A structured governance and ongoing managed-services programme gives Andaria greater control, visibility and agility as its regulated fintech operations continue to scale.
Rapid growth can place increasing demands on any cloud environment. For Andaria, a regulated fintech delivering business payments, embedded-finance solutions and card programmes, the priority was to ensure its Azure operating model continued to provide the control, security and agility its expanding business required.
Andaria selected ICT Solutions to review and strengthen the environment—and to provide the ongoing management needed to sustain those improvements. The relationship combines governance, monitoring, maintenance and continuous optimisation, giving Andaria a more dependable operational foundation while allowing its internal specialists to remain focused on clients, products and strategic growth.
The Client
A fintech built to make finance smarter
Andaria is a regulated fintech providing business payment accounts, embedded-finance solutions and card programmes to businesses operating across borders. With licences covering the UK and EU, teams in Malta and the UK, and more than 60 people, the company has built its proposition around making financial services smarter, simpler and more secure.
Technology is central to that ambition. Andaria’s cloud-first operating model supports the secure and scalable delivery of digital financial services in a highly regulated market. As the organisation has grown, it has continued to invest in the governance, security and operational discipline needed to innovate responsibly, protect its clients and build services ready for its next stage of development.
The Goal
Scaling cloud operations without compromising control
As Andaria expanded its services and cloud environment, the organisation recognised the value of introducing a more formal and consistent Azure operating model. Its objective was not simply to add technology, but to make cloud resources easier to govern, secure, monitor and optimise across the business.
Andaria wanted clearer visibility of Azure consumption, stronger identity and access controls, and greater consistency in how resources were deployed and maintained. At the same time, its teams needed to preserve the speed and flexibility expected of a growing fintech. The challenge was therefore to strengthen operational control without creating unnecessary friction or slowing innovation.
Transparent cloud economics
Create clearer visibility of Azure consumption and introduce consistent naming and tagging practices to support informed cost management.
Consistent governance and security
Apply repeatable policies, access controls and security baselines across workloads while supporting Andaria’s regulatory responsibilities.
Agile cloud operations
Reduce unnecessary manual effort through centralised monitoring, focused alerts and automation for routine operational tasks.
The Process
A three-phase roadmap for Azure maturity:
ICT Solutions worked alongside Andaria’s stakeholders to create a phased roadmap built around the organisation’s commercial priorities, risk requirements and future growth. The programme combined immediate operational improvements with a repeatable framework for governing and continuously improving the Azure environment.
Assessing the environment
The engagement began with a detailed review of Andaria’s Azure estate and a series of workshops with key stakeholders. Together, the teams defined governance requirements, design principles and operational priorities.
Initial improvements included consistent naming conventions, resource tagging and baseline policies. Microsoft Sentinel was introduced as a central monitoring and alerting platform, giving Andaria a clearer view of activity across its cloud environment from the outset.
Strengthening governance and security
Building on that foundation, Andaria and ICT Solutions implemented a governance framework aligned with Microsoft good practice and the organisation’s own operating requirements.
Identity and access controls were strengthened, security baselines were applied across workloads, and update-management capabilities were introduced to make patching more consistent. The teams also reviewed Azure consumption, identifying duplicate or underused resources and opportunities to manage expenditure more deliberately.
Managing and continuously improving
Following implementation, ICT Solutions continues to support the day-to-day management of Andaria’s Azure environment. Monitoring dashboards and alerting provide ongoing visibility, while routine maintenance and automation help keep operations consistent and reduce unnecessary manual intervention.
Regular reviews give Andaria an opportunity to assess cloud consumption, security controls and emerging operational requirements with ICT Solutions. This continuing management model helps the environment remain aligned with the organisation’s priorities as its services, infrastructure and regulatory responsibilities evolve.
The Outcome
A stronger Azure environment—managed for the future
Through the programme, Andaria established a more structured operating model for Azure. Consistent naming, tagging and governance policies improved oversight; strengthened identity and access controls reinforced security; and centralised monitoring gave the team clearer visibility of workloads and alerts. Duplicate or underused resources were also identified, supporting more deliberate management of cloud expenditure.
The value continues beyond the initial implementation. Through ongoing monitoring, maintenance, operational support and regular optimisation, ICT Solutions helps Andaria preserve the standards established by the programme and respond to changing requirements. Andaria retains the agility of a cloud-first fintech while benefiting from a managed Azure foundation designed to support secure, sustainable growth.
”Growth depends on having a technology foundation that can move at the same pace as the business. ICT Solutions has helped us introduce greater structure, visibility and governance across Azure—and continues to support us through ongoing management and optimisation. This gives our team confidence in the environment while allowing us to remain focused on developing our services, supporting our clients and scaling the business.
Kurt AzzopardiCEO - Andaria
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