Cloud migration, planned properly and cut over quietly
Most migration pain comes from skipping the assessment. We map what you have, decide what's worth moving, rebuild it properly in the new environment, and cut over when nobody's watching.
What's involved
Six pieces of a migration
Readiness assessment
An inventory of applications, dependencies, data volumes and licences, with a rehost, replatform, refactor or retire decision for each one — and a cost model for the target state.
Landing zone design
Accounts, networking, identity, tagging, logging and guardrails set up correctly before the first workload arrives, so you're not retrofitting governance to a live estate.
Application migration
Moved in waves, least risky first, each one tested against real traffic before cutover. Rollback stays available until you're confident.
Database migration
Replication, consistency checks and a rehearsed cutover for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB and the rest. The rehearsal is not optional.
Disaster recovery
Backups that have been restored at least once, a documented recovery objective, and a failover path someone has actually tested.
Cost optimisation
Rightsizing, autoscaling, storage tiering, reserved instances and savings plans — reviewed a month after landing, when the real usage data exists.
Also available
Moving from shared hosting or a single server?
Not every migration is an enterprise programme. A lot of businesses are on one ageing VPS, a cPanel account that's outgrown its plan, or a server sitting in an office cupboard.
That move is smaller, cheaper and quicker — usually a fixed-price job measured in days. We handle the DNS, the SSL, the email records and the bit everyone forgets about until the phones stop working.
Included in a small migration
- Full backup taken and verified before anything moves
- Site, database and files copied to the new environment
- Email and DNS records mapped across correctly
- SSL certificates reissued and tested
- Cutover scheduled for your quietest hours
- Old environment left running until you sign off
Migration FAQ
What people ask before committing
How long does a cloud migration take?
A single application typically moves in two to six weeks including testing. A full estate is planned in waves, with the least risky workloads first, and can run over several months. The assessment phase gives you a realistic schedule before you commit to anything.
Will our systems go down during the migration?
For most workloads, no. We replicate to the new environment, run both in parallel, test against real traffic patterns, then cut over during your quietest window with the old environment still standing by. Some legacy databases genuinely need a maintenance window, and we tell you that upfront rather than discovering it live.
Which cloud should we choose?
It depends on your workloads, your team's existing skills, your compliance obligations and any credits you already hold. AWS has the broadest service catalogue, Azure integrates most neatly with Microsoft estates, and Google Cloud is strong on data and Kubernetes. We have no reseller incentive pushing us either way.
Is the cloud actually cheaper than our servers?
Not automatically. A straight lift-and-shift often costs more than the hardware it replaced. Savings come from rightsizing, autoscaling, reserved capacity and switching to managed services — which is why cost optimisation is part of the project rather than an upsell afterwards.
Can you migrate away from a cloud, or between clouds?
Yes. We handle cloud-to-cloud moves, repatriation to on-premise or colocation, and hybrid setups where some workloads stay put. The direction of travel is your business decision, not our preference.
Get a migration assessment
We'll map what you're running, what it would cost in the cloud, and whether moving it is worth the effort. You keep the report either way.