Service 08

Cloud Based Solutions

Scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure and managed services — from cloud migration and architecture design to fully managed SaaS deployments for geospatial and enterprise workloads.

99.9%Uptime SLA
3+Cloud Platforms
60%Avg Cost Saving
24/7Monitoring
Overview

Infrastructure That Scales With You

Modern geospatial and software workloads demand infrastructure that can handle petabytes of satellite imagery, real-time field data streams, and concurrent portal users — without manual intervention or unexpected downtime. Cloud infrastructure is the answer, but it requires expertise to design, deploy, and manage correctly.

Planora's cloud team designs, migrates, and manages cloud environments on AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. We specialise in geospatial cloud architectures: cloud-optimised GeoTIFF storage, tile server deployment, spatial database clusters, and automated processing pipelines triggered by incoming data.

Whether you need to lift-and-shift an existing system to the cloud, architect a cloud-native greenfield application, or reduce your monthly cloud bill through optimisation — Planora delivers practical, well-documented cloud solutions.

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A Planora cloud migration for a state survey department reduced infrastructure costs by 58% while improving satellite image processing throughput by using AWS auto-scaling EC2 and S3 Cloud-Optimised GeoTIFFs.

Cloud Capabilities

PlatformsAWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP
ComputeEC2, ECS, Lambda, AKS, GKE
StorageS3, Azure Blob, GCS, EFS
DatabasesRDS, Aurora, Cosmos DB, Cloud SQL
NetworkingVPC, CDN, Load Balancer, VPN
DevOpsTerraform, Ansible, Kubernetes
MonitoringCloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus
SecurityIAM, WAF, KMS, SSL/TLS, SOC 2
Solutions

Cloud Services We Provide

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Cloud Migration

Lift-and-shift or re-architect your on-premise servers, databases, and applications to AWS, Azure, or GCP — with minimal downtime and a clear rollback plan.

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Cloud Architecture Design

Infrastructure architecture for new applications: compute, storage, networking, security, and cost models — designed before the first resource is provisioned.

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Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Fully automated, version-controlled infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible — reproducible, auditable, and disaster-recovery-ready from day one.

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Containerisation & Kubernetes

Dockerise your applications and orchestrate them with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) for auto-scaling, rolling updates, and zero-downtime deployments.

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Managed Databases

Cloud-managed PostgreSQL/PostGIS clusters with automated backups, point-in-time recovery, read replicas, and high-availability failover configurations.

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Geospatial Cloud Processing

Automated pipelines for satellite imagery ingestion, GeoTIFF processing, tile generation, and spatial analysis — triggered on data arrival, scaled on demand.

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Cost Optimisation

Cloud billing audit, right-sizing recommendations, reserved instance planning, and spot instance strategies to reduce your monthly cloud spend significantly.

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Cloud Security & Compliance

IAM policies, VPC security groups, WAF rules, encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging, and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR) setup.

Methodology

Our Cloud Process

01

Cloud Readiness Assessment

Audit your current infrastructure, applications, and data. Identify workloads suitable for cloud, estimate costs, flag dependencies, and recommend the right cloud platform and migration strategy.

02

Architecture Design & Planning

Design the target cloud architecture: VPC layout, compute sizing, database cluster, storage tiers, CDN, and security perimeter. Cost modelling with 3-month and 12-month projections provided upfront.

03

Infrastructure Provisioning (IaC)

All cloud resources provisioned via Terraform — no manual console clicks. Version-controlled, peer-reviewed, and applied in staging before touching production.

04

Migration & Data Transfer

Staged migration with data sync, DNS cut-over planning, and parallel-run period. Zero-data-loss migration guaranteed by validation checksums at every stage.

05

CI/CD & Monitoring Setup

Automated deployment pipelines, application performance monitoring (Grafana/CloudWatch), alerting rules, uptime checks, and log aggregation configured and tested.

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Handover, Training & Managed Support

Full documentation, runbooks, and dashboard handover to your team. Optional managed cloud operations — Planora monitors and maintains your infrastructure on a monthly retainer.

AWS Azure GCP

Multi-Cloud Ready

We design cloud-agnostic architectures to avoid vendor lock-in — giving you the freedom to optimise cost and capability over time.

AWS Azure GCP Terraform Kubernetes
Tech Stack

Platforms & Tools

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AWS (Amazon Web Services)

EC2, S3, RDS Aurora, Lambda, CloudFront, EKS — the world's most comprehensive cloud platform for scalable geospatial and enterprise workloads.

Certified AWS architecture
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Microsoft Azure

AKS, Azure Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, Azure Maps, and Azure Active Directory — ideal for enterprise and government clients with Microsoft ecosystem alignment.

Gov-compliant / hybrid-ready
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Google Cloud Platform

GKE, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Earth Engine integration, and Cloud Run for serverless geospatial processing at massive scale.

Earth Engine / BigQuery Geo
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Terraform & Ansible

Infrastructure as Code tools for automated, repeatable, and version-controlled cloud resource provisioning across any cloud provider.

IaC / GitOps pipeline
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Docker & Kubernetes

Containerise every service. Orchestrate with Kubernetes for horizontal auto-scaling, health checks, rolling deployments, and service mesh networking.

Auto-scaling / zero-downtime
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Grafana & Prometheus

Open-source monitoring stack with real-time metrics, custom dashboards, and PagerDuty/Slack alerting for 24/7 infrastructure observability.

99.9% SLA monitoring
Outputs

What You Receive

Cloud Infrastructure

  • Fully provisioned cloud environment
  • Terraform codebase (IaC)
  • Auto-scaling configuration
  • CDN & load balancer setup
  • SSL certificates & DNS

Security & Compliance

  • IAM roles & policies
  • VPC & security group rules
  • Encryption at rest & in transit
  • WAF & DDoS protection
  • Audit log setup

Operations Handover

  • Monitoring dashboards (Grafana)
  • Alerting rules & runbooks
  • Cost monitoring dashboard
  • Team onboarding sessions
  • Optional managed ops retainer
Sectors

Industries We Serve

🏛️ Government & Public Sector
🏙️ Smart Cities & Urban
Utilities & Energy
🌾 Agriculture & AgriTech
🏗️ Construction & Infrastructure
🌳 Environment & Research
📊 Enterprise & Corporates
🚨 Defence & Emergency Mgmt

Move to the Cloud With Confidence

Planora designs, migrates, and manages your cloud infrastructure — so you can focus on your mission, not your servers.