Migration Services London

Moving business premises is stressful enough without you having to worry about the smooth transition of your IT infrastructure from one location to another.

At Syntax, we provide a comprehensive range of high quality services to help you relocate or refresh all aspects of your information technology. This includes telephone systems, computing hardware, data centres or cloud services.

Cloud Migration Made Easy

We work in partnership with our clients to implement scalable, reliable and highly available infrastructure tailored to their business needs – managing the entire project lifecycle including design, proof of concept, implementation, migration and support. The implementation methodology is based on IT Infrastructure Library best practice (ITIL), delivering business-critical solutions with a risk-free approach.

Talk to one of our IT consultants today on 020 7307 5008 to find out more about how we can help you.

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  • Managed and Delivered by experienced IT infrastructure experts
  • Risk-free approach to implementation
  • High quality best practice, standards based approach

What Are Data Migration Services?

Migration services involve the movement of your organisation’s digital assets, resources, services and applications from one place to another using migration tools. This migration is often necessary when expanding your business or when upgrading your software to cloud technologies. In most cases, cloud migration services are implemented because an organisation wants to improve productivity, efficiency, digital infrastructure and flexibility for remote workers. Cloud computing can also help with minimizing risk in relation to disasters, data breaches or cyber attacks, as well as being more cost effective than traditional servers and storage solutions in most cases.

Cloud migration services for functionality and flexibility

The cloud is as flexible as it is secure. It offers an expandable amount of storage space, and migrated data access can be restricted to within the cloud’s firewall. With an array of benefits and smart features for businesses, the cloud is a staple for most modern businesses. Time-saving features, ease of access, enhanced security and user-friendly applications all serve to make the cloud one of the most game changing aspects of modern business culture.

Syntax IT London can assist you with all aspects of data migration and relocation, helping you move your vital business data swiftly and securely. We’ll get to know your organisation in order to help you use the opportunity to optimise business processes and implement the right strategy for your IT.

What is migration in information technology?

IT migration services are essential for any business looking to implement a digital transformation or pivot to newer technologies. Making the move to the cloud requires an effective cloud migration strategy, roadmap, workflow model and essential collaboration.

We will work with you to get to know your business, and determine which data migration approach works best for your organisation. Options include public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud options.

We take a customer-centric approach, using templates and analysis tools to make sure that your cloud migration takes place in an effective, smooth and systematic way – without having a negative impact on your business operations.

So what does effective cloud migration look like?

As a part of our data migration services, we will make sure that you are able to transfer business applications and data smoothly and safely to whichever platform is best suited to your needs. Whether it is, Microsoft Office 365, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure or another enterprise cloud solution we can use the relevant migration tools and strategic planning to make the entire process smooth and stress free.

To achieve this, we take into account your business goals, overall costs, your business’s adaptability to cloud services, the volume of data and the availability of applications that fit the cloud. We’ll also complete a comprehensive audit that assesses the capabilities of your existing infrastructure in line with industry best practices. We’ll look at important various factors such as security, automation, disaster recovery, scalability, data recovery and more.

Form here, we’ll gather existing resources and manage your requirements in order to create a cloud architecture that supports your needs, and work with you to maximise automation, which forms an integral part of successful cloud migration.

Once we’ve worked collaboratively to create the right cloud migration strategy for your need, we will deploy the new cloud environment. This involves staging it and testing it for key factors like functionality, scalability and operational efficiency.

No matter whether it is a public cloud or private cloud, however, we always take the same rigorous and secure approach to moving data.

Microsoft 365 migration

Making the switch to Microsoft Office 365 is a popular choice for businesses across all industries, and as a Certified Gold Microsoft Partner, Syntax IT Support can help you achieve it seamlessly, securely and successfully.

In order to find the right Office 365 migration type for your business, you’ll need to ask yourself key questions, including: how much time do you need to migrate? How big is your migration budget? How much data to you need to migrate? Which existing email system are you using? And, which applications are critical to your business?

This will give you the insight you need to decide on the right migration route for your business, whether that be a staged migration, a cut-over migration, or a hybrid migration or an IMAP migration.

Syntax IT Support can help you get to grips with each of these migration types and decide which road is the best to take for your server relocation. London businesses are finding great success by taking the steps to effective cloud migration with Syntax.

How effective Cloud Migration transforms the way your business operates:

Cloud migration services

Effective cloud migration can transform the way your business operates, creating a more streamlined, productive and secure landscape for your organisation and its workers. Transporting your critical data to a cloud environment gives you the chance to prioritise cybersecurity within your business, providing both a flexible platform where data can only be accessed by authorised personnel, and a secure environment where sensitive information is protected from prying eyes and potential hackers.

The cloud migration process comprises of six key steps.

he first is creating an efficient project brief. This involves gathering information on the project and project owner, outlining the scope and details of the project, and deciding on a target date for completion.

After this, the project initiation can take place. This comprises of deciding how to approach the project, taking into account any risks involved, and communications needs. A project design can then be created, ensuring a detailed technical framework in which to operate.

A project plan then provides the opportunity to take a step by step approach to the migration, with project dashboards, and project governance offers the necessary training and documentation to ensure full accreditation where necessary. It also allows us to monitor the success of the migration in real time.

Finally, project completion involves successfully finalising the migration using the latest migration tools, ensuring that your new cloud strategy is effective.

The best practices for cloud migration

In order to get the most out of your new cloud computing solution, there are steps that can be taken in order to prepare your business for effective cloud migration. These include:

Organising your information:

Analysing and rationalising your data before migrating it. This will help you know what data you’re moving and where that information is currently stored.

Getting employees engaged:

Ensuring that team members aren’t wary or overwhelmed by the prospect of new technology by asking their input in its inception. Those leading the business should be comfortable with the new systems and processes in order to encourage the rest of the team.

Investing in training:

Giving your team comprehensive training on how your new cloud environment should be used, and the ways it can positively impact their working day and job role.

Undergoing consistent re-evaluation:

Identifying and addressing any issues down the line and determining whether or not your solution is still meeting your needs. The cloud is not static, and neither is your business. Cloud computing should grow and evolve with your organisation.

Server and Infrastructure Relocation London

Our experts are able to migrate any required physical network infrastructure and server systems swiftly and safely. We use specialist transporters and packaging to ensure we minimise the risk throughout the relocation process. Syntax IT support teams are also available to help re-configure any systems or infrastructure, plus provide hand-holding assistance for users as they adapt to their new working environment. Syntax can you take the next step in helping with your business growth, protecting your data assets in the process.

Get in touch for data migration services

Looking to relocate or refresh your IT infrastructure? Find out more about how we can help you with all your IT needs. Call today on 020 7307 5008.