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Your Cloud on Autopilot: Optimized, Secured, and Always Available

Transform your cloud from a management burden into a competitive advantage. Guardian combines AWS Well-Architected best practices with AI-powered automation to deliver enterprise-grade cloud operations at a fraction of traditional costs.

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99.99% uptime with guaranteed SLAs

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80% fewer manual cloud tasks

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Always optimized with Sage integration

Cloud Management is Broken

The Hidden Cost of DIY Cloud Operations:

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40% of engineering time wasted on routine cloud tasks

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3AM wake-up calls for incidents that could self-heal

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Millions in waste from unoptimized resources

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Security gaps from inconsistent patching and configuration

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Compliance risks from manual processes

Meanwhile, your competition is building features while you're managing infrastructure.

Why Traditional Managed Services Fall Short

The Old Model Doesn't Work:

High staffing costs instead of smart automation

Reactive support instead of proactive optimization

Generic runbooks instead of AI-powered intelligence

Disjointed tools that fail to integrate

No integration between cost, operations, and automation

Introducing skie Guardian

The First Truly Intelligent Managed Cloud Service

Guardian revolutionizes cloud management by combining:

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AWS Well-Architected expertise

built into every process

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Automated optimization

via Sage integration

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AI-powered operations

through Muse capabilities

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24/7 expert support

when human intelligence is needed

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Guaranteed SLAs

with automatic credits

The Guardian Difference

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Self-Optimizing Cloud

Sage recommendations automatically implemented—your cloud improves continously

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AI-Powered Operations

Muse automates repetitive tasks, from incident enrichment to report generation

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Proactive Security

Automated patching, continuous compliance, and threat detection

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Total Transparency

Real-time dashboards, detailed reporting, and clear accountability

Guardian Plans

Choose Your Level of Cloud Freedom

Guardian Flex

Essential Monitoring & Response

Perfect for: Teams who want to maintain control while offloading monitoring

What's Included:

  • 24/7 monitoring and alerting
  • Incident response (30-min SLA for Sev1/2)
  • Infrastructure security management
  • Automated OS and DB patching
  • Backup management with 24-hour RPO
  • Monthly reporting and reviews
Customer-managed: Resource provisioning and access management
Monthly Starting Price: $2,500
Learn More About Flex →

Guardian Premium

Enterprise-Grade Resilience

Designed for: Mission-critical workloads demanding maximum uptime

Everything in Advanced, plus:

  • 15-minute response for Sev1 incidents
  • 3-hour resolution SLA for Sev1
  • 20-minute RPO with AWS DRS
  • 2-hour RTO for disaster recovery
  • Regional disaster recovery protection
  • Executive quarterly reviews
  • Priority support queue
You Get: Peace of mind for your most critical systems
Monthly Starting Price: Custom
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Seamless Tier Progression

Start with Flex and upgrade anytime:

  • Flex → Advanced: After environment audit
  • Advanced → Premium: Instant upgrade
  • Optio to downgrade after 6 months on Premium

The Power of Integration

Guardian + Sage + Muse = Autonomous Cloud

Continuous Optimization Loop

Sage Analyzes
Finds Savings
Guardian Implements
Muse Automates
Repeat

Real Example:

  • Sage identifies: 200 oversized instances costing $50K/month extra
  • Guardian executes: Automated rightsizing during maintenance windows
  • Muse documents: Updates runbooks and notifies stakeholders
  • Result: $600K annual savings with zero manual effort

Intelligent Incident Response

Without Guardian:

  • Engineer woken at 3AM
  • 30 minutes to understand issue
  • 45 minutes searching through documentation
  • 2 hours to resolve
  • Manual report writing

With Guardian + Muse:

  • AI enriches incident with past resolutions
  • Auto-remediation attempts first
  • Engineer only engaged if needed
  • 70% faster resolution
  • Automated RCA generation

Comprehensive Service Coverage

What Guardian Manages

Core Infrastructure (Group A)

Full management and optimization:

  • EC2, EBS, EFS, FSx
  • Load Balancers (ELB/ALB/NLB)
  • VPC and networking
  • Backup management & recovery services
  • License management

Platform Services (Group B)

Provisioning and configuration via CloudFlex:

  • Containers (ECS, EKS, ECR)
  • Serverless (Lambda, API Gateway)
  • Databases (RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift)
  • Advanced AWS security services (WAF, GuardDuty, Shield)
  • Analytics (Athena, QuickSight)
  • 40+ additional AWS services

CloudFlex Hours

Flexible hours for:

  • Group B service provisioning
  • Project support
  • Vulnerability remediation
  • Additional consulting

Security & Compliance Features

Built-In Security Controls:

  • Identity Management: Single Sign-On (SSO) with enforced MFA
  • Threat Detection: GuardDuty + CrowdStrike Falcon
  • Vulnerability Mgmt: Monthly patching + Inspector
  • Network Security: Multi-layered protection with AWS Shield
  • Compliance: SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-ready configurations
  • Incident Response: 24/7 security monitoring

SLA Guarantees

Performance You Can Count On

Metric Flex Advanced Premium
Response Time (Sev1) 30 min 30 min 15 min
Resolution Time (Sev1) - - 3 hours
Backup RPO 24 hours 24 hours 20 min
Backup RTO - 4 hrs/TB 4 hrs/TB
DR RPO - 24 hours 20 min
DR RTO - 48 hours 2 hours
Availability 99.9% 99.9% 99.99%

Automatic Credits: Miss an SLA? Get credited automatically—no arguments, no hassle.

The Guardian Experience

How We Work Together

Week 1-2: Onboarding

  • Environment assessment
  • Security audit and remediation
  • Monitoring setup
  • Runbook creation with Muse
  • Team introductions

Ongoing Partnership

  • Weekly: Change control and planning (1 hour)
  • Monthly: Performance review and optimization (1 hour)
  • Quarterly: Executive strategy session (1 hour)
  • 24/7: Monitoring and incident response
  • Continuous: Optimization via Sage integration

Your Dedicated Team

  • Cloud Architect (named resource)
  • Technical Account Manager
  • 24/7 DevOps team
  • Security specialists
  • FinOps experts