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Cloud migration for enterprise applications, planned and tested
We help you decide what moves, in what order and how, then migrate to AWS, Azure or Google Cloud with a tested cutover plan and a rollback path.
- Readiness assessed before budget is committed
- AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or hybrid targets
- Cutover rehearsed, rollback defined
Moving an enterprise application to the cloud starts with understanding what it depends on. Hard-coded addresses, shared file systems, licensing tied to hardware and batch jobs that assume a fixed server usually surprise teams, more than the application code does.
We begin with a dependency and data review, then group applications into waves. Early waves hold low-risk systems, so your team learns the landing zone, networking and operations model before critical systems move. The target can be AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or a hybrid setup, and the right choice depends on your skills, contracts and data rules. Our cloud readiness assessment covers this step as a fixed piece of work.
What a migration plan has to cover
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Dependencies
Servers, databases, queues, identity systems and third-party services the application talks to.
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Data
Volumes, transfer method, sync during the cutover window and how correctness is verified.
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Networking and identity
Connectivity to on-premises systems, firewall rules and how users and services sign in.
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Security and compliance
Your controls mapped to the new environment, with your auditors involved early.
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Operations
Monitoring, backup, patching and incident response for the new platform.
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Cost visibility
Tagging and budgets from the first wave, so spending is visible as workloads move.
Lift and shift now, or change the application?
Rehosting moves a workload with little change. It is a reasonable first step when a data center exit has a fixed date. The cost is that inefficiencies move too, and oversized, always-on servers can produce surprising bills.
Replatforming swaps parts, for example a self-managed database for a managed one. Refactoring makes the application use cloud services more directly. Each step adds effort and potential benefit. Some workloads are better left on premises for latency, data residency or licensing reasons. For code-level options see legacy application modernization, and for data moves see database modernization.
How a migration wave runs
Every wave follows the same pattern, so your team can predict it.
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Prepare the landing zone
Accounts, networking, identity and guardrails are set up and reviewed against your policies.
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Rehearse in a copy
The workload and a data copy run in the target, so problems appear before production is involved.
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Sync and test
Data is replicated, functional and performance tests run, and results are reviewed with your team.
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Cut over with a way back
Traffic moves at an agreed time with a documented rollback path.
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Stabilize and decommission
Monitoring confirms behavior, and the old environment is retired after an agreed hold period.
Common problems are underestimated data transfer time, licensing terms that change on virtual hardware, latency between the cloud and remaining on-premises systems, and cost growth after migration. Cutover rehearsals and rollback plans reduce the chance of an outage. They do not eliminate it.
We cannot promise savings, downtime figures or dates, because these depend on your workloads and contracts. Cloud providers change services and pricing, so we check a design against current provider documentation before relying on a platform feature. Your security and compliance obligations apply from the first wave.
Cloud migration questions
How do you choose between AWS, Azure and Google Cloud?
We compare them against your existing skills, vendor agreements, data residency rules and the services your applications need. Often the business has already narrowed the choice. If you have no preference, we write a short comparison and you make the call.
How long does a cloud migration take?
It depends on the number of applications, data volume, dependencies and how much change you want. We do not quote durations before an assessment. A readiness review gives you a phased view with wave order and the main unknowns stated plainly.
Can migration happen without an outage?
Some can be done with very short interruptions by replicating data and switching traffic, and others need a planned window. We cannot promise zero downtime. We design the cutover to be rehearsed, measured and reversible, then agree the acceptable window with you.
What if some applications should not move?
Then they stay. Applications with strict latency, residency or licensing constraints may be better on premises or in a hybrid setup. Retiring unused systems is also an option. The assessment lists these explicitly, so the plan reflects what should move rather than what could.
Do you work inside our security controls?
Yes. We follow your security controls and compliance obligations, and your auditors set the rules. A mutual NDA can be signed before code or data is shared. Access is scoped to what the work needs, and secrets should only travel through your own approved channels.
Share your migration plans
Use the request form or message us on WhatsApp. Tell us what you want to move and where it should run.
What to send
- Applications in scope and what they do
- Where they run today
- Preferred cloud, or that it is undecided
- Data volumes, if known
- Deadlines such as a data center exit
Please keep credentials and source code out of the first message.
Check cloud readiness before you commit budget
Request an assessment of what can move, in what order and what each move needs.