Cloud Migration

Cloud migration is the process of moving applications, data, and infrastructure from on-premise servers or one cloud platform to another—typically AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Integr8e assesses each workload against the 6 R's—rehost, replatform, refactor, repurchase, retain, or retire—and migrates it with validated data integrity and a rehearsed cutover plan.

A cloud migration company assesses existing workloads, chooses the right migration strategy for each one, and moves applications, databases, and infrastructure to a target cloud platform. Integr8e covers assessment, migration execution, data validation, cutover rehearsal, and post-migration optimisation.

The 6 R's are rehost (lift-and-shift with minimal changes), replatform (swap components for managed cloud services), refactor (re-architect for cloud-native patterns), repurchase (move to a SaaS alternative), retain (keep a workload where it is), and retire (decommission it). Integr8e classifies each workload individually rather than applying one strategy across the whole estate.

It depends on the workload's business value, technical debt, and how much time and budget you have before you need results. Rehosting is fastest and lowest-risk but leaves the most cost on the table; replatforming captures meaningful savings without a rewrite; refactoring delivers the most long-term value but carries the highest effort and risk. Integr8e recommends a strategy per workload, not one approach for the whole migration.

Cost depends on the number of workloads, data volume, application complexity, and how much re-architecture is included alongside the move. Integr8e assesses the estate first and provides a phased estimate with clear assumptions rather than a generic per-workload rate.

A focused rehost of a single application can take a few weeks, while a multi-workload migration with replatforming or refactoring can take several months delivered in phases. Integr8e confirms timing after the workload assessment instead of giving an unreliable one-size-fits-all timeline.

We rehearse the migration and cutover against production-equivalent data before the real switch, validate data integrity and reconciliation after each migration phase, and define rollback paths in case validation fails. Business-critical workloads are typically migrated in a low-traffic window with monitoring in place.

Yes. Integr8e migrates workloads from AWS to Azure, Azure to Google Cloud, or any other combination, as well as multi-cloud splits driven by cost, compliance, or vendor strategy—not only from on-premise data centers.

Cloud migration moves an existing application or workload onto a cloud platform, with or without re-architecting it along the way. Cloud application development builds a new application designed around cloud-native patterns from the start. Integr8e delivers both: migration of existing systems through this service, and new cloud-native builds through our Cloud Application Development service.

Migrated workloads land on infrastructure as code with least-privilege access and observability configured from day one, not added afterward. Integr8e can also provide ongoing monitoring, incident response, and cost optimisation once the environment is stable in production.