At Nasstar, we understand the complexities of cloud migration and adoption. We also understand the organisational impact, the potential risks, and how to deliver the most value to your organisation.
Our cloud migration experts will work closely with key stakeholders within your business to avoid common mistakes and create a strategic adoption framework and migration roadmap.
Combining extensive industry knowledge with deep technical capabilities, we deliver end-to-end cloud infrastructure migration and modernisation services. From consultative planning sessions to platform selection, and cost management, through to tooling, technical execution, and ongoing management, we are here as your trusted advisors.
Bryan Lloyd
Azure Practice Manager at Nasstar
"Our highly experienced team of cloud consultants, architects, and developers combine extensive industry knowledge with deep technical capabilities to deliver end-to-end cloud migration solutions that will help you achieve your transformation goals. We can help you at any stage, whether you’re unsure where to start or have done your research and are keen to move quickly."
Microsoft Azure
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, we have the experience needed to help you with the right approach to unlock maximum the value of public cloud.
AWS
As an AWS Premier Partner, migration, modernisation, and optimisation of infrastructure and business applications on AWS cloud is a core aspect of the service we provide.
Greater agility
The flexibility of cloud architecture means you can scale with customer demand and keep pace with market trends.
Improved security
Utilise cutting-edge technologies with 24/7 security monitoring services to secure your workloads in the face of evolving threats.
Data platform modernisation
Transform data from legacy, on-premise storage to a cloud-enabled data warehouse or data lake.
Cloud Strategy
We’ll conduct a comprehensive assessment of your IT environment and business objectives to create a bespoke transformation roadmap that maximises value while minimising timelines, cost, and risk.
Cloud migration services: How do we do it?
As an AWS Premier Consulting Partner and a Microsoft Partner, we’re here to help you to make the right technology decisions for your business. Our cloud modernisation expert consultants start by conducting a holistic assessment of your IT environment and business objectives. We then create a bespoke migration plan to target and move high-priority workloads to the cloud. This tried and tested process aligns with the ‘7 Rs’ migration model to maximise value while minimising business disruption, cost, and risk.
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Cloud migration is the process of moving, or modernising, your organisation’s digital applications and data either partially, or fully into the cloud. This can include digital assets, services, databases, IT resources and apps. When migrating to the cloud, you could be moving your apps and data from your on-premise servers into the cloud or from another cloud solution. Learn everything you need to know about cloud migration in this blog.
Cloud migration works best when you have a full plan in place. Cloud services providers can help you with this to ensure your strategy reflects your business goals. While every cloud migration works differently, there are some basic steps that most migrations follow:
- Establish goals
- Identify which legacy applications will be migrated, modernised or replaced
- Determine the cloud services that best suit your workloads
- Consider your budget and resource provisioning plan
- Ensure stakeholders are on the same page
- Integrate a robust security strategy
- Select a cloud provider and replicate your data and applications to the cloud
- Modernise business intelligence tooling with the cloud
- Go-live with the cloud platform and start using this in place of your old solution
There are several methods of migration to the cloud, and the method you use will depend on your business goals, budget, and preferences. Most migrations involve establishing cloud goals, choosing a cloud migration services provider, setting a budget, and creating a migration plan. And many will involve one or more of the 7 Rs of cloud migration:
- Rehost
- Relocate
- Replatform
- Repurchase
- Refactor or re-architect
- Retain
- Retire
Refactoring is one of the 7 Rs of cloud migration, and it refers to a strategy that businesses use when they want to make improvements to their applications and services when moving them to the cloud. It’s usually driven by a requirement to add features or agility to the current environment or improve the reliability of the app.
Refactoring can be expensive upfront, but it provides several benefits to businesses when implemented effectively, including long-term cost savings.
There are several reasons why companies decide to migrate to the cloud. A public cloud-based environment is typically more secure, scalable, and performant than a non-cloud environment. It is also often more cost-effective due to the flexible nature of the environment.
Another reason for migration is that capacity can be provisioned far quicker than in a non-cloud environment, and the accuracy of guessing the resources needed ahead of provisioning is far lower.
A cloud migration strategy is the overarching plan that an organisation uses to move their existing on-premise workloads and digital assets into the cloud. There are several strategies that a business can use when establishing how their migration will work. These include the 7 Rs of cloud migration: rehost, relocate, replatform (or rearchitect), repurchase, refactor, retain and retire.
When planning your cloud migration, a well thought-out and executed strategy is essential which will be developed during the cloud migration consulting stage. To create a fully informed cloud migration strategy, there are several things you need to consider. These include:
- Current infrastructure stack and future needs
- Long-term business goals
- Cloud workload analysis – 7 Rs of cloud migration
- Cloud security, compliance and data protection
- Cloud service accessibility
- Budget
Working with a cloud service provider on your cloud migration can ensure a smooth and successful transition. Your CSP will work with you from start to finish, helping you craft the perfect migration strategy that aligns with your business goals and long-term needs. From here, they’ll implement your strategy and make sure every element of your cloud migration is expertly managed and monitored.
