Avatar Managed Services

"Moving to the cloud is expensive."

It's a statement we hear often, but it's usually the result of poor planning rather than the cloud itself.

One of our clients recently transitioned from on-prem infrastructure to Microsoft Azure. By taking advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit, Reserved Instances, and consumption-based Pay-As-You-Go services, we built an environment tailored to their actual business needs.

The outcome was a more secure, resilient, and scalable platform while simultaneously lowering their total infrastructure costs.
Cloud success isn't about lifting and shifting servers. It's about architecting an environment that takes full advantage of the economic benefits Azure provides.

When done right, companies gain better technology, more flexibility, and a stronger financial outcome.

Sometimes, what’s holding your business back is what you’ve been carrying for years.

Driving through this giant Redwood, I was struck by something you don’t notice from the outside.

The tree is still alive. Still growing. Still standing.

But the center has been completely hollowed out.

And somehow, that’s a pretty good picture of what AI is doing to business.

AI is hollowing out the repetitive, inefficient and manual work that has accumulated inside organizations for years.

The goal isn’t to replace the tree.

It’s to remove what no longer needs to be there so the organization can continue to grow.

That’s how we think about AI at AVATAR Managed Services

Don’t start with “What can AI do?”

Start with:

“What should we stop doing manually?”

Then build the automation, security, infrastructure and processes around it.

AI isn’t about making businesses less human.

It’s about removing the unnecessary work so people can spend more time doing the things that actually require humans.

The tree is still standing.

It just found a way to grow around what was no longer necessary.

That’s the opportunity AI gives businesses today.

For more than a century, the American Welding Society (AWS) has played a critical role in advancing the welding profession through education, certification, and industry standards. Their work impacts industries ranging from manufacturing and energy to aerospace and infrastructure.

Organizations with that level of responsibility need technology that simply works.

That's why AWS partnered with Avatar Managed Services.

In this customer spotlight, AWS shares how partnering with Avatar helped improve responsiveness, accelerate issue resolution, and provide a more proactive approach to IT. Instead of spending time chasing technology problems, their team can stay focused on serving members and advancing their mission.

We're grateful for the trust AWS has placed in our team and proud to support an organization that helps build and strengthen industries across the world.

🎥 Watch the video below to hear their story.

"What once took days to resolve is now often handled in hours. The improvement in responsiveness and speed of resolution has had a significant impact on our organization."

We recently sat down with our client, American Welding Society, to discuss their experience partnering with AVATAR Managed Services.

In this first video, they share how we've helped:

✅ Accelerate response and resolution times

✅ Improve the overall support experience for employees

✅ Deliver greater operational efficiency

✅ Provide access to a dedicated Security Operations Center (SOC) for enhanced cybersecurity visibility and protection

Technology should empower organizations to move faster, operate more securely, and focus on their mission...not wrestle with IT challenges.

Thank you to the team at American Welding Society for sharing your story and trusting Avatar as your technology partner.

🎥 Watch the video below.

Jason Wright