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Migration to AWS

Moving to AWS is a chance to scale on demand, stay reliable and pay only for what you use. We plan and run the move cleanly, whether you are moving a single application or a large, custom-built platform.

Moving to AWS should feel like an upgrade, not an upheaval. Most migrations that go badly fail for the same few reasons. Everything is moved at once, with no plan for the awkward parts. Or the move is treated as a straight lift-and-shift, so the new setup carries every old problem with it. Or it turns into an open-ended rebuild that never quite lands. A migration done well is calm and almost boring. You know the order things will happen in, what changes and what does not, and nothing important goes down on the way across.

Who this is for

This is for teams ready to move to AWS who want it done without drama. That might be a single application or a whole estate, but it is a real system that has to keep working while it moves. Often there is a trigger. A data centre contract ending, hardware reaching the end of its life, a platform that can no longer scale, or a decision to be on the cloud. It is also for teams part-way onto AWS who want the rest moved properly rather than left half-finished.

How we work

We start by understanding what you run today and how it behaves. From there we plan a migration that fits it. Some workloads move across largely as they are. Others are worth adjusting, or rebuilding, to make the most of what AWS offers. You get a clear path rather than everything forced across at once.

A named senior architect owns the work from the first assessment through to cut-over. The trade-offs are made deliberately, and the plan accounts for the awkward details. Data that has to move safely. Dependencies that cannot go down. The order things need to happen in. We define the new environment as code in CloudFormation, so it is reproducible and reviewable rather than hand-built, and we keep disruption to your team and your customers to a minimum.

What you get

Infrastructure that scales with demand, stays reliable across multiple availability zones, and bills you only for what you use. A new environment defined as code, so it is reproducible from day one rather than a one-off build nobody can recreate. And a move made in a deliberate order, so nothing important goes down on the way across.

Common questions

Will our service go down during the migration?

That is exactly what the plan is built to avoid. We map your dependencies and sequence the move so the things that cannot go down stay up. Where a short, planned cut-over window is genuinely needed, we agree it with you in advance and keep it as small as possible. The aim is a move your customers do not notice.

Do you lift-and-shift or rebuild?

Whatever each workload calls for. Some things move across largely unchanged, because that is the sensible, low-risk option. Others are worth adjusting or rebuilding to actually benefit from AWS. We make that call workload by workload and tell you the reasoning, rather than applying one approach to everything.

What about our data?

Data is usually the most delicate part of a migration, so we plan it carefully. We work out how it moves, how it stays consistent, and how we check nothing is lost before anything is switched over. For data that cannot go offline, we use approaches that keep it available while it moves.

For a worked example, see how we migrated Integriser’s e-commerce platform onto AWS and rebuilt it to handle four times the traffic at comparable cost.

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