Should we migrate everything to the cloud, or keep some things on-premises?

Not everything belongs in the cloud, and a good migration strategy is honest about that. Cloud is excellent for workloads that benefit from elasticity, global availability, managed services and reduced infrastructure maintenance. On-premises or colocation remains the right choice for workloads with high data volumes and predictable demand, specific latency requirements, or regulatory constraints on data sovereignty. We design hybrid architectures where that's the right answer, not cloud-first for its own sake.

How do you handle data security during a migration?

Security is designed in from day one, not bolted on after. That means encryption in transit and at rest, identity and access management configured before workloads move, network segmentation and private connectivity established before data transfers begin, and a security review at each phase of the migration. We're an ISO 27001-certified business, security discipline is how we work, not a service add-on.

What happens to our existing infrastructure contracts and licensing during a migration?

This is an area where poor planning creates real cost. We map your existing contracts, hardware leases, software licences, data centre agreements, and factor their end dates into the migration timeline. Where possible, we align the cutover to avoid paying for both old and new simultaneously. Where that's not possible, we give you a clear picture of the transition cost upfront so there are no surprises.

Consulting · Cloud Migration · AWS & Azure Partner · Adelaide

Cloud migration done right, not just done fast.

Moving to the cloud shapes your infrastructure, costs and security posture for years. We plan, architect and deliver migrations that are secure, cost-efficient and designed for your actual workloads, not a templated lift-and-shift that creates cloud debt you'll spend years unwinding.

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AWS and Azure partners

Platform expertise backed by
real migration experience.

We're an AWS and Microsoft Azure partner with a track record of migrations across infrastructure, data and applications. We've migrated email systems, file services, line-of-business applications and full server estates. We've cleaned up enough poorly executed lift-and-shifts to know exactly what not to do. Our Adelaide team has migrated South Australian businesses from on-premises infrastructure to AWS and Azure.

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Cloud Migration

We migrate what needs to move, and leave what doesn't.

A cloud migration starts with deciding what to migrate, what to rebuild, what to replace with SaaS, and what to leave where it is. That decision shapes everything that follows: the cost, the timeline, the architecture and the ongoing operating model.

What a cloud migration engagement covers:

Migration assessment: workload inventory, cloud-readiness scoring and recommendation
Email migration: Exchange to Exchange Online, or Google Workspace to M365
File migration: file server to SharePoint Online or Azure Files
Server workload migration: rehost, replatform or refactor based on workload profile
App migration: LOB application migration and cloud-native rebuild assessment
Backup migration: DR and backup workloads moved to cloud-native solutions
Network architecture: VPN, ExpressRoute, Azure Virtual WAN, AWS Direct Connect
Identity migration: Active Directory to Entra ID (Azure AD), hybrid identity design
Security baseline: implementation and hardening on the target cloud environment
Cutover planning: coordinated migration window with tested rollback procedures

Case Study

LJ Hooker

Three offices migrated to AWS in a compressed window with zero business interruption.

100+ daily users · 3 offices

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Case Study

Key Invest

12-month Azure transformation including legacy decommission, VDI replacement and DR.

Founded 1878 · Wealth management

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Security-first by design

We're an ISO 27001-certified business. Every cloud environment we build is configured with security controls from the ground up: identity, network, data protection and monitoring in place before workloads move. Not a remediation project after the fact.

Cloud migration changes your security perimeter. We pair every migration with a security review of the new environment, so you're not more exposed in the cloud than you were on-premises.

Cloud platforms

AWS, Azure or hybrid, we work with all three.

We're platform partners with both AWS and Microsoft Azure. Platform choice is driven by your workloads, your existing Microsoft footprint, and your long-term architecture goals, not by which partner pays us more to recommend them.

Microsoft Azure

The natural home for businesses heavily invested in Microsoft 365 and Windows workloads. Azure integrates tightly with Entra ID, Defender, Sentinel and the broader Microsoft security stack, and your existing M365 licences often include Azure credits.

Amazon Web Services

AWS is the most mature cloud platform with the broadest service catalogue. The right choice for workloads that need specialised managed services, multi-region deployments, or where the team already has AWS expertise.

Hybrid

Hybrid & multi-cloud

Most migrations end up hybrid, cloud for some workloads, on-premises or colocation for others. We design the connectivity, identity federation and security architecture that makes hybrid work cleanly, not awkwardly.