Assessed workload by workload.
Migration goes wrong when it is treated as one program with one strategy. Some workloads should move as they are, some need reshaping, a few should be rebuilt, and a few should be switched off entirely.
We assess each one, then sequence the work so the lowest-risk, highest-value moves happen first and the organization sees progress early.
Cutover is never a leap. Parallel running and reconciliation come as standard, so you switch over on evidence rather than on a date in a plan.
Typical engagements
- Datacenter exit to Azure or AWS
- Windows Server and SQL Server upgrades
- Monolith decomposition
- Database platform migration
- Cloud landing zone design
What we deliver.
Migration assessment
An inventory of workloads with a disposition, effort estimate and risk rating for each.
Cloud landing zones
Subscription structure, networking, identity and policy baselines set up before workloads arrive.
Re-platforming
Moving applications onto managed services so you stop patching what you do not need to own.
Application modernization
Breaking monoliths along real seams, incrementally, while the system stays in service.
Database migration
Schema and data movement with parallel-run validation and a rehearsed rollback path.
Cutover and decommission
Runbooks, dry runs, reconciliation, and shutting the old estate down properly afterwards.
Tools we work in.
Chosen for your constraints and your team’s skills, not our habits.
TerraformSQL Server
PostgreSQL
KubernetesAzure Migrate
VMwareThree ways to start.
Migration assessment
Workload inventory, target architecture and a costed, sequenced roadmap.
Migration delivery
Execution of an agreed migration wave with validation and cutover support.
Post-migration operations
Running the new estate under an agreed service level while your team ramps up.
Common questions.
How much downtime should we expect?
For most workloads, close to none. Databases and stateful systems are migrated with replication and a short switchover window, scheduled with you. Where genuine downtime is unavoidable, you will know the length before work starts.
Will cloud actually cost us less?
Not automatically, a lift-and-shift of oversized servers usually costs more. Savings come from rightsizing, managed services and commitment discounts, and the assessment models this honestly rather than assuming it.
Can we migrate in stages?
That is the preferred approach. Waves are grouped by dependency so each one is independently valuable and independently reversible.
Have a project in mind?
Tell us about your project and a member of our engineering team will get back to you within one business day.