Data centre exit
Lease expiry forcing a move to colocation and public cloud within a fixed window.
Cloud & Transformation
Migration programmes designed around the network they depend on
Cloud migration, data centre exit, Azure and AWS connectivity and hybrid cloud infrastructure — planned with the connectivity, latency and resilience realities that determine whether the programme lands.
The challenge
Migrations stall on infrastructure decisions made too late
Application teams plan the move; the network, interconnect and dependency mapping arrive afterwards. Cutover windows slip, latency-sensitive workloads underperform and the legacy data centre stays open longer than budgeted.
- Application dependencies discovered during migration rather than before it.
- Interconnect capacity and routing designed after workload placement is fixed.
- Hybrid states that were intended to be temporary and became permanent.
- Data centre exit dates driven by lease expiry rather than technical readiness.
Our solution
Infrastructure-led migration planning
We baseline the estate and its dependencies, design the target hybrid architecture and the connectivity underneath it, then sequence migration waves so each one is independently reversible. Connectivity, security zoning and operational handover are designed as part of the programme rather than bolted on.
Core capabilities
What we deliver
Cloud migration
Assessment, wave planning, landing zone connectivity and cutover governance.
Data centre migration
Physical and logical relocation, colocation selection and exit planning.
Azure connectivity
ExpressRoute design, redundancy models and regional routing policy.
AWS connectivity
Direct Connect architecture, transit routing and multi-account network design.
Hybrid cloud
Coherent addressing, routing, security zoning and identity across on-premise and cloud.
Infrastructure transformation
Target operating model, tooling and run-state design for the post-migration estate.
Business outcomes
What changes for the organisation
Reversible
Migration waves with defined rollback positions and tested cutover runbooks.
Deterministic
Private interconnect performance for latency-sensitive and regulated workloads.
Closed
Data centre exits completed against contractual dates rather than extended.
Operable
A run-state designed, documented and handed to a service that can support it.
How it works
Programme structure
Four stages, each gated by evidence rather than optimism.
- 01
Baseline
Estate discovery, dependency mapping, performance and compliance constraints.
- 02
Target design
Landing zones, interconnect, routing, security zoning and placement decisions.
- 03
Migration waves
Sequenced cutovers with runbooks, test criteria and rollback positions.
- 04
Run state
Operational handover, monitoring, optimisation and decommissioning.
Typical engagements
Where organisations engage us
Regulated workload placement
Balancing sovereignty, latency and resilience across regions and platforms.
Post-migration remediation
Stabilising a hybrid estate that migrated without a network architecture.
Next step
Start with a conversation, not a quote
Book a discovery workshop with a solutions consultant. We will review your current estate, target architecture and commercial constraints before recommending anything.