What does an IT infrastructure consultant do?
An IT infrastructure consultant assesses your current systems, then advises on and designs the compute, network, storage, identity, and automation that run your workloads. At Rapid Solutions that advice is vendor-neutral and open-source-first, spanning sovereign cloud strategy, private cloud and virtualization architecture, DevOps and platform engineering, AIOps and observability, and managed operations - and we can build and run the result or hand it to your team.
Is your consulting tied to specific products like OpenStack or Kubernetes?
No. We work across the full open-source ecosystem and recommend the strongest tool for each layer based on your scale, compliance, and team. That might mean OpenStack, CloudStack, OpenNebula, Proxmox VE, Harvester, or KubeVirt for virtualization; Kubernetes, k3s, RKE2, Talos, or OpenShift for orchestration; and OpenTofu, Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane, or Ansible for infrastructure-as-code. We design to open standards and to your exit strategy, not to a single vendor.
How do you approach a sovereign cloud strategy?
We start with where your data and operations are legally exposed - CLOUD Act reach, cross-border transfers, who holds the keys - then map a target architecture to GDPR, NIS2, DORA, and schemes like Gaia-X, EUCS, and the Sovereign Cloud Stack. The outcome is either hardening your existing provider with EU data residency and customer-held keys, or a fully open-source private cloud inside your perimeter, whichever fits your compliance posture and cost goals.
What is the best VMware alternative after the Broadcom price increases?
It depends on your estate. For straightforward virtualization with a lean team, hypervisor and HCI stacks like Proxmox VE, Harvester, or XCP-ng work well; for multi-tenant, API-driven clouds, OpenStack or Apache CloudStack fit; and Kubernetes-native virtualization on KubeVirt suits container-first teams. We assess scale, tenancy, and skills, then plan and run a migration that cuts licensing cost while keeping full control of your data and keys.
Do you provide DevOps and platform engineering best practices too?
Yes. We advise on CI/CD, GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and AIOps grounded in open standards like the OpenGitOps principles, OpenTelemetry, and the Kubernetes API. We help you choose and adopt the right tooling across the CNCF landscape - from delivery (Argo CD, Flux, Tekton) to monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) - so releases get faster and safer and your team owns the result.
How much does IT infrastructure or cloud consulting cost?
Cost depends on scope, environment size, and whether you need a one-off architecture review, a build and migration, or ongoing managed operations. We scope each engagement to your goals and provide a tailored quote rather than a list price, so contact us to discuss your requirements.