Platform, cloud and data migration services
Moving a system is mostly about proving nothing was lost. These pages explain the mechanics of each kind of move, checked against vendor documentation, and say plainly where we have done the work ourselves.
E-commerce platforms
Each platform models products differently, so these pages deal with variant limits, customer passwords, redirects and what each vendor's import tooling leaves out.
Cloud
What the vendors' replication and database tools do, what they leave for you to build, and what behaves differently once you are off your own network.
Applications and data
This is where our published work sits: old applications moved to current stacks, data moved and reconciled, and the running of a system once it is live.
Enterprise software
ERP, CRM, BI and knowledge systems, where most of the work is agreeing on data and process. Each page says where we can help and where you need a product specialist.
What we have actually moved
Application, data and integration work. We have not published a replatforming between commerce vendors or a large cloud estate, and each page says what we can and can't show you.
- HR, staffing & manpower
- Workforce and billing application for a manpower company
- Retail & loyalty
- Loyalty-card management system: PHP 5.6 to Laravel
The detail behind those moves
A cabinet manufacturer's ordering, dealer-portal and inventory system went from PHP 5.6 and MySQL 5.0 to Laravel 13, PHP 8.5, MySQL 8 and a Next.js front end, in about eight months. A loyalty-card system moved from PHP 5.6 to Laravel in two months, with every card, balance and rule preserved. A high-volume WooCommerce store went from PHP 7.4 to the current release during three years of maintenance, and we built the integration that sends a water-treatment company's website enquiries into Microsoft Dynamics.
How we run a migration
We are an engineering team in India with 3–5 hours of overlap with the UK and Europe; US calls by appointment. Work can be a fixed-scope project, added capacity for your own team, or maintenance after go-live.
1. Read the system
We go through the code, schema, integrations and scheduled jobs, and talk to the people who use it. The result is a written account of what the system really does, including rules nobody documented.
2. Rehearse on a copy
Migration scripts are kept in version control and run repeatedly against copies of production. Each run finds fewer problems, and it gives you a measured time for the cutover window instead of an estimate.
3. Compare old and new
Row counts, balances per customer and hand-checked samples for data; side-by-side results for workflows. Any difference is either a bug or something the business has come to rely on, and the people who own the process decide which.
4. Cut over with a way back
A final delta runs in a short window, with DNS and redirects prepared in advance. Who decides, by when, and how to roll back are all written down before the night.
5. Watch the slow cycles
Month-end, renewals and annual reports exercise code that testing may not have reached. We watch each one the first time it runs, and the old system isn't shut down until a full cycle has passed.
Migration questions we hear most
Will we lose search rankings when we replatform?
Rankings can dip after any move, and nobody can honestly promise otherwise. You reduce the risk by mapping every old URL to its new address, setting up 301 redirects, carrying titles and descriptions across, and watching crawl errors after launch.
Can you promise no downtime?
No. We can configure a zero-downtime deployment where the system allows it, and usually keep the cutover window short by rehearsing it and syncing changes beforehand. What is achievable depends on your system, and we tell you after we have measured it.
How long does a migration take?
Our two published PHP 5.6 to Laravel moves took about eight months and two months. The difference came down to size and how well the code was already understood, so we estimate only after an assessment.
Tell us what you are moving, and what can't go wrong
Share the current system, the target and your deadline. We will tell you how we would approach it, or who might suit you better.
We reply within one business day (IST).