From Lift and Shift to Real Impact: Optimising Azure, Ready for AI
For many organisations, cloud migration was a major milestone but it was only the beginning. Despite successful migrations, businesses are often left wondering why costs continue to rise, performance improvements are limited, and the expected return on investment hasn’t materialised.
Research suggests that up to 30% of cloud spend is wasted, while more than half of organisations fail to achieve the business outcomes they expected from their cloud journey.
Join ANS for an insightful webinar exploring what comes after migration. We’ll discuss how organisations can optimise cloud costs, modernise applications, improve scalability and performance, and build a platform that enables innovation, AI adoption, and long-term growth.
Discover the practical steps that can help you move beyond simply running in the cloud to truly maximising its value.
What You’ll Learn
- Why migration alone rarely delivers the ROI organisations expect
- How to identify and reduce unnecessary cloud spend
- The role of application modernisation in driving business value
- How cloud optimisation can improve performance, security and scalability
- Where DevOps and automation fit into a modern cloud strategy
- Quick-win opportunities that can deliver measurable results fast
Why Attend?
- Discover where hidden cloud costs may be impacting your budget
- Learn practical ways to improve performance and scalability
- Understand how modernisation supports innovation and AI adoption
- Gain actionable recommendations you can implement immediately
- Identify quick wins that can help accelerate cloud ROI
Key Takeaway
Migration Is Step One. Optimisation Is Where ROI Happens.
Whether you’ve recently migrated or have been running in Azure for years, this webinar will help you uncover practical Azure optimisation opportunities to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and create a stronger foundation for future innovation. Leave with a clearer understanding of how to turn your cloud environment into a platform for growth rather than simply a place to host workloads.
Meet the Speakers...

Ant Holland
Head of Pre-Sales: Cloud at ANS
Head of Presales with a background in Solutions Architecture in the infrastructure and cloud space, with a focus on business outcomes. Operating across a wide variety of technologies including public and private cloud.

Nathan Heptinstall
Nathan Heptinstall Head of Cloud Delivery at ANS
Cloud Solutions Architect with a background in cloud infrastructure and modernisation, focused on helping organisations optimise performance, reduce costs, and realise greater value from their cloud investments. Operating across a range of public cloud and platform technologies.

Donny Walsh
Lead Azure Consultant at ANS
Cloud and Infrastructure Specialist with extensive experience helping organisations design, optimise and modernise their cloud environments. Focused on delivering scalable, secure and cost-effective solutions that drive business value across public and hybrid cloud platforms.
