Premier AWS partner expands expertise to better serve the growing small and medium business market
CirrusHQ, the UK’s leading AWS cloud specialists and an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Services Partner, is pleased to announce that it has achieved the AWS Small and Medium Business (SMB) Competency.
This latest achievement strengthens CirrusHQ’s position as a comprehensive cloud solutions provider, now holding four AWS competencies: Migration and Modernisation, Education, DevOps, and Small and Medium Business.
The AWS SMB Competency recognises partners with demonstrated proficiency in helping small and medium-sized businesses accelerate their cloud adoption and drive digital transformation.
This specialisation validates CirrusHQ’s proven ability to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions specifically tailored to the unique needs of SMB customers.
Small and medium businesses represent 98% of businesses across all industries and employ 67% of workers globally, making this sector crucial to economic growth.
The AWS SMB Competency program was created to address the specific needs of these businesses, which require solutions designed with their unique deployment models, IT capabilities, financing preferences, and industry requirements in mind.
“Achieving the AWS SMB Competency reinforces our commitment to serving businesses of all sizes,” said Stephen Croke, Chief Revenue Officer at CirrusHQ. “SMBs face distinct challenges around cost, speed, and scalability when adopting cloud technologies.
Our deep AWS expertise, combined with this specialised competency, enables us to deliver precisely the right solutions to help these businesses thrive in the cloud.”
To earn this competency, CirrusHQ underwent rigorous AWS validation processes, including technical assessment of solutions and practices, review of architecture designs, and demonstration of successful customer outcomes.
This achievement underscores the company’s ability to help SMBs rehost, relocate, replatform, and modernise their applications using cloud-native services and modern DevOps principles.
With the AWS SMB Competency, CirrusHQ customers benefit from:
Tailored Solutions: Purpose-built cloud strategies that align with SMB operational models and budget considerations
Accelerated Time-to-Value: Faster deployment and modernisation timelines designed for business agility
Cost Optimisation: Right-sized solutions that maximise return on cloud investment
Expert Guidance: Deep AWS expertise applied to the specific challenges facing growing businesses
End-to-End Support: Comprehensive cloud journey support from initial migration through ongoing optimisation
CirrusHQ’s mission remains to enable organisations to innovate and grow in the AWS Cloud. With exclusive focus on, and unparalleled experience of, the AWS platform, together with unique levels of certification across multiple competencies, CirrusHQ helps customers reap the benefits of the Cloud wherever they are in their journey, ensuring they maximise the performance, security and cost-effectiveness of their workloads.
This achievement comes at a significant time for the SMB cloud market, with small and medium businesses projected to invest heavily in cloud solutions as they seek to compete more effectively and scale their operations efficiently.
For more information on how CirrusHQ can help accelerate your business’s cloud journey, please contact us at info@cirrushq.com or via our Contact page
