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AWS, Azure & GCP Platform Architectures

Public & Hyperscale Cloud

Scale your platform globally on AWS, Azure, and Google Workspace. We implement Terraform infrastructure-as-code, GitOps workflows, and automated cost optimization.

500+

Cloud Instances Managed

30%

Average Cloud Savings

99.99%

Cloud Uptime SLA

Our Public & Hyperscale Cloud Services

From initial cloud strategy through to ongoing optimisation, we cover every dimension of your hyperscale cloud journey.

Multi-Cloud Architecture

Design and deploy workloads across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud using cloud-agnostic patterns that prevent lock-in and optimise cost vs performance.

Hyperscale Compute & Burst Capacity

Leverage the virtually unlimited elastic compute pools of the world's leading hyperscalers for peak-demand workloads, AI/ML training, and big-data pipelines.

Global Edge & CDN Deployment

Distribute applications and data to hyperscaler edge points-of-presence worldwide, reducing latency for end users regardless of geography.

Hybrid Cloud Integration

Seamlessly bridge on-premise data centres, private cloud environments, and public hyperscale platforms through dedicated interconnects and private peering.

Cloud-Native Modernisation

Containerise and refactor legacy applications using Kubernetes, serverless functions, and managed PaaS services native to hyperscale platforms.

FinOps & Cost Optimisation

Continuously right-size resources, implement reserved-instance strategies, and apply cloud spend governance tooling to maximise ROI on every cloud dollar.

Certified Technology Partners

We architect your solutions using industry-leading platforms. Layots holds top-tier certifications with global technology providers to ensure flawless execution.

Dell
Dell
Lenovo
Lenovo
HPE
HPE
Supermicro
Supermicro
Nutanix
Nutanix
HPE GreenLake
HPE GreenLake
Lenovo TruScale
Lenovo TruScale
Synology
Synology
QNAP
QNAP
NetApp
NetApp
Broadcom VMware
Broadcom VMware
Microsoft Hyper-V
Microsoft Hyper-V
Azure Stack HCI
Azure Stack HCI
Legrand
Legrand
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Stackup
Stackup
Honeywell
Honeywell
Rittal
Rittal
Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls

Why Partner with Layots vs. DIY Hyperscale?

Console config causes drift. Layots defines everything in code and prunes orphaned resources weekly.

CriteriaLayots Managed ImplementationIn-House / DIY
Cloud Cost OptimizationWeekly automated cleanup of orphaned resourcesBills rise unchecked due to idle testing instances
Infrastructure as Code100% Terraform defined and GitOps managedManual dashboard changes leading to server drift
Backup RedundancyMulti-region replication and hot standby database configLocal zone backups, vulnerable to datacenter outages

Enterprise Case Studies

See how we have delivered high value deployments for leading organizations across India and the globe.

FinTech | AWS

AWS Migration and secure Multi-Account Landing Zone

Downtime

10x

Compliance

Passed

Need to scale infrastructure safely and comply with PCI-DSS.

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We constructed an AWS landing zone using Terraform, enforcing centralized logging and strict IAM boundaries.
SaaS Firm | Kubernetes

GCP Kubernetes Microservices Architecture Setup

Downtime

Zero

Compliance

Auto-scale

SaaS platform suffered lag during sudden client traffic peaks.

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We deployed Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) with horizontal pod autoscaling, handling traffic jumps instantly.
Media Co. | Azure

Azure Cost Audit and Storage Optimization

Performance

38%

Compliance

0ms

Skyrocketing storage costs due to unpruned raw video media.

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We configured lifecycle rules, tiering raw assets to Azure Archive Storage and pruning orphaned disks to save 38% monthly.
“Layots migrated our microservices to Google Kubernetes Engine. The autoscaling is instant, and their Terraform setup is clean.”

Nikhil Gupta

Chief Architect, InnoMedia

Your Path to Hyperscale Cloud Scaling

Our proven 7-phase implementation lifecycle guarantees a smooth, secure transition without disrupting your daily operations.

Assess

Deep audit of current infrastructure, licenses, and data.

Design

Architecting the target environment and security policies.

Deploy

Provisioning tenants and configuring core services.

Migrate

Phased, zero-downtime data and systems transition.

Secure

Enforcing security policies and endpoint controls.

Optimize

Tuning performance and rolling out automation modules.

