Cloud Migration Strategy & Execution (AWS/GCP/Azure)
Plan and execute migration from on-premises or legacy hosting to modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Optimize for cost, performance, and reliability while minimizing risk and business disruption.
Why You Need This Service
Cloud migration is complex with high risk of cost overruns, extended downtime, and performance issues. Without expertise, companies either delay migration losing competitive advantage, or rush in and waste millions on poorly architected solutions.
What You Get
Cloud strategy and provider selection
TCO and cost modeling
Migration approach and roadmap
Target architecture design
Security and compliance mapping
Migration runbooks and procedures
Disaster recovery and rollback plan
Cost optimization recommendations
Team training program
Post-migration optimization
Our Process
Assessment & Strategy
2-3 weeks- Current infrastructure inventory
- Application dependency mapping
- Cloud provider evaluation
- Cost modeling and comparison
- Compliance requirements analysis
- Migration approach selection (rehost/replatform/refactor)
Deliverables: Cloud strategy document, Provider recommendation, TCO analysis, Migration approach
Architecture Design
2-4 weeks- Cloud architecture design
- Network topology planning
- Security architecture
- High availability design
- Cost optimization architecture
- Hybrid cloud strategy (if needed)
Deliverables: Reference architecture, Infrastructure as Code templates, Security design document
Migration Preparation
3-6 weeks- Cloud environment setup
- Migration tooling selection and setup
- Pilot migration
- Testing procedures development
- Team training
- Rollback procedures testing
Deliverables: Cloud environments, Migration tools configured, Trained team, Tested procedures
Migration Execution
4-16 weeks- Phased application migration
- Data migration and validation
- Integration testing
- Performance testing
- Security validation
- Cutover execution
Deliverables: Migrated applications, Validated functionality, Production cutover
Optimization
4-8 weeks- Performance tuning
- Cost optimization
- Security hardening
- Monitoring refinement
- Documentation completion
- Old infrastructure decommissioning
Deliverables: Optimized cloud environment, Cost savings realized, Complete documentation
Total Timeline: 4-9 months depending on complexity
Investment
Fractional C T O
$10,000-$20,000/month for 4-6 months
Implementation
$50,000-$300,000 depending on complexity
Cloud Costs
Typically 20-40% less than current hosting
Total
$100,000-$500,000 complete migration
Expected ROI
Lower costs, better performance, modern capabilities, elastic scaling
Success Story
Financial services company, on-premises data center, expensive co-location
Challenge
Spending $45,000/month on co-location and hardware. Capacity planning nightmares - either over-provisioned wasting money or under-provisioned during spikes. Hardware failures causing outages. Disaster recovery completely manual and untested. New features delayed months for infrastructure. Compliance audit identified multiple issues.
Solution
Fractional CTO led migration to AWS. Designed highly available architecture across 3 availability zones. Implemented auto-scaling for variable load. Set up automated disaster recovery. Used Infrastructure as Code for consistency. Achieved all compliance requirements. Executed zero-downtime migration over 8 weekend cutovers.
Results
Infrastructure costs reduced from $45,000 to $18,000/month (60% savings). Uptime improved from 98.5% to 99.97%. Disaster recovery tested monthly and validated. Scaling for traffic spikes automatic. New feature deployment time reduced from weeks to hours. Passed compliance audit with zero findings. ROI achieved in 9 months.
Timeline: 5 months from planning to complete migration
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