Author: Buxton Team

Cloud adoption promised flexibility, scalability, and faster innovation. For many organizations, those promises have been fulfilled – but often at a cost far higher than expected. What started as a move to reduce capital expenditure has, in many cases, resulted in unpredictable and steadily rising …

As technology becomes more central to business operations, organizations face a critical decision: should IT be managed entirely in-house, or should some responsibilities be handled through managed service providers? This question is no longer just about cost – it is about resilience, scalability, skills, and …

For many years, IT security was treated as a defensive layer applied after systems were built and deployed. Firewalls were configured, antivirus tools were installed, and incident response plans were documented – often with the assumption that serious breaches were rare events. That assumption no …

Modern enterprises no longer operate on a single system or platform. Over time, organizations accumulate ERP systems, CRM platforms, custom applications, cloud services, partner portals, and third-party tools. Each system may perform its role well in isolation, but without effective integration, the overall IT ecosystem …

Technology environments today are evolving at a pace that few organizations were designed to handle. Cloud platforms, cybersecurity threats, regulatory pressures, distributed workforces, and rising customer expectations have fundamentally changed how IT operates. In this environment, resilience is no longer a “nice to have” capability. …

IT modernization has become a board-level priority for many organizations. Cloud adoption, application modernization, cybersecurity upgrades, automation, and AI initiatives dominate technology roadmaps. Yet despite heavy investment, many modernization programs fail to deliver lasting value. The root cause is rarely technology. Most failures stem from …

Digital transformation initiatives often begin with ambitious goals—cloud migration, automation, cybersecurity modernization, or application modernization. Yet many of these initiatives fail to deliver expected outcomes, not because the technology is flawed, but because organizations skip a critical first step: a structured IT assessment. An IT …

Infrastructure projects have always been complex undertakings. Whether involving data centers, networks, cloud foundations, or enterprise platforms, these projects require precise planning, coordination across teams, and careful risk management. Traditionally, much of this work has depended on human expertise, static documentation, and manual processes. Generative …

For decades, IT consulting has largely operated on time-based and effort-based models. Engagements were scoped around billable hours, resource counts, or fixed timelines, with success measured by delivery milestones rather than business impact. While this approach provided predictability in contracting, it often failed to align …

Cloud adoption has fundamentally changed how organizations design, deploy, and operate IT environments. Enterprises now rely on a mix of public cloud, private cloud, on-premise systems, and SaaS platforms to support critical business operations. While this hybrid reality enables agility and scalability, it also introduces …