Cloud Innovation & Modernization

We build serverless, cloud-native solutions that innovate faster, perform better, and cost less to run and maintain.

Need to turn your cloud capability into real business value?

Moving to the cloud is not about finding a new home for your servers. The businesses that get the most from the cloud are the ones that use the move to rethink how their technology works, and then build on it. That is truly putting the cloud to work.

At 20fifty, we modernize the systems at the heart of your business and help you innovate on top of them. Using serverless architectures and experienced solutioneering skills, we turn cloud capability into faster delivery, stronger resilience and real, measurable value.

Modernization rebuilds the foundation, and innovation is what you build on top of it.

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  • "I have worked with 20fifty on two noteworthy initiatives for key AWS clients namely a full-stack Lex powered customer facing solution for one of the pre-eminent Financial Services Institutions in Africa; and a serverless enterprise data lake as well as a vendor facing data monetisation platform for one of Southern Africa’s largest retailers. The team’s ability to ideate, execute and deliver scalable solutions using a combination of cloud solutions and innovative thinking in short timeframes, surpassed both my and the end customers’ expectations."

    — Chris Erasmus
    Country General Manager, AWS UAE & MENA

  • “20fifty delivers excellent quality work and differentiated customer service to meet our varied needs. They have invested in great people and equipped them for success to support our requirements.

    20fifty is legitimately a partner of choice to Pick n Pay, assisting us to develop and evolve our strategic roadmap on AWS and to ensure that it is executed in a practical and sustainable way.”

    — Emma Stravrakis
    Head of Data Engineering, Pick n Pay

  • “What impressed me most about 20fifty was their ability to combine excellent service design practices with deep technical expertise in a modern cloud environment. They quickly understood a highly complex landscape, collaborated effectively across multiple teams, and consistently communicated with clarity and professionalism throughout the engagement.”

    — Jan Van Der Vyver

    CTO: Customer, Platforms and Insights, TFG

  • “The quality of work produced by 20fifty is truly exceptional. Their attention to detail, creativity, and innovative solutions have significantly contributed to the success of our projects. Whether it's designing captivating visuals, developing intricate solutions, or providing insightful consultation, 20fifty has consistently demonstrated a mastery of their craft.”

    — Fionna Ronnie
    Head of Customer & Loyalty, TFG

  • “Highly professional team that communicates timelines clearly and honestly, even when it's not the news you want to hear. High-quality delivery and coding. Great expertise on the AWS stack allowing us to make better business decisions.“

    — Nevo Hadas
    Managing Partner, dY/dX

  • “The 20fifty team are completely focussed on delivering customer led value based outcomes while ensuring that they use the latest technology and using speed as a critical currency.”

    — Nathan Eagles
    Old Mutual

Grounding your cloud strategy in reality

Before any modernization initiative, you need a clear picture of where you stand. At 20fifty, our preference is to begin engagements with an AWS Environment Assessment: a structured review of your existing cloud setup against best practice, security standards and cost efficiency, shaped by conversations with the people who run and depend on it.

The result is a practical, prioritized view of what to fix, what to build and what to leave alone, ready to feed straight into your planning.

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Getting the fundamentals right

Modernization and innovation only work when the fundamentals are right. Our focus is on getting those very foundations into place, so that your team can modernize with confidence and innovate without running into the limits of their old environment.

  • Applications. We move you beyond monolithic systems towards serverless. New features and experiments reach your customers when it matters most.

  • Data. We replace self-managed databases with managed data platforms, lakehouses and streaming, giving you real-time insights and the confidence to make intelligent decisions.

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  • Delivery. We put CI/CD, infrastructure as code and DevOps practices in place, making deployments safer and more frequent.

  • Operations. We build in monitoring, automation and resilience by design, so your systems stay available and recover quickly.

  • AI. We use managed machine learning and generative AI to enable workflows, processes and experiences that were not possible before.

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Outcomes your team, and your board, can rely on

When you choose 20fifty as your modernisation and innovation partner, you get more than a cloud build. You get a foundation designed around what your business needs to do next.

If you are going ship features and run experiments faster.

Agility

Resilience

Stay available, with multi-region design and automated recovery.

Cost Control

Pay for what you use, and keep it optimised over time.

Policy-driven controls built in from the start, not bolted on.

Security & Governance

Scale

Move from fixed capacity to growth on demand.

Tell us about the AI idea your leadership keeps asking about, the data you know is valuable but can't put to work, or the model that looks great on a whiteboard, but nowhere else. Bring us the kernel and we'll help you build it into the real thing: the data and architectural foundations that let you innovate and modernize for good.

Modernize & innovate with us

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