DEPLOYMENT
Choose the control level your workload requires.
Deployment choice changes infrastructure, data location, model execution, connectivity, keys, administration, support and update authority. It should follow workload consequence—not fashion.
CONTROL MATRIX
Cloud, Private, Sovereign or Air-Gapped.
Select an edition to see how the operating boundary changes.
Cloud
Fastest deployment. Managed operation.
- Infrastructure
- Approved hosted environment; exact tenancy and ownership verified during assessment.
- Data location
- Selected region and provider terms; verified for the chosen architecture.
- Model execution
- Connected model providers and supported open-weight options, subject to account and region.
- External API policy
- Approved and policy-controlled.
- Connectivity
- Internet-connected runtime.
- Update method
- Managed update path with deployment gates.
- Typical customer
- Organisations prioritising implementation speed and lower infrastructure burden.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Deployment follows the workload.
The right answer depends on a connected set of business, legal, technical and operating requirements.
01Data sensitivity
02Sector and jurisdiction
03Existing infrastructure
04Model requirements
05Connectivity
06Operational ownership
07Security and continuity
08Procurement
09Cost and time
Private concerns isolation.
Sovereign concerns jurisdiction and control.
Air-gapped concerns connectivity.
Hybrid is an architecture pattern across environments. It is not a fifth Shofield AI Platform edition.
Separate AI Infrastructure & FactoriesSECURE AI DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT
Turn one qualified AI initiative into a decision you can defend.
Define the workflow, architecture, controls, economics, acceptance criteria and 90-day production route before committing to implementation.