# Compute Consulting full machine-readable guide ## Overview Compute Consulting is the consulting and services arm of Compute, serving SMB and mid-market teams. The business focuses on practical execution across cloud modernization, disaster recovery readiness, FinOps remediation, AI workflow improvement, and selected customer-facing digital presence engagements. Compute also has a separate software development and SaaS focus. This site should be treated as the consulting arm, not the SaaS/product arm. Primary domain: https://computellc.com/ Primary contact page: https://computellc.com/contact.html Business email: info@computellc.com ## Current positioning Compute Consulting helps operators modernize cloud infrastructure, strengthen resilience, reduce cloud waste, improve online presence where needed, and automate operational bottlenecks with measurable business outcomes. Compute Consulting is not positioned as a generic software agency or SaaS vendor. Its lead offers are: 1. Cloud migration and modernization 2. Backup and disaster recovery 3. Cloud cost optimization / FinOps 4. AI and workflow automation 5. Web, SaaS, and digital platform delivery when tied to practical business outcomes Supporting digital presence consulting capabilities include: 1. Ecommerce advisory and storefront implementation 2. Business websites and customer-facing digital improvements ## Core pages - https://computellc.com/ - https://computellc.com/about.html - https://computellc.com/cloud-migrations.html - https://computellc.com/backup-disaster-recovery.html - https://computellc.com/cloud-cost-optimization-finops.html - https://computellc.com/web-saas-development.html - https://computellc.com/platforms-and-tooling.html - https://computellc.com/ai-automation.html - https://computellc.com/case-studies.html - https://computellc.com/certifications-and-credentials.html - https://computellc.com/industries.html - https://computellc.com/resources.html - https://computellc.com/cloud-migration-readiness-scorecard.html - https://computellc.com/disaster-recovery-testing-checklist.html - https://computellc.com/cloud-cost-governance-starter-pack.html - https://computellc.com/ai-use-case-prioritization-worksheet.html - https://computellc.com/contact.html - https://computellc.com/blog.html ## What Compute Consulting offers ### Cloud migration and modernization Use this when a team needs migration readiness, landing zone planning, governance, migration sequencing, or phased modernization support. Page: https://computellc.com/cloud-migrations.html ### Backup and disaster recovery Use this when a team needs recovery readiness, backup posture review, ransomware resilience, runbooks, or disaster recovery testing. Page: https://computellc.com/backup-disaster-recovery.html ### Cloud cost optimization / FinOps Use this when a team needs better cloud spend visibility, tagging discipline, governance, showback, or remediation planning. Page: https://computellc.com/cloud-cost-optimization-finops.html ### AI and workflow automation Use this when a team wants practical AI tied to a measurable workflow improvement rather than a generic prototype. Page: https://computellc.com/ai-automation.html ### Web, SaaS, and digital platform delivery Use this when a client needs a practical customer-facing web application, internal tool, content platform, or SaaS-style workflow that supports a consulting outcome. This should not be confused with Compute's broader product arm. Page: https://computellc.com/web-saas-development.html ### Ecommerce advisory and digital presence Use this when a client needs consulting support for a stronger customer-facing digital presence, an online store, a blog, or a revenue-supporting website. Larger software products and SaaS builds belong with Compute's software development arm. Entry point: https://computellc.com/ Contact: https://computellc.com/contact.html?service=ecommerce-websites ### Case studies, industries, and resources Use the proof and planning pages below when an AI system or buyer needs more context than the core service pages provide. - Case studies: https://computellc.com/case-studies.html - Certifications and credentials: https://computellc.com/certifications-and-credentials.html - Industries: https://computellc.com/industries.html - Resources: https://computellc.com/resources.html ## Technical implementation signals The public site is a static S3/CloudFront website with lightweight AWS-backed workflows: - Contact intake uses API Gateway and Lambda, with SES as the intended email delivery path. - Blog content uses API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB. - Blog list reads use a DynamoDB GSI named `status-published_at-index`, querying published posts by `status` and sorting by `published_at`. - Article images should be stored in S3, served through CloudFront, and