Restack helps Australian organisations decide what belongs in the cloud, move it there safely, and run it well afterwards. We work across Microsoft Azure, AWS, VMware and Nutanix, in the cloud and on-premises, and design environments with identity, security, backup and cost control built in from the start.
Most mid-market environments have grown in layers: a VMware cluster that has been extended a few times, some workloads in Azure or AWS, and backup and disaster recovery that were set up years ago. Our work covers strategy, migration, landing zones, security, backup, disaster recovery and ongoing management, across whichever mix of platforms suits the business.
Recent changes to VMware licensing have prompted many organisations to review their options, and a renewal date is a natural point to decide where workloads should live next.
Servers and storage approaching end of support, with a refresh that would lock in another five years of the same approach.
Subscriptions and accounts created project by project, with no consistent landing zone, naming, networking or access model.
Oversized machines, idle resources and no reservations or savings plans, with little visibility of what is driving the cost.
Backups that run every night, with no recent proof they can be restored within the time the business needs.
One or two people looking after servers, cloud, backup and everything else, with little time left for patching, cost reviews or planning ahead. A managed service can take the routine work off their plate.
Each of these can be engaged on its own, or combined as part of a wider cloud programme. Open any card for more detail.
Deciding what should run where, and designing a target environment with the identity, networking, security and cost controls it needs.
Moving workloads in planned waves, each with its own runbook, testing and rollback plan, so the business keeps running throughout.
Ongoing operation of cloud and on-premises platforms, including monitoring, patching, backup checks, cost reviews and change management.
Landing zones, migrations and ongoing management in Azure, closely integrated with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID.
Account structure, landing zones, migrations and ongoing management in AWS, including multi-account environments.
Running, upgrading and right-sizing VMware environments, and planning ahead for renewals under the current licensing model.
Moving VMware workloads out of the data centre and into AWS without re-platforming them, keeping familiar tools and skills.
Single sign-on, least-privilege roles and privileged access for administrators across cloud platforms.
Continuous checks for misconfiguration across Azure and AWS, and runtime protection for virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes.
Cloud-native backup with immutable copies held separately from production, so data can be restored after deletion, corruption or ransomware.
Recovery plans matched to the business's real recovery time and recovery point needs, and tested regularly.
Private, high-performance connectivity between offices, data centres and cloud regions.
Protecting public websites and applications from attacks, bots and denial of service.
Hyperconverged and three-tier infrastructure, with storage networking, for workloads that are better kept on-premises.
A fixed-scope review of your current environment, on-premises and in the cloud, ending in a clear, costed path forward. It suits organisations facing a VMware renewal, a hardware refresh or a cloud bill that keeps growing, and anyone who wants an independent view before committing to a larger project.
Read-only access to your platforms, plus short workshops with the people who know the environment best.
Our consultants review cost, security, resilience and dependencies, and test options against your constraints.
We present the recommended path, the trade-offs and what to do first.
There is rarely one right platform for everything. We help match each workload to where it runs best, and keep the overall environment simple to manage.
Often the best fit when Microsoft 365 and Entra ID are at the centre of the business, with strong options for Windows workloads and licensing benefits for existing Microsoft customers.
Often the best fit for software businesses, multi-account environments and teams building cloud-native applications, with the broadest range of managed services.
A fast way out of the data centre for VMware estates, keeping existing tools and skills while gaining AWS's regions and services.
Still the right answer for some workloads, such as operational technology, latency-sensitive systems or steady workloads where owned hardware costs less over time.
For organisations keeping workloads on their own hardware but looking beyond VMware, platforms such as Nutanix, Proxmox and Platform9 can offer a more cost-effective path. We help assess the fit, plan the move and migrate virtual machines with minimal disruption.
Most mid-market environments end up as a mix. The aim is consistent identity, security, backup and monitoring across all of it, so the mix stays manageable.
Cloud work tends to follow the same three stages, and a customer can start at whichever one fits.
The Cloud Modernisation Assessment, or a narrower review of cost, security or resilience, ending in a clear recommendation.
Landing zone design and build, migrations in planned waves, and backup and disaster recovery implementation, each with runbooks and rollback plans.
Ongoing operation of cloud and on-premises platforms: monitoring, patching, backup checks, cost reviews and change management.
A brand new Azure environment built in two weeks, with identity, endpoint and security operations in place, leading to ISO 27001 certification nine months later.
Read the storyA national generation estate moved to VMware Cloud on AWS in under six months, then doubled in size to segment operational technology properly.
Read the storyRebuilt in Azure in a fortnight, and now run end to end across multiple sites as a managed service.
Read the storyNot necessarily, though a renewal is a good moment to decide. Some organisations are best served by renewing, some by moving to VMware Cloud on AWS, and some by migrating workloads to Azure, AWS or an alternative platform such as Nutanix, Proxmox or Platform9. The right answer depends on the workloads, the skills in the team and the total cost over the next few years.
It depends on the number of workloads and how much they change along the way. A new Azure environment can be built in a couple of weeks, and our renewable energy customer moved a national estate to VMware Cloud on AWS in under six months. The assessment gives a realistic timeline for your environment.
Sometimes, but not automatically. Cloud tends to save money where workloads are variable, hardware is due for replacement or data centre costs are high, and costs more when steady workloads are moved without right-sizing. We model both before recommending a path.
Organisations built around Microsoft 365 often find Azure the more natural fit, while software businesses and teams building cloud-native applications often prefer AWS. We work with both, and many customers use a mix.
Yes. Microsoft Azure and AWS both run multiple regions in Australia, including Sydney and Melbourne, and we design environments so data and backups stay onshore where required.
A landing zone is the foundation a cloud environment is built on: account or subscription structure, identity and access, networking, security guardrails, logging and naming standards. Getting it right first makes everything built on top easier to secure, manage and pay for.
Yes. Restack can run cloud and on-premises platforms day to day, including monitoring, patching, backup checks, cost reviews and change management, alongside your internal team.
Related capabilities: Identity, Security, Network, Data protection and all capabilities.
Whether you are facing a VMware renewal, planning a migration or trying to get cloud costs under control, a short conversation is usually the quickest way to work out the next step.
