R1 · Rehost
Move as-is when speed to leave infrastructure matters most.
- Typical workloads
- File servers, stable batch jobs, low-change line-of-business apps
- Effort
- Low–med
- Downtime shape
- Hours
- Best fit
- DC exit deadlines
Migrate with intent
Move the estate.
Don't gamble the cutover.
We assess, sequence, and execute cloud migrations — rehost, replatform, or refactor — with rehearsal, rollback paths, and business checkpoints so go-live is earned, not hoped for.
- Wave planning
- Cutover drills
- Rollback-ready
From → to
- 01Km 0Discover
Inventory apps, data, dependencies, and hidden owners.
- 02Km 1Decide
6R per workload with cost, risk, and skill reality.
- 03Km 2Prepare
Landing zone, tooling, and wave packaging.
- 04Km 3Move
Rehearse, cut over, validate, and stabilize.
- 05Km 4Modernize
Retire tech debt that blocked cloud value.
6RStrategy per workload — not one slogan
WavesSequenced risk, not big-bang heroics
T-0Cutover runbooks with owners & clocks
KPIBusiness checks before declaring done
Who it's for
Built for the people who own go-live night
CIOs / transformation leads
A wave plan with business checkpoints — progress you can report without theatre.
Platform & infra teams
Landing zone first, then sequenced moves that don't burn the on-call.
Application owners
Clear R decisions, rehearsal calendars, and KPI definitions they sign.
Security & risk
Baselines before traffic, evidence packs for auditors, rollback that is real.
Strategy
Choose the R that fits — per workload
Tap a strategy to see effort, downtime shape, and the workloads it usually fits — not a slogan for the whole estate.
Before / after
Hope vs a cutover you can defend
Avoid
Big-bang hope
Everything moves once — and fails together
- One weekend for everything
- Dependencies discovered live
- Rollback = restore from backup maybe
- Business finds out at Monday stand-up
Prefer
Rehearsed waves
Cutover night feels like practice, not premiere
- Sequenced risk with early proof
- Dependency map before packaging
- Written rollback with owners
- KPI gates before declaring done
Wave plan
Sequenced packages — not one heroic weekend
- W14–6 wks
Foundation & pilots
Low risk · 8 workloadsLanding zone proof, low-blast apps, runbook rehearsal.
- LZ signed
- First rehearsal green
- W26–10 wks
Core platforms
Medium risk · 14 workloadsShared services, data stores, and integration hubs.
- Shared services live
- Data path validated
- W38–12 wks
Customer-facing
High risk · 11 workloadsRevenue paths with dual-run and strict KPI gates.
- Dual-run complete
- KPI gate passed
- W44–8 wks
Optimize & exit
Medium risk · 6 workloadsDC decommission, right-size, and tech-debt burn-down.
- DC exit signed
- Cost baseline set
Landing zone
The house is ready before the furniture arrives
- 01
Identity & access
SSO, roles, break-glass, and workload identity patterns.
- 02
Network & connectivity
Hubs, private links, DNS, and hybrid paths that survive cutover.
- 03
Security baselines
Logging, encryption defaults, and guardrails before wave one.
- 04
Observability
Metrics, logs, and alerts wired in the target — not after the move.
- 05
FinOps tags
Cost allocation from day one so spend isn't a mystery.
- 06
Backup & DR hooks
Protect data before you trust the new home.
Risk control
Cutover night should feel rehearsed
Unknown dependencies
We map runtime and data couplings before sequencing waves — not during the war room.
Unrehearsed cutovers
Dress rehearsals with the real clock, owners, and rollback criteria.
Data integrity gaps
Checksums, row counts, and business smoke tests gated before go/no-go.
Orphaned ops
Monitoring, backups, and on-call paths established before traffic moves.
Capabilities
Assessment through modernization
Portfolio & readiness
Discovery workshops, dependency graphs, and a scored backlog for migration waves.
- CMDB reality check
- TCO lens
- Skill gap map
Target landing zone
Accounts, network, identity, and observability ready before the first wave lands.
- Security baselines
- Connectivity
- FinOps tags
Wave delivery & cutover
Automation, replication, runbooks, and hypercare windows with clear exit criteria.
- Runbook owners
- Comms plan
- Rollback triggers
Post-move modernization
Right-size, containerize, and retire waste so the migration pays for itself.
- Cost baseline
- Reliability SLOs
- Tech debt burn-down
Toolchain
Real platforms we migrate from, through, and to
- AWSCloud
- AzureCloud
- GCPCloud
- KubernetesRuntime
- DockerPackages
- VMwareSource estate
Migrations delivered
Waves with business checkpoints
On-prem → AWSAWS · Terraform · DMS
Data-center exit in three waves
Rehosted stable apps first; replatformed customer-facing systems after landing zone hardening.
- Challenge
- Lease end in nine months with unknown dependency debt.
- Outcome
- Wave 1 proved LZ; waves 2–3 moved revenue apps with KPI gates.
Deliverables
What you leave with — not just a move weekend
- 01PDF · sheet
Discovery pack
Inventory, dependency graph, and scored migration backlog.
- 02Decision log
6R decision log
Per-workload R with rationale stakeholders can defend.
- 03Program plan
Wave plan
Sequenced packages with owners, windows, and exit criteria.
- 04Architecture
Landing zone baseline
Identity, network, security, and observability ready for wave one.
- 05Runbook
Cutover runbooks
Minute-by-minute steps, comms, and rollback triggers.
- 06Backlog
Hypercare & optimize
Stabilization window plus modernization backlog.
Anti-patterns
Patterns we help you refuse
Industries
Where rehearsal matters most
Enterprise IT
DC exits with hybrid retention for regulated islands.
Financial services
Gated cutovers, evidence packs, and dual-run windows.
Retail / commerce
Wave around peak seasons — never through them.
Manufacturing
OT stay / IT migrate patterns with private connectivity.
Engagement
Mobilize → blueprint → migrate → optimize
Cutover is a product
Runbooks, owners, and clocks — not a Slack channel and crossed fingers.
Honest 6R
We will tell you what should stay or die — not only what is fun to migrate.
Value after the move
Modernization backlog starts when hypercare ends — migration is not the finish line.
- 01Mobilize
Stakeholders, success metrics, and discovery scope locked.
1–2 wks - 02Blueprint
6R decisions, wave plan, and target architecture.
2–4 wks - 03Migrate
Execute waves with rehearsal and hypercare.
Waves - 04Optimize
Cost, reliability, and modernization backlog after stability.
Ongoing
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