Cloud Transformation

Migration to Google Cloud, Pilot First

Four phases with decision gates: discover the estate, plan the waves, move one low-risk workload as a pilot, then launch the rest.

NGT's migration path on Google Cloud. Migration Center inventories the estate and its usage; the plan picks rehost, replatform or refactor per workload; Migrate to Virtual Machines, Database Migration Service and Storage Transfer Service move servers, databases and files; a pilot of one low-risk workload proves performance, stability and cost before the remaining waves. Every phase ends at a gate: review, adjust, align, comply.

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When to use it

  • A data-centre exit or an estate moving to Google Cloud in waves
  • Databases that must move with little downtime
  • A sponsor who wants proof on one workload before committing to all

How NGT delivers it

Built from code, reviewed at a gate by an NGT architect, and handed over with runbooks your team can run.

Cloud Transformation