Manage

24/7 proactive monitoring and user support.

Week 1-2: Audit & Design
Week 3-5: Deploy & Migrate
Week 6+: Secure, Optimize & Support
Definition

What Is a Hyperscaler?

A hyperscaler is a cloud provider that operates its own global data centre estate at a scale where compute, storage and networking can be added almost without limit, and where the underlying hardware, network fabric and often the silicon are designed in-house. The term describes the operating model, not merely the size of the customer base.

Owns the physical layer

Purpose-built data centres, private submarine and terrestrial fibre, and custom silicon such as AWS Graviton or Google TPUs. Capacity is manufactured, not rented from someone else.

Scales without redesign

Workloads expand from one instance to many thousands across regions without re-architecting. Elasticity is a property of the platform rather than a project you run.

Sells services, not servers

Managed databases, queues, identity, analytics and machine learning are consumed as APIs, which is what separates a hyperscaler from a large hosting provider.

Is AWS a hyperscaler?

Yes. Amazon Web Services is the largest of them. The commonly cited big three are AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, and all three meet every criterion above.

Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and IBM Cloud are usually placed in a second tier: genuinely global, but with narrower service catalogues or thinner regional coverage. For Indian enterprises the practical shortlist is almost always the big three, because that is where local region availability and data-residency options are strongest.

Hyperscale is not always the right answer

Steady-state workloads with flat, predictable demand are frequently cheaper on dedicated infrastructure or in colocation. Hyperscale economics reward variability — bursty traffic, seasonal peaks, unpredictable growth — because you stop paying for idle capacity.

Layots regularly recommends leaving a portion of an estate on-premise or in colocation. A migration that raises your run rate without buying you elasticity has not achieved anything.

Selection

AWS, Azure or Google Cloud — Choosing by Workload

There is no general winner. The right platform follows your existing identity provider, your licensing position and the specific workload in question. These are the patterns that hold across Layots engagements.

Workload-based guidance for choosing between AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
Workload or constraintUsually strongestWhy
Existing Microsoft estateAzureEntra ID federation, Hybrid Benefit licensing, and Windows Server and SQL migration paths
Breadth of managed servicesAWSThe widest catalogue and the deepest pool of engineers who have run it in production
Data analytics and MLGoogle CloudBigQuery and Vertex AI remain the least operationally demanding at scale
Kubernetes-first platformsGoogle CloudGKE is the most mature managed Kubernetes, unsurprising given its origin
Indian data residencyAll threeMumbai and Hyderabad regions across the big three; verify per-service, not per-region
Avoiding concentration riskDeliberate multi-cloudWorth the overhead only for genuinely critical systems; it is not a default posture

A caution on multi-cloud: running the same workload across two providers doubles the operational surface and rarely improves resilience, because most outages are configuration errors rather than provider failures. Choose it for data sovereignty or commercial leverage, not reflexively.

FinOps

Managing Hyperscale Cloud Cost

Most enterprises overspend on hyperscale cloud by 25 to 40 percent, and almost none of it is exotic. Five patterns account for the overwhelming majority of waste we find on arrival.

Instances sized for the launch, not the load

Capacity chosen during migration and never revisited. Right-sizing against 90 days of actual utilisation is the single largest recurring saving.

Everything billed on demand

Steady-state workloads left at on-demand rates. Committed use and reserved pricing cut those line items substantially, once you know which workloads are genuinely steady.

Orphaned storage and idle endpoints

Unattached volumes, forgotten snapshots, load balancers with no targets. Individually trivial, collectively significant, and invisible without tagging discipline.

Egress nobody modelled

Data transfer between regions, between availability zones and out to the internet is the cost most often missing from the original business case.

Non-production running overnight

Development and staging environments left running outside working hours. Scheduled shutdown is the fastest saving available and needs no architectural change.

The prerequisite: attribution

None of the above is fixable until spend is attributable to a team and a service through consistent tagging. Cost control is an ownership problem before it is a technical one.

Connectivity

Latency, Interconnect and Reliability

Hyperscale platforms publish availability figures for their services. What determines the experience your users actually get is the path between them and the region — which is yours to design, not the provider's.

Private interconnect beats the public internet

AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute and Google Cloud Interconnect give predictable latency and lower egress rates than internet transit. For anything transactional this is the difference between consistent and merely average performance.

