Cloud Migration Services by Alpha Expansion
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Cloud Migration Services

YOUR SYSTEMS,MOVED TOTHE CLOUD

We move applications, databases and files from your own servers or an older host to a modern cloud platform, with an inventory of every workload, a planned architecture and a rehearsed switch.

Workload inventoryTarget architectureCutover and rollback

Workload inventoryTarget architectureCutover and rollback

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01Our Approach

Moving servers is the easy part of a migration, and knowing what depends on what, before anything moves, is where the outcome is decided.

02Overview

Moving your systems to the cloud safely

  • 01Workload inventory
  • 02Target architecture
  • 03Cutover and rollback

Cloud migration relocates software and data to infrastructure run by a cloud provider. We inventory what you run and how the parts depend on each other, decide for each workload whether to move it as it is, adjust it or rebuild it, design the target environment and carry out the move in waves with a tested way back.

It suits companies with aging hardware, a hosting contract ending, growth the current setup cannot absorb or a need for better resilience and security. The cloud is not automatically cheaper, and a careless move can raise costs. We estimate running costs before the migration and set up controls so the bill matches the forecast afterwards.

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03What We Do

Capabilities, End to End

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Workload inventory

We list every application, database, scheduled job and file store, with its owner, dependencies, traffic and data sensitivity, including the ones nobody remembered.

02
Migration strategy

Each workload is assigned a route, whether moved unchanged, adapted to managed services, rebuilt or retired, based on its value, risk and remaining life.

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Target architecture

Networks, accounts, identity, encryption, backups and environments are designed as a secure foundation that later workloads can join without redesign.

04
Infrastructure as code

The environment is defined in version-controlled templates, so it can be reviewed, reproduced for testing and rebuilt quickly after a failure.

05
Data transfer

Databases and files are replicated to the cloud ahead of the switch and kept in sync, which shortens downtime to the final moments of cutover.

06
Cutover and rollback

Each wave follows a rehearsed runbook with checkpoints, a decision point and a route back to the old environment that stays ready until the new one is proven.

04In Production

What It Looks Like When It Ships

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05What You Receive

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Inventory and dependency map
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Migration plan by wave
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Target architecture design
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Infrastructure as code
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Migrated applications and data
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Cutover and rollback runbooks
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Cost forecast and controls
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Monitoring and backup setup
06How It Runs

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Plan and design
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Build and rehearse
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Migrate in waves
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Discover

We catalog servers, applications, data stores and the connections between them from monitoring, configuration and conversations with their owners, and record how each performs and what it costs today.

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Plan and design

Workloads are grouped into waves, each given a migration route, and the target platform is designed with security, networking, cost estimates and the order of moves agreed.

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Build and rehearse

The cloud foundation is created from code, the first workloads are moved into a test copy and each cutover is practiced until its steps, timing and rollback are known.

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Migrate in waves

Workloads move in planned groups, starting with the least risky. After each wave we verify function, performance and cost before the next begins, and retire the old systems once stable.

07Technology

The Stack We Use

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08Who It Is For

Built for Teams Like Yours

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Your servers are aging and the business keeps growing

Hardware is due for replacement, the hosting contract is ending or outages have become too frequent. Nobody has a full picture of what runs where. You want the systems moved to a modern platform in a controlled way, with costs understood before the switch.

Leaving an own data center
Ending a hosting contract
Moving between cloud providers
Scaling beyond current servers
Improving recovery and backups
Meeting data location rules
09Questions

What buyers ask before they start

If yours is not here, ask us directly. The first conversation is free and useful whether or not we work together.

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Sometimes, and not automatically. Savings come from retiring hardware, paying only for capacity in use and spending less staff time on upkeep. Costs rise when servers are copied across unchanged and left running at full size. We forecast the bill before migration, choose sizes from measured usage and set budgets and alerts, so the decision rests on figures and the result can be checked.

The main providers are all capable, so the choice usually follows your circumstances. Existing licenses and skills, the regions where data must stay, specific managed services you need and commercial terms tend to decide it. We work with the major platforms and have no reseller arrangement to protect. For most companies one provider is simpler and cheaper to run than several.

It varies by system, and rehearsals give a reliable figure. Data is copied ahead of time and kept in sync, so the switch itself is often brief and can be placed in a quiet period. Systems that must stay available can be moved with both environments running in parallel. We agree an acceptable window for each workload at the planning stage.

It depends on each application. Moving unchanged is fastest and suits stable systems with a limited future. Adapting to managed databases and services removes upkeep for a moderate effort. Rebuilding pays only for software that is central and already due for renewal. Most migrations mix all three, and some systems are simply retired once the inventory shows nobody uses them.

Every cutover has a rollback plan that was rehearsed. The old environment remains intact and ready until the new one has passed its checks, and the runbook names the point at which we decide to continue or return. Because workloads move in waves, a problem affects one group and not the whole business. Backups are verified before any switch begins.

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