Application Migration

Businesses nowadays consider application migration as a preferable option to getting greater flexibility, scalability, and agility by transferring apps into the cloud. By moving software from a particular computing environment to another, the value of that software will be multiplied and businesses will be significantly benefitted.

Considering theĀ time frameĀ for successfully migrating an app without reengineering or re-architecting, it takes around four to eight months.

As far as theĀ fundamental stepsĀ are concerned, we following the following sequence-

collection of migration prerequisite data Ėƒ planning Ėƒ designing Ėƒ updating app architecture Ėƒ mock migration Ėƒ testing ofĀ mock migration Ėƒ final migration Ėƒ final testing Ėƒ withdrawing of unwanted application parts Ėƒ support.

We incorporate aĀ teamĀ of wide-ranging experts such as project managers, business analysts, cloud solution architects, DevOps, software and database engineers, and IT security professionals that will smoothen the process of app migration.

TheĀ costĀ of the migration process varies based on the size of the application. A small app requires a $50,000 investment, however for a medium-large app you ought to invest $200,000 to $ 500,000.

    Sample Sequence of Application Migration Stages

    Collection of Prerequisite for App Migration

    Planning

    Designing

    Time frame: 1 to 2 months

    MVP

    Updating App Architecture & Code (excluding purchased enterprise apps) & Data Migration

    Time frame: depends on the depth of change (updating app design and code)

    Time frame: 3 to 10 weeks (data migration)

    Mock Migration & Testing

    Time frame: 2 to 4 weeks

    Final Migration & Final Testing

    Time frame: 3 to 6 weeks

    Withdrawing of Unwanted Application Parts

    Time frame: 2 to 4 weeks

    Support

    Skills Required for an App Migration Project

    Project Manager

    A project manager manages everything beginning from the planning of app migration, assigning and supervising the tasks and their implementation, offering specified, quality is proven, and affordable project deliverables to the migration team, updating the stakeholders on the projectā€™s progress communicating with vendors and cloud providers.

    Cloud Solution Architect

    A cloud solution architect is assigned the task of looking over the technical needs of the app to be migrated, designing a new cloud environment and drawing up its features and benefits after implementation, and selecting the migration approach and architecture for the new app.

    Business Analyst

    A business analyst analyzes business demands and goals, defines the scope of app migration and its requirements, smoothens the process of transition to the new environment.

    Developer

    A developer mainly deals with the coding tasks. Theyā€™re supposed to audit code for the app to be migrated, do recoding, if required, or bring changes in the appā€™s code. Configuration and customization can be done to a repurchased app, to meet business needs.

    DevOps Engineer

    A DevOps engineer entails an approach of infrastructure-as-code and automated deployments such as testing and CI/CD pipelines and optimizing orchestration. Also, they configure monitoring tools for performance, issue detection, and set alerts at the time of issue.

    Software Engineer

    A software engineer sets up sophisticated architecture patterns and apt cloud services to the app which will be migrated along with its refactorization.

    Database Engineer

    A database engineerā€™s job role is simple as they have to select a suitable database platform and implement data migration tools.

    IT Security Specialist

    An IT security specialist provides security recommendations at every stage of cloud migration and network system along with retrieving control mechanisms and management of the migrated app.

    Sourcing Models for Application Migration

    In-house team

    Pros

    • Full control over the app migration process.
    • Ensure team productivity.

    Cons

    • To fill up the gap, you need to hire specialists who wonā€™t be helpful otherwise after the migration process.
    • The budget will be hampered if you hire.
    • Suffer from a lot of burdens and lose focus on other core business affairs.
    • Bear the pain of managerial and hiring efforts.

    Partial or full outsourcing of technical resources

    Pros

    • The in-house team is aware of the current software environment and accesses the assets easily.
    • The outsourced team will offer expert guidance on every matter related to app migration and fill up the gap if any.

    Cons

    • Youā€™re supposed to bear the burden of partial/full team coordination, quality control, and risk management tasks.

    Full migration process outsourcing

    Pros

    • Share the burden with a vendor that takes full responsibility.
    • Fully established app migration frameworks.

    Cons

    • The higher risk involved as far as migration or modernization is concerned.

    Cost of Application Migration to the Cloud

    Moving the app to the cloud will cost you an amount (generally charged higher by other companies), but with us, that amount will be affordable and just.

    Major migration cost factors

    The key factors responsible for the major migration cost are:

    • A number of applications are to be migrated.
    • The complexity involved in the app migration process.
    • Data involved.
    • App migration option- public, private, and hybrid.
    • Life span & migration readiness of the app.
    • Availability demands.
    • Demand for code-level modification and high-level programming language.
    • Migration automation cost and extent.
    • Life span & migration readiness of the app.
    • Testing coverage for unit, system, and performance.
    • Cloud services price.

    Major post-migration cost factors

    • Infrastructure cost- app and its infrastructure support
    • Maintenance cost.
    • Training of IT supports the team.

    Cons

    • Youā€™re supposed to bear the burden of partial/full team coordination, quality control, and risk management tasks.
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