programmatic

Cloud Migration Services

Cloud Migration Services

Plan and execute application, data, and platform migrations to cloud environments with dependency mapping, staged cutovers, validation, and operational handover.

Inside the delivery

A migration plan built around dependencies and cutover

Map applications, data, identity and integrations; classify what should move, change or remain. The flow below shows the main delivery stages and the evidence produced at each step.

Reference approachAdapted during discovery
  1. 01

    Estate discovery

    Map applications, data, identity and integrations; classify what should move, change or remain.

    Output

    Dependency inventory and migration waves

  2. 02

    Landing environment

    Prepare network, access, logging and recovery foundations before moving workloads.

    Output

    Landing-zone configuration and readiness checklist

  3. 03

    Migration rehearsal

    Move a representative workload and reconcile data while measuring downtime and dependencies.

    Output

    Rehearsal findings and migration procedures

  4. 04

    Cutover and stabilize

    Use explicit go/no-go criteria, validate service behavior and retain a defined recovery path.

    Output

    Cutover evidence and operational handover

Controls across the workflow

  • Dependency ownership
  • Data reconciliation
  • Cutover approval
  • Recovery window

Decisions that shape the scope

Do all applications need to be modernized during migration?
No. Rehosting, replatforming and refactoring have different risk and effort profiles. Choose per workload; a forced rewrite can make a time-sensitive migration harder to control.
What cloud migration strategies do you support?
Depending on the workload, we can rehost, replatform, refactor, retire, retain, or replace components. We decide at the workload level rather than forcing one strategy across the portfolio.

Before you commit

Is this the right engagement?

What we need from you
Application inventory, infrastructure access, dependency diagrams, data volumes, licensing constraints and allowable downtime.
How you accept the work
Use explicit go/no-go criteria, validate service behavior and retain a defined recovery path. Acceptance records the tested scope, unresolved issues and the owner's decision.
Scope & alternatives
No. Rehosting, replatforming and refactoring have different risk and effort profiles. Choose per workload; a forced rewrite can make a time-sensitive migration harder to control.

Overview

Cloud migration planned around applications, data, security, operations, and cutover risk

Programmatic migrates workloads to cloud environments through discovery, landing-zone and identity design, application and database migration, modernization where justified, observability, resilience, and controlled cutover. The goal is not simply to move servers, but to leave the workload easier to operate and evolve.

  • 01Current-state discovery and dependency mapping
  • 02Landing zone, networking, identity, and environment design
  • 03Application rehost, replatform, or modernization
  • 04Database and data migration
  • 05Security, resilience, backup, and observability
  • 06Cutover, validation, cost, and post-migration optimization

Capabilities

Engineering scope and deliverables

Select the work that addresses your constraint. Responsibilities and acceptance criteria are agreed before delivery.

01

Migration assessment

Build a reliable inventory of applications, databases, interfaces, batch jobs, identities, infrastructure, performance, and operational dependencies.

  • Application portfolio discovery
  • Dependency mapping
  • Migration-wave planning
  • Risk and readiness assessment
02

Landing zones and cloud foundations

Establish accounts or subscriptions, identity, networking, policies, environments, logging, and deployment patterns before moving critical workloads.

  • Account and subscription structure
  • Network topology
  • Identity and access
  • Policy and logging foundations
03

Application migration and modernization

Choose rehost, replatform, refactor, or replace decisions workload by workload based on business and technical evidence.

  • Containerization where useful
  • Managed-service adoption
  • Runtime upgrades
  • Interface modernization
04

Database and data migration

Move databases and data with reconciliation, compatibility testing, backup, recovery, and cutover planning appropriate to acceptable downtime.

  • Schema and compatibility assessment
  • Replication and migration tooling
  • Data reconciliation
  • Cutover and rollback
05

Security and resilience

Design workload-specific access, secrets, encryption options, backup, recovery, availability, and incident visibility in the target environment.

  • IAM and least privilege
  • Secrets and configuration
  • Backup and recovery
  • High-availability patterns
06

Operations and optimization

Make the migrated system observable and operable, then tune resources, architecture, and spend based on actual production behavior.

  • Monitoring and alerting
  • Runbooks and ownership
  • Performance tuning
  • Cost visibility and optimization

Comparison

Rehost, refactor, or replace

CriterionRehost (lift and shift)RefactorReplace
Time to moveFastestSlower, per workloadSlowest
Cloud cost after movingOften higher than on-premiseLower, sometimes muchDepends on the product
Risk during migrationLowest, the app is unchangedModerateHighest, the process changes too
Best whenA deadline forces the moveThe workload will stay and growThe system no longer fits the business
Common mistakeTreating it as the end stateRefactoring everything at onceUnderestimating data migration

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Pricing

Engagement options and pricing factors.

Migration is priced in phases because the assessment determines the size of everything after it. Committing to a full programme before the inventory is complete is how migrations overrun.

01

Assessment and business case

Fixed-scope inventory, dependency mapping, per-workload disposition, target architecture and modelled running cost.

02

Landing zone and first wave

Foundations plus the first workload group, establishing the patterns, automation and validation approach the later waves reuse.

03

Waves and decommission

Remaining workloads at an agreed cadence, ending with right-sizing and retirement of the source platform.

Integrations

Selected for your environment

Tools are chosen around your existing systems, access requirements and operating constraints.

Microsoft Azure
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
Terraform and infrastructure tooling

Frequently asked questions

Questions to resolve before starting

01

Do all applications need to be modernized during migration?

No. Rehosting, replatforming and refactoring have different risk and effort profiles. Choose per workload; a forced rewrite can make a time-sensitive migration harder to control.

02

What cloud migration strategies do you support?

Depending on the workload, we can rehost, replatform, refactor, retire, retain, or replace components. We decide at the workload level rather than forcing one strategy across the portfolio.

03

Can you migrate workloads to Azure or AWS?

Yes. We work with major cloud platforms and design the target around the applications, data, identity, networking, operations, and organizational standards involved.

04

How do you reduce migration downtime?

We assess data volume and change rate, use replication or staged synchronization where appropriate, test cutover procedures, define rollback criteria, and schedule migration waves around the business tolerance for interruption.

05

Should we modernize applications during migration?

Only where the benefit justifies the added change. We often separate low-risk movement from deeper refactoring, while making targeted upgrades when an old runtime or architecture would immediately constrain the cloud workload.

06

How do you validate a migration?

Validation can include functional tests, integration checks, data reconciliation, performance baselines, security review, backup and recovery tests, monitoring, and business-owner acceptance.

07

What happens after the cloud migration?

We establish operational ownership, monitor reliability and cost, tune resources and architecture, close migration exceptions, and help retire or reduce legacy infrastructure when the new environment is proven.

08

What should we prepare for the first technical discussion?

Application inventory, infrastructure access, dependency diagrams, data volumes, licensing constraints and allowable downtime.

09

What evidence is available at handover?

The agreed delivery includes cutover evidence and operational handover. Use explicit go/no-go criteria, validate service behavior and retain a defined recovery path.

10

How is the engagement estimated?

We review the available inputs before estimating: Application inventory, infrastructure access, dependency diagrams, data volumes, licensing constraints and allowable downtime. The proposal identifies dependencies, review milestones and excluded work; the scope determines the schedule.

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Discuss your next technical step

Share your current situation and the constraint you need to resolve. We will use the discovery inputs above to define a practical scope for Cloud Migration Services.