Cloud migration services: every workload assessed, then moved in planned waves

Cloud migration services plan and carry out the move of applications, databases and servers from on-premises hardware or a hosting contract to a cloud platform such as AWS or Microsoft Azure, then tune what runs there. HabileLabs assesses each workload first, picks how to move it (lift-and-shift, re-platforming or modernization), migrates in planned waves and tunes cost, performance and security once you are live.

Rehost, replatform, refactor and mainframe modernization. Rehosting, also called lift-and-shift, moves an application as it is and optimizes it afterward; it is the fastest exit from aging infrastructure or a data center lease. Replatforming makes small changes on the way, such as moving a database to a managed service. Refactoring changes the application, for example breaking a monolith into containers and serverless services. Mainframe modernization re-platforms COBOL, PL/I, Natural and other 4GL cores onto managed AWS services. The free AWS modernization assessment recommends one path per application.

A small set of workloads can move in a few weeks; a full data center can take a few months, planned in waves. On AWS, the modernization assessment itself runs two to four weeks, and a single application replatform can land in eight to twelve weeks, while a mainframe modernization program typically runs in phased waves over several months.

Workloads move in planned waves, each one tested before cutover, and switch-overs are scheduled with your business so downtime stays as short as the workload allows, and in some cases is zero. On AWS, database moves use AWS DMS-based replication and a rehearsed cutover plan to keep downtime inside an agreed window. At EHCC, servers were rehosted and databases moved with rollback paths.

It depends on your needs and usage. HabileLabs is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner and a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Azure Infrastructure, so we can help you compare the two clouds and pick the one that fits. Windows Server and SQL Server are among the most common workloads moved to Azure, and existing licenses with Software Assurance can often be applied through Azure Hybrid Benefit to lower the cost; we check this during the readiness assessment. HabileLabs is also a Google Cloud Partner.

Yes, cloud-to-cloud moves from Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to AWS are part of our AWS migration service, as are on-premises and data center moves. None of our published case studies covers a move between clouds yet.

Yes. The free AWS modernization assessment maps your modernization pathways and rough sizing within two business days and runs two to four weeks; it delivers a workload inventory, a dependency map, a pathway recommendation per application, a calculator view of cost, effort and timeline, and an AWS modernization funding eligibility check. The free cloud infrastructure assessment reviews what you run on AWS, Azure or private cloud against performance, availability, security and cost. Small and medium businesses moving to AWS can start with a free AWS cloud readiness assessment.

We tune cost, performance and security after go-live, then hand over with documentation or keep running the environment for you as a managed service. HabileLabs migrated and modernized EHCC's hospital systems on AWS and now runs the platform as a 24x7 managed service.