Region choice is a latency decision

For Indian users, Mumbai and Hyderabad regions typically deliver round-trip times in the low tens of milliseconds where Singapore adds substantially more. Verify that every service you depend on is actually available in the region you pick.

Read the SLA carefully

Headline availability usually applies to multi-AZ deployments only. A single-zone workload carries a materially lower commitment, and the credits paid on a breach rarely approach the cost of the outage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about our public hyperscale cloud deployments.

Which hyperscale network solutions offer the best uptime and reliability ratings?
Layots architects multi-cloud solutions using AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, and Google Cloud Interconnect with redundant path routing to achieve 99.99% availability SLAs.
How do multi-location enterprises migrate to public hyperscale cloud securely?
By deploying zero-trust network access (ZTNA), automated cloud security posture management (CSPM), and continuous infrastructure as code (IaC) compliance guardrails.
What are hyperscalers?
A hyperscaler is a cloud provider that operates its own global data centre estate at a scale where compute, storage and networking can be added almost without limit, and where the data centres, network fabric and often the silicon are designed in-house. The term describes an operating model rather than simply a large customer base. The defining traits are ownership of the physical layer, elasticity as a property of the platform rather than a project, and a catalogue sold as APIs rather than as servers.
Is AWS a hyperscaler?
Yes. Amazon Web Services is the largest hyperscaler. The commonly cited big three are AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, and all three meet every criterion: purpose-built global data centres, private fibre, custom silicon such as AWS Graviton or Google TPUs, and extensive managed service catalogues. Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and IBM Cloud are usually placed in a second tier with narrower catalogues or thinner regional coverage.
What are the big 3 cloud providers?
AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. For Indian enterprises these three are almost always the practical shortlist, because they have the strongest local region availability — Mumbai and Hyderabad — and the clearest data-residency options. Layots is platform-independent across all three and selects based on your existing identity provider, licensing position and the specific workload rather than a fixed vendor preference.
Should we choose AWS, Azure or Google Cloud?
There is no general winner. Azure usually wins where a Microsoft estate already exists, because of Entra ID federation and Hybrid Benefit licensing. AWS has the widest managed service catalogue and the deepest talent pool. Google Cloud is typically strongest for data analytics and machine learning, and GKE remains the most mature managed Kubernetes. All three offer Indian regions. Layots recommends against reflexive multi-cloud: running one workload on two providers doubles the operational surface and rarely improves resilience, since most outages are configuration errors rather than provider failures.
How do enterprises control hyperscale cloud costs?
Most enterprises overspend by 25 to 40 percent, and the causes are consistent: instances sized during migration and never revisited, steady-state workloads left at on-demand rates instead of committed pricing, orphaned volumes and idle load balancers, unmodelled data egress between regions and zones, and non-production environments running overnight. None of it is fixable until spend is attributable to a team and a service through consistent tagging, which makes cost control an ownership problem before a technical one.
Is hyperscale cloud always cheaper than on-premise?
No. Steady-state workloads with flat, predictable demand are frequently cheaper on dedicated infrastructure or in colocation. Hyperscale economics reward variability — bursty traffic, seasonal peaks, unpredictable growth — because you stop paying for idle capacity. Layots regularly recommends leaving part of an estate on-premise or in colocation, since a migration that raises your run rate without buying elasticity has achieved nothing.
What is a Public/Hyperscale Cloud?
A Public or Hyperscale Cloud is a massive, globally distributed compute and storage infrastructure provided by companies like Amazon (AWS), Microsoft (Azure), and Google (GCP). It allows enterprises to scale resources up or down instantly based on demand, paying only for what they use.
Which cloud platforms does Layots support?
We provide expert-level management and migration services across the 'Big Three' hyperscalers: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). We also specialize in multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures that combine these platforms.
How can Layots help reduce our monthly cloud bill (FinOps)?
Through our FinOps practice, we continuously analyze your cloud spend. We implement cost-saving strategies such as right-sizing idle resources, utilizing Reserved Instances (RIs) or Savings Plans, and automating resource shutdown during off-peak hours, typically saving clients 20-40% annually.
Is my data secure in the public cloud?
Yes. Public clouds are built with 'Security by Design'. Layots further hardens your environment by implementing Identity and Access Management (IAM), data encryption at rest and in transit, and continuous security monitoring via tools like AWS GuardDuty or Azure Defender for Cloud.