Cloud, API & Platform Engineering · Cloud integration

One connected estate across clouds, SaaS and on-prem

We connect your cloud platforms, SaaS applications and on-premises systems at the infrastructure level — private networking, single sign-on, event routing and data pipelines — so they behave like one secure, well-monitored environment.

  • Hybrid connectivity
  • Federated identity
  • Event-driven routing

Overview

Making several environments behave as one

Cloud integration solves a problem that grows quietly: each platform you adopt arrives with its own network, its own user directory and its own way of moving data. Left alone, teams connect them with whatever works that week, a public endpoint here, a shared service account there. The result functions but is hard to secure and harder to reason about. Integration at this level means designing the connective tissue once, on purpose.

Several choices shape the design. Private connectivity costs more than encrypted traffic over the internet but removes whole classes of exposure. A central identity provider simplifies access but becomes critical infrastructure. Hub-and-spoke networking keeps routes manageable; full mesh suits fewer, busier links. Event buses decouple platforms but need schema discipline. Streaming pipelines deliver fresher data than batch jobs at higher running cost. We weigh these against your risk tolerance and budget.

Done well, a new platform plugs into existing identity, networking and monitoring in days, and every connection has an owner and an alert. Security teams can see every path between environments, auditors can follow who has access to what, and engineers can trace a failed data flow back to the link or credential that caused it.

Who it’s for

Built for teams like yours

  • 01

    Hybrid on-prem and cloud

    Businesses keeping some systems on-site, such as manufacturing, warehouse or legacy servers, while new applications run in the cloud and both need to share data securely.

  • 02

    Multi-cloud organizations

    Companies using two or more cloud providers through acquisition or team preference that need consistent networking, identity and monitoring across all of them. Each team keeps the platform it knows best.

  • 03

    SaaS-heavy businesses

    Firms relying on many SaaS tools that want single sign-on, automated user provisioning and reliable data flows into a central warehouse or application. Shared logins and manual exports are phased out.

Why it matters

Hybrid is normal — the gaps between systems shouldn’t be

Few businesses live in one place. Customer data sits in a SaaS CRM, the app runs on AWS, finance uses Microsoft 365 and an on-site server still runs the warehouse. Without deliberate integration you end up with public endpoints, shared passwords and nightly CSV exports. We connect those environments privately, securely and in a way you can monitor.

Where API integration links one application to another, cloud integration covers the plumbing underneath: networks, identity, event routing and the pipelines that move data between platforms reliably and at scale, with clear ownership of each connection.

Every engagement includes

  • Integration landscape mapa diagram of every platform, connection, data flow and identity provider in use.
  • Target designthe networking, identity and messaging patterns chosen, with security trade-offs explained.
  • Connectivity buildVPNs, private links, DNS and firewall rules defined in code and tested.
  • Identity setupSSO, role mapping and user provisioning configured across connected platforms.
  • Pipeline and event buildmessage buses, queues and data jobs implemented with retries and alerting.
  • Documentation & handovernetwork diagrams, runbooks and credential management left in your accounts.

Features

The plumbing between your platforms

  1. 01

    Hybrid connectivity

    Site-to-site VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute or Cloud Interconnect linking offices and data centers to cloud networks privately.

  2. 02

    Federated identity

    Single sign-on across clouds and SaaS through Entra ID, Okta or Google Workspace, with automated user provisioning.

  3. 03

    Event-driven routing

    EventBridge, Event Grid or Pub/Sub carrying business events between platforms instead of brittle point-to-point calls.

  4. 04

    Data pipelines

    Scheduled and streaming pipelines that move records into a warehouse or between systems with validation and lineage.

  5. 05

    Private service access

    PrivateLink and private endpoints so traffic between services stays off the public internet wherever possible.

  6. 06

    Unified monitoring

    Logs and metrics from every connected platform collected in one place, with alerts when a link breaks.

In practice

Integration scenarios

  • Office and plant to cloud

    On-site networks linked to cloud networks over VPN or dedicated circuits, with DNS and routing designed so local systems and cloud apps reach each other privately. Redundant links keep critical systems reachable if one connection drops.

  • One login across platforms

    Staff sign in once through a central identity provider to cloud consoles, SaaS tools and internal apps, with accounts created and removed automatically as people join or leave. Access reviews become a single report instead of a hunt across many separate admin consoles.

  • Cross-platform event backbone

    Business events like new orders or customer updates published once and routed to every platform that needs them, rather than each system polling the others. New platforms subscribe to existing events instead of building fresh connections.

  • Unified analytics feed

    Data from SaaS tools, cloud databases and on-site systems landed in one warehouse on a schedule or in near real time, with lineage showing each source. Failed loads are flagged before anyone reads a stale report.

Process

How we work

  1. 1

    Estate discovery

    We map every environment, network range, identity source, SaaS tool and existing connection, including shared credentials and public endpoints that need replacing. Each connection is given a named owner and a documented purpose.

  2. 2

    Connectivity plan

    We design the network topology, address plan, DNS approach and private access patterns, choosing between VPN, dedicated links and private endpoints for each path. Address ranges are planned so future platforms never overlap existing networks.

  3. 3

    Identity consolidation

    A primary identity provider is chosen or confirmed, then single sign-on, role mappings and automated provisioning are configured platform by platform with access reviews. Legacy local accounts are disabled once single sign-on works.

  4. 4

    Pipelines and events

    Message buses, queues and pipelines are built to carry events and records between platforms, with schemas, retries, dead-letter handling and lineage recorded. Each flow is tested with realistic volumes before it carries live traffic.

  5. 5

    Operate as one

    Logs, metrics and alerts from every platform are routed to one place, connections are labeled with owners, and runbooks cover link failures and credential rotation. A short walkthrough helps your team use them confidently.

Deliverables

What you receive

  • Estate map of platforms and connections
  • Network topology and IP address plan
  • Identity provider and provisioning configuration
  • Event schemas and routing rules
  • Data pipeline jobs with lineage notes
  • Central dashboards across connected platforms
  • Connection ownership register and runbooks

Tools & methods

Networking

  • AWS Transit Gateway
  • Azure Virtual WAN
  • AWS Direct Connect
  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • WireGuard
  • Tailscale

Identity & events

  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Okta
  • SCIM
  • Amazon EventBridge
  • Azure Event Grid
  • Google Pub/Sub

Data movement

  • Fivetran
  • Airbyte
  • Apache Kafka
  • dbt
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Anything else about Cloud integration? Ask us directly.

  1. API integration connects one application to another through its API — your app to Stripe, for example. Cloud integration works a layer lower: private networks between environments, shared identity, event buses and data pipelines that many applications rely on. Most projects need some of both, and we scope them together so they fit.

Let’s work together

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