Move to the cloud without stopping your business

You probably still have a server somewhere. In a utility closet, in a small room next to the kitchen, or on a shelf above the printer. It has worked for years, until the day the cooling fails, the disk fills up, or someone working from home cannot open a file. Then it turns out the whole company hangs on that one device, and nobody knows exactly what is on it.

When moving is really worth it

Moving to the cloud is not a goal in itself. It gets interesting when your current setup gets in the way. People work in two places and end up with two versions of the same file. A server is due for replacement. A software vendor only offers its package online. Then the question is not whether you move, but when and in which order.

There are also good reasons to wait. A machine in the workshop that only talks to the computer next to it will not move with you. If you are in the middle of a financial year or an audit, it is a bad moment. We tell you that right away, even if it means less work for us for now. A migration at the wrong time costs you more than it gains.

Take stock first, then move

Half the work is knowing what you have. We go through every server, every shared folder, and every application. We note who uses it, what it depends on, and how bad it is if it is offline for an hour. This almost always turns up surprises: a scheduled task that has run for 6 years and that nobody can explain, or a link to your accounting through a fixed IP address that changes after the move.

That list gives us a sequence. Low-risk items go first, so you see early that it works. Items tied to other systems go later, with a test moment before. For every item, we write down how to go back if something goes wrong. A fallback plan you invent during the outage is not a plan.

Where your things end up

Your environment goes into our managed environments in European data centers, and exactly where depends on what you need. An organization that handles personal data or patient records gets a different choice than a wholesaler that mostly needs storage and computing power. Your data stays in the EU, and it stays yours.

We shape the environment around your future, not only your current situation. If you later want to have applications rebuilt or parts run separately, Cloud architecture is the conversation that follows. For this step, we deliberately stay close to what you run now: first the same way of working in a better place, and only then a rebuild.

What changes after the migration

For your colleagues, little changes, and that is the point. The same folders, the same programs, only reachable from any workplace instead of just the office. What does change is the management. Backups run automatically and are tested. Updates happen on a schedule instead of when something breaks. Systems watch the environment continuously, with an agreed escalation path if something goes wrong.

You also gain insight you did not have before. You see what storage costs, what computing power costs, and which old system is still running although nobody uses it. In the first months after a move, we often switch off a few things with you that have been running for nothing for years. That saves money. More importantly, it shows what your business actually needs to run.