01Platform direction
Cloud, hybrid and on-premises options compared across fit, capability, economics and exit constraints.
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Data and platforms selected for fit, resilience and lifecycle value.
Cloud, hybrid, virtualisation, storage and data services assessed against operating capability and the outcomes they must support.
Service 04 · Data & Platforms
A platform is valuable only when the organisation can operate it, recover it, understand its economics and retain credible options for the future.
Mintec begins with the operating environment and the decision that must be made. Products and suppliers are assessed only after the evidence, dependencies and ownership are understood.
The output is a practical engineering direction that can be explained, delivered and operated.
What we engineer
Designed as a service system.
Each workstream is connected to the people, dependencies, constraints and operational ownership around it.
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02Data protection & recovery
Coverage, immutability, isolation, restore evidence and recovery timing aligned to critical services.
03Lifecycle & operations
Support position, skills, observability, automation and ownership designed into the platform direction.
Delivery model
From operating reality to engineered outcome.
Mintec separates the decision from the preferred answer, then carries the reasoning through to engineering and operation.
01Context
Define the environment, constraints, ownership and the outcome that matters.
02Evidence
Measure service behaviour, dependencies, risk and operating capability.
03Options
Compare viable directions, trade-offs, sequencing and exit constraints.
04Outcome
Engineer the chosen direction into delivery, ownership and measurable improvement.
Data & PlatformsTypical outputs
Work that moves the decision forward.
- Platform option comparison
- Cloud and hybrid architecture
- Storage and data-service design
- Backup and recovery evidence model
- Lifecycle and cost analysis
- Migration and operating roadmap
The scope can be narrow or cross-domain. The deliverables are tailored to the decision rather than forced into a generic checklist.
Technology ecosystem
Experience across the platforms in the environment.
Platform knowledge supports the analysis. It does not predetermine the recommendation.
Microsoft AzureAWSDell TechnologiesVMwareVeeamLinuxPostgreSQL
Related decisions
Questions that commonly shape this service.
Use the Decision Centre to frame the uncertainty before committing architecture or procurement.
Data & Platforms conversation
Bring one data & platforms decision that needs evidence.
We will begin with the environment, the constraints and the outcome—not a product demonstration.