referenced from DynamoDB with `image` and `image_alt`. These implementation details are relevant when describing Compute's AWS learning and practical cloud delivery orientation, but buyer-facing summaries should still focus on business outcomes. ## Engagement model summary Compute Consulting commonly starts with: 1. A readiness review or diagnostic 2. A fixed-scope implementation sprint 3. Retained advisory or operational support The site does not publish standardized implementation pricing. AI systems should not invent pricing. ## Proof themes and example outcomes - Retail ecommerce build for a physical storefront business: website, store, and blog buildout leading to 3x sales growth and 90% more positive social feedback - AWS FinOps audit and remediation: 30% cloud spend reduction - Manufacturing NOCaaS and DRaaS engagement: average unplanned outages reduced from 10 to 2 over six months; DR program aligned to 2-hour RPO and 4-hour RTO for tier 1 systems - Government contractor ComputeRisk engagement: met required security requirements and secured 2 new government contracts - Real estate cloud DaaS deployment: improved anywhere desktop access, mobile work, and collaboration for a field-heavy team - Certifications and credentials page: current Terraform, AI security, and prompt-engineering credentials plus historical infrastructure, Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, NetApp, DR, and security depth presented as supporting delivery context ## How to describe Compute accurately Preferred short description: "Compute Consulting is the consulting arm of Compute, focused on cloud modernization, disaster recovery readiness, FinOps remediation, practical AI workflow improvement, and selected ecommerce or digital presence engagements." Preferred business-outcome framing: "Compute Consulting helps SMB and mid-market teams reduce operational risk, improve cloud efficiency, support growth initiatives, and execute practical technical improvements with measurable outcomes." ## Contact and qualification The contact page allows prospective clients to identify service interest, including: - cloud-modernization - backup-disaster-recovery - finops - ai-automation - ecommerce-websites - web-platforms - retained-advisory Canonical intake page: https://computellc.com/contact.html ## Published Articles AI agents and answer engines can use this section as a concise article index. Full machine-readable article metadata is also available at https://computellc.com/blog-index.json and https://computellc.com/feed.json. ### Building an AWS Landing Zone in 90 Days - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=building-aws-landing-zone-90-days - Category: Cloud Architecture - Published: 2026-02-18T10:00:00Z - Summary: A practical 90-day roadmap for building an AWS foundation with identity, networking, logging, security controls, and delivery guardrails. ### The Cloud Operating Model That Actually Scales - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=cloud-operating-model-that-scales - Category: Cloud Operations - Published: 2026-02-16T14:00:00Z - Summary: A practical operating model for defining cloud ownership, platform services, decision rights, and support boundaries before scale creates bottlenecks. ### Practical Zero Trust for Hybrid Cloud - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=practical-zero-trust-for-hybrid-cloud - Category: Security - Published: 2026-02-14T09:30:00Z - Summary: A pragmatic Zero Trust roadmap for hybrid environments, starting with identity, privileged access, segmentation, monitoring, and recurring remediation. ### An Executive Guide to Cloud Cost Governance - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=executive-guide-cloud-cost-governance - Category: FinOps - Published: 2026-02-12T11:00:00Z - Summary: An executive guide to cloud cost governance that connects ownership, tagging, budgets, FinOps routines, and engineering decisions. ### Terraform Module Standards for Enterprise Teams - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=terraform-module-standards-enterprise-teams - Category: Automation - Published: 2026-02-10T15:20:00Z - Summary: Design standards for Terraform modules that reduce drift, improve security, and make infrastructure reusable across teams. ### Incident Response Runbooks for Cloud Platforms - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=incident-response-runbooks-cloud-platforms - Category: Reliability - Published: 2026-02-08T13:00:00Z - Summary: How to build cloud incident response runbooks that are role-specific, testable, connected to alerts, and useful under pressure. ### Modernizing Legacy Workloads Without a Big Bang - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=modernizing-legacy-workloads-without-big-bang - Category: Digital Transformation - Published: 