What are the 7 migration strategies for AWS?
AWS defines seven migration strategies — commonly called the 7 Rs: Retire (decommission unneeded apps), Retain (keep on-premise for now), Rehost (lift-and-shift to cloud), Relocate (move to cloud without changes), Replatform (minor optimizations during migration), Repurchase (switch to SaaS), and Refactor/Re-architect (rebuild for cloud-native performance). Cygnet.One evaluates which strategy suits each workload based on business value, technical complexity, and compliance requirements.
What are the 4 phases of cloud migration?
Cloud migration typically follows four phases: Assessment (inventory and evaluate existing workloads, dependencies, and compliance needs), Planning (define migration strategy, target architecture, and sequenced roadmap), Migration (execute workload moves with monitoring and validation), and Optimization (right-size resources, apply FinOps governance, and tune performance post-migration). Cygnet.One's ORBIT framework operationalizes these phases with structured checkpoints to minimize risk and business disruption throughout the process.
How long does a cloud migration project typically take?
Migration timelines vary based on workload complexity, number of applications, and chosen strategy. A straightforward rehost of a small environment may take 4–8 weeks, while a large-scale re-architecture project for an enterprise with hundreds of workloads can span 6–18 months. Cygnet.One conducts a readiness assessment upfront to provide a realistic, phased timeline aligned to your operational and business constraints.
What is a cloud readiness assessment and why is it important?
A cloud readiness assessment evaluates your current IT landscape — including application inventory, infrastructure dependencies, data volumes, compliance obligations, and team capabilities — to determine how prepared your organization is for cloud adoption. It identifies risk factors, migration complexity, and cost implications before any workload is moved, helping enterprises avoid costly surprises mid-migration and ensuring the strategy chosen is genuinely appropriate for their environment.
How does Cygnet.One minimize business disruption during migration?
We use our structured ORBIT migration framework to sequence workloads by criticality and interdependency, establish rollback protocols for every migration wave, and conduct continuous monitoring throughout execution. Migration windows are planned around your business calendar to avoid peak operational periods. Our AWS Advanced Tier partnership also enables access to specialized tooling for parallel-run validation before any cutover is finalized.
Can you migrate data platforms and legacy databases, not just applications?
Yes. Cygnet.One specializes in migrating and modernizing data platforms alongside application workloads. We handle transitions from on-premise SQL servers to cloud databases like Aurora or PostgreSQL, and from traditional data warehouses to modern lakehouse architectures. Our approach ensures data integrity, continuity of reporting pipelines, and readiness for downstream analytics and AI workloads — making data migration a first-class deliverable, not an afterthought.
What cloud platforms does Cygnet.One support for migration?
Cygnet.One's primary specialization is Amazon Web Services (AWS), where we hold Advanced Tier Partner status and certified expertise in services including Amazon Aurora, SageMaker, and Bedrock. Our cloud engineering practice also supports multi-cloud strategies across major hyperscalers. We help enterprises choose the right platform based on workload requirements, existing licensing, cost models, and regional data residency or compliance obligations.
How is cloud migration pricing structured?
Cloud migration consulting engagements are scoped based on workload complexity, number of applications and data assets involved, chosen migration strategy, and the level of post-migration support required. Cygnet.One provides transparent, outcome-linked pricing following an initial readiness assessment. Engagements can be structured as fixed-scope projects or as managed programs with phased billing — ensuring predictability for enterprise budget planning.