Cloud Readiness & Migration Planning
Assess workloads, dependencies, risks and costs to define a practical migration roadmap.
Cloud Migration & Modernisation for Secure, Agile Operations
Move workloads with a clear plan, modernise legacy systems and build a cloud environment that supports changing business needs.
Overview
Move Beyond Legacy Infrastructure
Legacy systems can limit agility, increase maintenance effort and make it harder to respond to changing business demands.
NCS London helps organisations assess, migrate and modernise workloads with a structured approach that considers application dependencies, security, performance and business continuity.
What We Offer
Cloud Services Built Around Your Migration Goals
From migration planning to application modernisation and optimisation, move your technology environment towards your business goals.
Legacy Application Modernisation
Evaluate legacy applications and identify suitable options for rehosting, refactoring or redesigning them.
Cloud Infrastructure Modernisation
Design or improve cloud infrastructure to align with workload, performance, security and operational needs.
Secure Cloud Migration & Data Transfer
Plan workload and data transfers with appropriate access controls, validation and security measures.
Cloud Governance & Compliance
Align cloud configurations, access policies and governance practices with business and regulatory requirements.
Cloud Cost & Performance Optimisation
Review resource utilisation and workload performance to identify practical opportunities for improvement.
Our Approach
A Clear Path from Migration Planning to Cloud Delivery
We take a structured approach to migration, helping align technical decisions with business priorities, dependencies and operational needs.
The scope, sequencing and deliverables are agreed according to your environment and project requirements.
- 01
Assess & Prioritise
Review workloads, dependencies, risks and business requirements to determine migration priorities.
- 02
Design the Target Environment
Define the cloud architecture, migration strategy, security controls and transition plan.
- 03
Migrate & Validate
Move agreed workloads, verify data and application functionality, and address issues before handover.
- 04
Stabilise & Optimise
Monitor the migrated environment, resolve outstanding issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
Delivery Controls
Reduce Migration Risk. Keep Business Moving.
Plan for dependencies, validate critical workloads and prepare for potential disruption before migration begins.
No migration is entirely risk-free. Our focus is to identify material risks early, make trade-offs visible and establish appropriate controls before changes reach production.
- Dependency MappingIdentify application, infrastructure and data dependencies before deciding migration order.
- Planned Migration WindowsSchedule migration activities around business operations and agreed downtime requirements.
- Data & Application ValidationVerify data integrity and application behaviour against agreed acceptance criteria.
- Recovery & Contingency PlanningDefine appropriate recovery and rollback options for workloads where required.
Business Outcomes
What Your Business Gains from Cloud Modernisation
Build a more adaptable technology environment that supports business continuity, operational efficiency and future growth.
Greater Scalability
Accommodate changing workloads without relying solely on physical infrastructure upgrades.
Improved Business Agility
Make application changes and introduce new capabilities with fewer infrastructure constraints.
Stronger Security and Governance
Establish consistent controls and improve visibility across supported cloud workloads.
More Effective IT Spending
Understand cloud consumption, reduce unnecessary resource usage and make infrastructure costs easier to manage.
Better Operational Resilience
Design for availability, recovery and continuity based on the importance of each workload.
A Foundation for Innovation
Create an environment better suited to modern application development, data integration, analytics and future AI initiatives.
Why NCS London
Why Choose NCS for Cloud Migration?
A migration strategy shaped around your applications, infrastructure, risk profile and business goals.
Workload-Led Planning
Prioritise migration decisions around application needs and business impact.
Structured Delivery
Follow a defined path from assessment and design to migration and validation.
Risk-Aware Execution
Account for dependencies, security and continuity requirements throughout the project.
Focus Beyond Migration
Consider performance, maintainability and resource efficiency after workloads move.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloud migration moves applications, data or workloads to a cloud environment. Cloud modernisation goes further by improving application architecture, infrastructure or operating models to better meet current requirements.
Workloads are assessed based on business value, application dependencies, performance, security, compliance, cost and technical readiness. This helps determine priorities and an appropriate migration strategy.
Legacy applications can be assessed to identify suitable options, which may include rehosting, replatforming, refactoring or replacing components. The right approach depends on application compatibility and business needs.
Planning can include dependency mapping, migration sequencing, agreed maintenance windows, testing, data validation and contingency planning. The level of disruption depends on the workloads and migration strategy.
The appropriate platform depends on your existing environment, workload requirements and business objectives. NCS London supports Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Post-migration activities can include stabilisation, performance monitoring, security reviews, resource optimisation and operational handover, depending on the agreed project scope.
Contact us
Move to the Cloud with a Clear Plan
Assess your current environment, identify migration priorities and plan a modernisation path aligned with your business goals. NCS London can help you define the right next steps.
Prefer to talk? Call us on 020 3326 7268