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Lift and shift consulting services

Our lift and shift consulting service is the fastest, most direct path to migrating your applications and data to the cloud. With decades of hands-on experience, our consultants manage the entire rehosting process for a smooth transition with minimal risk and disruption. We help you quickly exit your data center to reduce costs and improve scalability, setting the stage for future innovation.

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Pythian has the top lift and shift migration consultants

Choosing the right consultant is critical for a successful lift and shift migration. Our decades of experience, deep partnerships with major cloud providers, and a long history of delivering results for global customers give you the confidence to migrate with a team you can trust.

40%

Decrease in operational spending

By partnering with Pythian customers reduce cloud spend.

11,000+

Data systems managed

Pythian supports over 45 technologies—from data platforms, warehouses, data lakes, databases to cloud.

500+

Global customers

As a global service provider, we serve customers across the world—many who have been with us for decades, and trust us with their most critical lift and shift migration projects.

What's included in Pythian's lift and shift consulting services?

Accelerate your move to the cloud with less risk

Pythian's lift and shift service provides a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for planning and executing a fast and efficient migration from on-premise infrastructure to a modern cloud environment. We focus on minimizing business disruption while helping you achieve your cost and scalability goals.

Migration assessment and planning

Our consultants conduct a thorough assessment of your existing applications and infrastructure. We analyze dependencies and business requirements to create a detailed migration plan, identifying the ideal workloads for a lift and shift approach and ensuring the project stays on schedule and within budget.

Cloud landing zone deployment

We design and configure a secure and scalable landing zone in your chosen cloud provider (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). This foundational step ensures your new cloud environment is built on best practices for networking, security, and governance before any workloads are migrated.

Lift and shift execution

Our team handles the complexities of the migration, rehosting your servers, virtual machines, and data to the new cloud environment with minimal or no code changes. We use real-time data synchronization to keep your business running throughout the process, preventing disruption.

Post-migration validation and support

After the migration, our consultants perform rigorous testing to ensure all applications function correctly and meet performance benchmarks. We provide ongoing support to ensure the stability and performance of your new environment, allowing your team to focus on their core objectives.

OCI migration gives American supply chain provider ultimate control

This leading supply chain and logistics provider needed more control and flexibility over their critical database patching and upgrades than their previous managed services provider offered. Our consultants planned and executed a complex data migration to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a strategic move that provided them with ultimate control and was supported by ongoing managed database services to ensure a smooth transition.

Business outcomes you can expect when partnering with Pythian for lift and shift consulting services

Go beyond migration to achieve tangible business results

Our lift and shift consulting services deliver real business outcomes that go beyond simply moving your applications. We focus on your larger transformation strategy to achieve significant improvements in cost efficiency, performance, and business agility.

Accelerate your cloud journey

A lift and shift migration is the fastest way to move your workloads out of a data center and into the cloud. We migrate your applications with little to no downtime, protecting your revenue and customer experience while quickly delivering the benefits of the cloud.

Reduce data center costs

We help you replace expensive on-premise hardware and maintenance with a flexible, pay-as-you-go cloud model. Our consultants right-size your new environment to prevent over-provisioning, helping you get a faster return on your investment and lower your total cost of ownership (TCO).

Scale databases on demand

Build your future on a platform that offers seamless scalability. A lift and shift migration ensures your applications can automatically adjust resources to handle sudden spikes in traffic, so you never have to worry about capacity limits again.

Create a foundation for modernization

While a lift and shift migration moves your applications as-is, it is a critical first step towards a modern data estate. Once in the cloud, you are positioned to leverage advanced analytics, build predictive models, and refactor your applications to take full advantage of cloud-native services.

No matter where your data resides, Pythian can help you migrate your databases

We partner with Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure to migrate your databases (including Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL), virtual machines, and other workloads.

How Pythian's lift and shift consulting service works

A systematic approach to a fast and efficient cloud migration

Our lift and shift consulting service follows a systematic and collaborative process designed to ensure a smooth transition with minimal risk, allowing you to quickly realize the benefits of the cloud.

Database migration assessment

Our consultants will start by evaluating your infrastructure, workloads, and dependency applications to determine the most suitable workloads for a lift and shift migration strategy.

Database migration plan / roadmap

With a clear understanding of your environment and business goals, our consultants develop a detailed migration plan and roadmap that outlines every step of the project, including timelines and a risk mitigation strategy.

Migration execution

Our consultants use proven methodologies and tools to rehost your applications and data in the new cloud environment. We use real-time data synchronization to ensure your business remains fully operational throughout the process.

Validation and handover

We test your migration to ensure all data and applications are moved accurately and perform as expected. After a successful migration, we provide ongoing support and documentation to ensure the stability and performance of your new environment.

On-going support

After a successful database migration, Pythian provides on-going support to ensure the stability and performance of your new environment. Our experts offer continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization services, allowing your team to focus on business objectives while we manage the database.

The fastest path to exit your data center and reduce infrastructure costs

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about lift and shift consulting services

What are lift and shift consulting services?

Lift and shift consulting services, also known as rehosting, involve migrating your applications and data from an on-premise data center to the cloud with minimal or no changes to the underlying code. It is the fastest and most direct way to begin leveraging the benefits of the cloud, such as reduced costs and improved scalability.

Why should I choose a lift and shift migration?

A lift and shift migration is an excellent choice when you need to exit a data center quickly, want to reduce infrastructure costs, or are looking to build a foundation for future modernization. It allows you to move your workloads to the cloud with minimal disruption, providing immediate benefits while setting you up for more advanced, cloud-native projects in the future.

What is the difference between lift and shift and other migration strategies?

A lift and shift (rehosting) migration moves your application as-is. Other strategies, like re-platforming or refactoring, involve modifying the application to take better advantage of cloud-native features, but they are more time-consuming and complex. An experienced migration consultant can help you determine the best migration approach for each of your workloads.

 

How do you minimize downtime during a lift and shift migration?

Our consultants manage the data transfer in the background and use advanced data synchronization and real-time replication to ensure your business remains fully operational throughout the migration. This allows for a seamless transition to your new cloud environment with minimal to no downtime, protecting your revenue and customer experience.

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