Move from On-Premise to the Cloud

Eliminate hardware management, reduce capital expenditure, and gain elastic scalability by migrating your infrastructure to AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Migration: On-Premise to Cloud

From On-Premise Infrastructure to Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Why Migrate

  • Eliminate Hardware CapEx: Replace upfront server purchases and data center leases with pay-as-you-go cloud pricing. Convert capital expenditure to predictable operating expenses.
  • Elastic Scalability: Scale resources up or down in minutes based on demand instead of over-provisioning hardware for peak loads that occur a few times per year.
  • Built-In Disaster Recovery: Cloud providers offer multi-region redundancy, automated backups, and 99.99% SLAs — exceeding what most on-premise setups can achieve.

Migration Roadmap

  1. Discovery & Assessment (2–3 weeks): Inventory all on-premise servers, applications, databases, and network configurations. Classify workloads as rehost, refactor, or rebuild.
    • Infrastructure inventory and dependency map
    • Migration strategy per workload (6 Rs)
    • Cloud cost estimate vs. current on-prem costs
  2. Foundation & Migration (4–10 weeks): Set up the cloud landing zone with networking, security, and IAM. Migrate workloads in waves starting with the lowest-risk applications.
    • Cloud landing zone (VPC, subnets, IAM)
    • Migrated workloads with validation
    • Hybrid connectivity (VPN/Direct Connect)
  3. Optimization & Decommission (2–3 weeks): Optimize cloud resources for cost and performance, implement monitoring, and decommission on-premise hardware.
    • Cost optimization report
    • Monitoring and alerting setup
    • On-premise decommission plan

Risks & Mitigation

  • Data transfer bottlenecks for large datasets: We use AWS Snowball, Azure Data Box, or parallel transfer streams for multi-terabyte datasets to avoid weeks-long network transfers.
  • Compliance and data residency requirements: We select cloud regions that comply with your data residency requirements and implement encryption, access controls, and audit logging.

Estimated Scope

Hours: 200–500 | Cost: $400–$1,000 | Timeline: 8–16 weeks

Frequently Asked Questions

Which cloud provider should we choose?
It depends on your existing ecosystem. AWS offers the broadest service catalog, Azure integrates best with Microsoft tools, and GCP excels at data and ML workloads. We help you decide.
Can we keep some workloads on-premise?
Yes. A hybrid cloud approach is common. We set up secure connectivity between on-premise and cloud environments so workloads can communicate seamlessly.
How do we handle compliance during migration?
We map your compliance requirements to cloud-native controls (encryption, IAM, audit logs) and ensure all migrated workloads meet regulatory standards.