Cloud & Infrastructure · Transition
Cloud Migration
Assessment, dependency mapping, and wave planning for moves that are sequenced by risk rather than convenience.
Migrations fail on dependencies nobody documented — the reporting job that reads a share nobody remembered, the application whose licence is tied to a MAC address, the integration that only runs at month end.
We spend the effort up front on discovery, because a migration plan built on an incomplete inventory is a schedule that will slip in front of the whole business.
Outcomes
- A complete inventory with mapped dependencies
- Waves sequenced by risk and dependency, not by convenience
- Rollback criteria agreed before any cutover
- Decommissioning actually completed, so you stop paying twice
Capabilities
How we approach it
Discovery and assessment
Application and infrastructure inventory, dependency mapping, and a documented current state. Nothing else in the plan is trustworthy without this.
Disposition and target design
Rehost, re-platform, replace, or retire — decided per workload against effort and payback, rather than applying one strategy to everything.
Wave planning and execution
Low-risk workloads first to prove the process, dependent groups moved together, and a rehearsed cutover for anything business-critical.
Decommissioning
The step most often skipped. Until the source is retired you are paying for both environments, and the business case quietly evaporates.
Deliverables
What you receive
Written, handed over, and yours permanently — whether or not the engagement continues.
- 01Application and infrastructure inventory with dependency map
- 02Disposition decision and target design per workload
- 03Wave plan with cutover and rollback runbooks
- 04Decommissioning schedule and completion evidence
FAQ
Common questions
How long does a migration take?
Discovery usually takes weeks; execution depends entirely on what discovery finds. Anyone quoting a timeline before seeing your dependency map is guessing.
Should we lift-and-shift or modernize?
Per workload, not per estate. Lift-and-shift is right when the application is stable and the deadline is real. Modernization pays back on long-lived systems with meaningful operational cost.
What if something breaks after cutover?
Rollback criteria and the time required to execute them are agreed before the cutover begins. A migration plan without a defined rollback is not a plan.
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Talk to us about Cloud Migration.
Tell us what you run today and what is prompting the change. We come back with a written recommendation and a scoped quotation.