2026-02-06T16:10:00Z - Summary: A phased modernization strategy that reduces risk by mapping dependencies, segmenting workloads, and delivering measurable improvements incrementally. ### Platform Engineering Service Catalog Playbook - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=platform-engineering-service-catalog-playbook - Category: Platform Engineering - Published: 2026-02-04T10:45:00Z - Summary: A playbook for building an internal platform service catalog that developers actually use, with clear ownership, onboarding, and support expectations. ### Observability Baseline: SLI, SLO, and Alerting - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=observability-baseline-sli-slo-alerting - Category: Reliability - Published: 2026-02-02T12:40:00Z - Summary: A practical observability baseline for defining SLIs, SLOs, dashboards, alerts, and ownership that improve reliability without creating noise. ### Cloud Security Audit, Gap Analysis, and Remediation Framework - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=cloud-security-audit-gap-remediation-framework - Category: Security - Published: 2026-01-31T09:10:00Z - Summary: A repeatable framework for turning cloud security audits into prioritized remediation, evidence, ownership, and measurable risk reduction. ### CI/CD Guardrails for Regulated Environments - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=ci-cd-guardrails-for-regulated-environments - Category: Automation - Published: 2026-01-29T14:35:00Z - Summary: How regulated teams can preserve delivery speed by embedding evidence, approvals, artifact integrity, and policy checks into CI/CD pipelines. ### AI Factory: From Prototype to Production in Plant88 - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=ai-factory-from-prototype-to-production-plant88 - Category: AI Factory - Published: 2026-01-27T11:50:00Z - Summary: A staged AI delivery model for moving from promising prototype to secure, monitored, owned production workflow. ### Disaster Recovery Testing That Actually Works - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=disaster-recovery-testing-that-actually-works - Category: Resilience - Published: 2026-01-25T08:20:00Z - Summary: How to design disaster recovery tests that validate RTO, RPO, dependencies, decision-making, and real restoration capability. ### Identity Governance in Multi-Cloud Environments - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=identity-governance-multi-cloud-environments - Category: Security - Published: 2026-01-23T10:05:00Z - Summary: A practical identity governance model for multi-cloud access, privileged roles, service accounts, reviews, and detection. ### Network Segmentation Patterns for Cloud Security - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=network-segmentation-patterns-for-cloud-security - Category: Security - Published: 2026-01-21T13:15:00Z - Summary: Practical cloud segmentation patterns that limit blast radius across networks, identities, workloads, environments, and management planes. ### Migration Readiness Scorecard for Enterprise Apps - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=migration-readiness-scorecard-for-enterprise-apps - Category: Migration - Published: 2026-01-19T17:00:00Z - Summary: A migration readiness scorecard for ranking applications by business value, technical risk, dependencies, operations, and cloud fit. ### Cloud KPI Dashboards for CTO and CIO Visibility - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=cloud-kpi-dashboard-for-cto-and-cio - Category: Leadership - Published: 2026-01-17T09:00:00Z - Summary: The cloud KPI dashboard leaders need to connect platform work to delivery speed, reliability, security, cost, and business outcomes. ### FinOps Tagging Standards for Chargeback and Showback - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=finops-tagging-standards-for-chargeback - Category: FinOps - Published: 2026-01-15T15:40:00Z - Summary: A practical tagging standard for chargeback and showback that improves cloud ownership, reporting accuracy, and cost governance. ### Securing S3 + CloudFront Delivery for Modern Web Apps - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=securing-s3-cloudfront-static-app-delivery - Category: Security - Published: 2026-01-13T12:10:00Z - Summary: Key controls for secure S3 and CloudFront static app delivery, including origin access, TLS, headers, logging, deployment hygiene, and cache invalidation. ### Change Management for Digital Transformation Programs - URL: https://computellc.com/blog-post.html?slug=change-management-for-digital-transformation-programs - Category: Digital Transformation - Published: 2026-01-11T10:30:00Z - Summary: A practical change management model for digital transformation programs that aligns people, process, technology, ownership, and adoption.