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Cloud Strategy & Migration: move your systems with zero downtime

Cloud strategy and migration means the decision first, the move second: working out whether and how to go to the cloud (business case, TCO, platform choice), then migrating your applications and data to AWS, Azure, GCP or OVHcloud — with zero downtime and no lock-in to a single vendor. As advanced partners of these clouds, we guide companies through the whole process, from strategy to a clean cutover.

Executive summary: Cloud migrations don’t fail „in the cloud” — they fail from a lack of strategy: a chaotic lift and shift carries your on-prem problems across along with the bill. We start with the business case and a plan, and move you with zero downtime. For one client (a global ticketing SaaS platform, migrated to AWS): infrastructure costs down by up to 75%, 99.99% availability and support for a 10× increase in customers (Tenesys data, case study). You start with a readiness workshop and a roadmap — not by moving servers blind.

Design, Implement, and Optimize Cloud Systems with Our Support

As advanced partners of AWS, Microsoft, GCP, and OVHcloud, we guide companies through the entire cloud transformation process. From strategy and migration to cloud cost management and optimization (FinOps).

Challenges

Do These Challenges Sound Familiar?

Companies considering cloud transformation most often struggle with:

Rising, unpredictable on-prem costs.

Running your own server room means a high, hard-to-plan TCO — hardware, power, people, refresh cycles. Impact: the IT budget grows while the decision to change keeps slipping.

Technical debt.

Ageing systems hold back innovation and slow every change down. Impact: competitors ship faster while you fight fires.

The risk of the migration itself.

Fear of downtime in a critical window and of losing data stalls the project. Impact: „we’ll do it later” — and on-prem keeps weighing you down.

Vendor lock-in.

An architecture built on one vendor’s proprietary services closes off the exit. Impact: you’re hostage to a single cloud’s pricing and roadmap.

Chaos without a strategy (a raw lift and shift).

Moving without a plan carries the problems into the cloud and pushes the bill up. Impact: „the cloud is expensive” — because it was built with no architecture and no FinOps.

Comparison – the 6 Rs of migration
Strategy (6 Rs)What we doWhen we use it
Rehost (lift & shift)Move as-isFast exit from the server room, simple app
ReplatformMinor changes (e.g. managed database)You want cloud benefits without a full rewrite
RepurchaseSwitch to off-the-shelf SaaSA standard function (CRM, email) is cheaper bought
RefactorRebuild for the cloud (containers, microservices)A critical app that must scale and evolve fast
RetireDecommissionNo longer needed — we don’t migrate junk
RetainKeep on-prem / hybridRegulation, dependencies or no business case to move
Comparison – lift & shift vs strategy-led migration
CriterionChaotic lift & shiftStrategy-led migration (this service)
Starting pointWe move whatever’s thereAssessment + business case (TCO)
Cost after migrationOften rises (problems carried over)Planned, FinOps-ready
Downtime riskHigh (big bang)Low (waves, cutover in a quiet window)
Vendor lock-inAccidentalConsciously limited (Kubernetes, Terraform)
Outcome„it’s in the cloud”„moved, compliant, ready to scale”
Case study

See How It Works in Practice

Client:

Global ticketing platform (SaaS)

Challenge:

Limitations of the local server room (on-premise) hindered business growth. The system could not handle gigantic, sudden spikes in traffic during ticket sales for major matches, and connecting additional clubs was slow and generated high fixed costs.

Solution:

We migrated the platform to the AWS cloud, completely rebuilding its architecture. We implemented high availability (HA) mechanisms, automatic scaling in response to traffic peaks (handling the sale of tens of thousands of tickets per hour), and a continuous cost optimization process (FinOps).

Results:

Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by up to 75% through optimal resource utilization.

Achieved system availability of 99.99%, eliminating failures during critical sales windows.

Seamlessly handled a 10-fold increase in the number of supported clients without the need for manual server management.

Do you want to achieve similar results and radically reduce your server bills?
See how our approach to the cloud will transform your company.

Our service

Comprehensive Strategy and Migration to the Cloud

We guide companies through the entire cloud journey, ensuring that the transformation is cost-effective, secure, and efficient:

Readiness assessment and business case (TCO).

A review of applications, data and dependencies; the numbers on whether and when migration pays off (CapEx→OpEx).

Platform and architecture selection.

AWS, Azure, GCP or OVHcloud — or multi-cloud; chosen impartially, around your applications and legal requirements.

Landing zone (foundation).

A secure, well-ordered baseline following good practice (AWS Well-Architected): accounts, network, identities, logging.

6R/7R migration strategy.

Mapping each application to the right method (rehost / replatform / refactor / repurchase / retire / retain).

Zero-downtime migration.

Migration waves, data replication, high availability and autoscaling, cutover in your lowest-traffic window.

Security and compliance (security by design).

NIS2, DORA and regulator requirements built into the architecture from the start.

Handover after migration.

We hand the environment over for ongoing management and cost optimisation (FinOps) — fully documented, not dumped on you.

Technologies

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Our process

Your Journey to Cloud Excellence

Our collaboration process is simple and transparent:

1.

Workshops and Analysis

Together, we define goals and analyze the current situation.

2.

Strategy Design and Action Plan

We present recommendations, target architecture, and a timeline.

3.

Implementation and Migration

We execute the agreed plan in an agile and transparent manner.

4.

Support and Optimization

After implementation, we provide continuous support in managing and developing the new infrastructure.

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Q&A

Frequently Asked Questions

With strategy, not by moving servers. We begin with a readiness assessment: we review your applications, data and dependencies, build the business case (TCO) and select the platform. The output is a roadmap — what to move, in what order and by which method. Only then do we migrate, avoiding a chaotic lift and shift.

It doesn’t have to. We migrate in waves, with data replication and high-availability mechanisms, and schedule the cutover for your lowest-traffic window. The new environment runs alongside the old one and is tested before we switch off anything. The move stays controlled, rather than a risky big-bang switch that threatens your data.

It depends on how many applications you have, their condition and the method chosen (the 6 Rs). A straight rehost is faster than refactoring for the cloud. After the workshop and assessment you get a plan with migration waves and a realistic schedule — not a vague ‘it depends’, but concrete stages with scope and timing for each.

The one that fits your applications, your team’s skills, your budget and your legal requirements — not the fashionable one. As partners of AWS, Microsoft, Google and OVHcloud we pick the platform (or a multi-cloud model) impartially. For data sovereignty it may be OVHcloud; for the broadest service catalogue, AWS or Azure.

We build on open standards: containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Terraform). We consciously avoid tying you to a single vendor’s proprietary services unless it’s genuinely necessary. The result: you keep the freedom to move your environment, rather than being held hostage to one cloud’s pricing.

Yes. We design the environment security by design — security and compliance are built into the architecture from day one, not bolted on afterwards. A migration is the right moment to get compliance with EU directives (NIS2, DORA) and regulator requirements in order, and to make the environment ready for tough audits.