINKINGBUILT FOR OPERATIONS

01THE REAL QUESTION

Choosing the cloud is easy.
Designing the right architecture isn't.

Cloud transformation is not about using as many services as possible. It's about decisions that are secure, scalable, operable and right for the organisation — today and when the next change arrives.

02ARCHITECTURE DISCIPLINES

Not a collection of services.
One coherent system.

NETWORK / SECURITY / IDENTITY

Platform foundations

Build the right foundation.

Network boundaries, identity, private connectivity, security, resilience and data residency. Designed for the actual constraints of the organisation.

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API / EVENTS / DATA

Applications & integration

Connect the moving parts.

Application platforms, APIs, events, data flows and distributed services that can evolve without forcing every system to move together.

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BICEP / CI-CD / DEVSECOPS

Delivery by design

Make change repeatable.

Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, environments, secrets, deployment strategies and DevSecOps embedded into the architecture from the beginning.

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OBSERVABILITY / OPERATIONS

Operational reality

Design beyond go-live.

Observability, ownership, cost awareness, recovery and handover. A platform is only successful when teams can operate it with confidence.

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03PLATFORM THINKING

Azure expertise.
Without Azure tunnel vision.

Azure is a major part of our hands-on experience: from Functions, App Services and Cosmos DB to networking, security, Azure DevOps and Bicep. But architecture is bigger than one vendor. Where the context demands it, we consider AWS, Kubernetes and OpenShift too.

The choice follows the requirements, the existing landscape and who will operate the solution after go-live.

TECHNOLOGY / CONTEXTNOT A SHOPPING LIST

CLOUDMicrosoft AzureAWS

PLATFORMKubernetesOpenShift

APPLICATION.NET / FunctionsAPIs / Events

DELIVERYAzure DevOpsBicep / IaC

OPERATIONSObservabilitySecurity / Cost

BUSINESS NEED → PLATFORM DECISION → WORKING REALITY

04DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Four decisions.
Long-term consequences.

Start with the workload

Requirements decide the platform — not the other way around.

Secure by architecture

Identity, data, network and trust boundaries belong in the design.

Automate what matters

Repeatable infrastructure and releases reduce avoidable risk.

Keep an exit possible

Make conscious trade-offs about portability and managed services.

05ARCHITECTURE IN PRACTICE

Not just designed.
Put into practice.

01 / citizenMNew hospitality platform and Azure architecture during a 34-hotel migration.↗02 / AssignCloudAPI-first SaaS architecture with independently deployable services.↗03 / Saint-GobainFrom monolith to independently deployable services, Azure and DevSecOps.↗

04 / RobecoMoving a financial services website to Nuxt 3, with network isolation and a stronger Azure security architecture.

DOMAIN→AZURE FRONT DOOR→APP SERVICEVIRTUAL NETWORKS · KEY VAULT · BICEP · CI/CD

06BRING REMVOO THE CHALLENGE

A platform is only valuable
when it enables change.

A new platform, a complex integration or a cloud landscape that needs direction? Start with the challenge.