Can a move to modern infrastructure actually cut costs, speed delivery, and leave your team ready to run the new environment?
We set the tone for your journey by aligning cloud migration and management services to measurable business outcomes, preserving governance, security, and cost control across every phase.
With 35 years in IT and 12 years focused on database and application migration, ScienceSoft brings formal quality processes and audited security. Rackspace Technology adds depth with 1,700+ engineers and 11,000+ certifications across top providers, making combined expertise practical and proven.
We combine strategic guidance with hands-on delivery, translating cloud services into business-ready solutions that your team can operate confidently after handover, with clear documentation and training.
Our approach reduces risk, accelerates time to value, and keeps cost visible from day one, while we prioritize quick wins and keep critical systems resilient throughout the transition.
Key Takeaways
- We align technical moves to business goals, not just technical milestones.
- Decades of delivery experience and certified experts reduce implementation risk.
- Designs focus on handover, documentation, and team enablement.
- Cost control and ROI are planned from day one.
- Vendor-neutral guidance keeps your options flexible as needs evolve.
Partner with Experts to Simplify Your Cloud Journey
Our first step is to translate your business goals into a clear strategy that targets performance, elastic scale, and predictable costs.
We provide vendor-neutral guidance across platform options, matching your requirements for compliance, data residency, and risk tolerance to the right cloud platform and target architecture.
Rackspace conducts holistic assessments to catalog apps, infrastructure, and network layout, then designs a target architecture that factors security and risk. We run collaborative workshops to prioritize workloads and agree on the migration approach for each system.
ScienceSoft emphasizes transparent SLAs, regular reports, and automated testing to validate application logic. For complex data moves, we run legacy and cloud data warehouses in parallel so teams can rollback quickly if needed.
- Forecast consumption to prevent overspend and compare deployment trade-offs.
- Deliver hands-on experts for execution and clear documentation for your team.
- Embed governance and align identity and data controls to your policies.
Our Cloud Migration and Management Services
We craft a practical migration strategy tailored to your business, aligning priorities, risks, and dependencies so effort is defined by application, data platform, and integration.
Application and Data Moves
We run discovery through cut-over, modernizing selectively to protect timelines while improving reliability. For data warehouse work, we adopt serverless ETL where it reduces overhead and preserves quality.
Delivery Automation and Hybrid Integration
Our CI/CD designs standardize builds, tests, and releases to shorten lead time at opsio. When on-prem systems must remain, we build hybrid links that respect latency and compliance needs with opsio.
Post-Go-Live Support
We provide knowledge transfer, monitoring, and ongoing optimization, with scripts, validation steps, and rollback plans to ensure fidelity and auditability.
| Scope | What We Do | Benefit |
|---|
| Strategy & Planning | Prioritize apps, define effort, run workshops | Predictable timeline and cost |
| Application Migration | Refactor or rehost, cut-over execution | Improved performance, minimal downtime |
| Data Warehouse | Serverless ETL, reconciliation scripts | Scalable analytics, data fidelity |
| Operations | Monitoring, alerting, managed service | Proactive runs and cost tuning |
Migration Strategy: From Business Case to Roadmap
We validate the business case first, quantifying TCO and ROI so leaders can compare scenarios and approve a clear strategy.
Assess workloads, requirements, and forecasts. Rackspace assesses workloads and predicts future cloud consumption, estimating costs while mapping functional dependencies, performance baselines, compliance scope, and data gravity.
Define platform and target architecture
We select the right cloud platform by matching requirements to provider capabilities, regional coverage, and feature maturity, then design a pragmatic target infrastructure that balances managed services with portability.
Prioritize and sequence the project
We segment the migration project into waves that respect dependencies, secure early wins, and reduce risk, aligning cut-overs with business events and compliance audits.
- Forecast consumption per system to model spend ranges and reservation strategies.
- Document non-functional needs—RPO/RTO, availability, and SLAs—so success is measurable.
- Deliver a unified plan covering change management, resource allocation, and vendor coordination.
ScienceSoft provides migration consulting to calculate feasibility before execution, ensuring the plan delivers value within your capital and operating profiles.
The Migration Process and Best Practices
Before moving systems, we build a shared inventory and a prioritized backlog so decisions are data-driven and timely. This approach reduces surprises and keeps stakeholders aligned with the migration project schedule.
Discovery and assessment workshops
We run structured workshops to map applications, data stores, integrations, and workloads, producing a single source of truth. Teams agree on scope, risk, and cutover windows so planning reflects real operational constraints.
Choose rehost, replatform, or re-architect pathways
Each workload follows the most efficient route—lift-and-shift, targeted refactor, or full redesign—based on business value, technical debt, and available time. Rackspace leads methodological selection while ScienceSoft ensures transparency via SLAs.
Testing, validation, cutover, and go-live procedures
We standardize automated test suites that validate business logic, performance, and security controls, and we run rehearsal cut-overs with runbooks and rollback checkpoints to make go-live predictable.
Knowledge transfer to your in-house team
We deliver role-based training, complete documentation, and formal wave reviews so your architects, developers, DBAs, and security admins can operate confidently after handover. This handoff closes the loop on best practices and continuous improvement.
Application Migration and Modernization
Every application follows a tailored pathway so technical effort aligns with business impact.
We migrate single critical applications or full portfolios, sequencing dependencies and scaling teams so efforts progress predictably without resource contention.
Single and multi-application migration at scale
We assess each application to choose rehost, replatform, or refactor, favoring cloud-native options when they reduce complexity and costs.
Our approach uses containerization, serverless functions, managed databases, and event-driven patterns to boost resilience and speed delivery.
Cloud-native refactoring to improve performance and costs
We implement CI/CD pipelines to standardize build, test, and deploy steps, raising release cadence while lowering change failure rates.
Runtime tuning—autoscaling policies, caching tiers, and connection pooling—keeps performance steady during surges and prevents overprovisioning.
- Decouple components with APIs and queues for independent scaling.
- Embed observability from day one: logs, metrics, and tracing.
- Plan data changes with phased cut-overs to protect transactions.
- Harden security by design with least-privilege IAM and pipeline SAST/DAST.
We measure outcomes in business terms—latency, conversions, and operational costs—so modernization delivers clear, measurable value.
Data and DWH Migration Without Business Disruption
To avoid disruption, we phase data transfers with parallel runs, automated reconciliation, and serverless transformations that only consume resources when active.
We protect continuity by running legacy and target warehouses in parallel so teams can rollback instantly if issues appear, keeping reporting and close cycles intact.
Serverless ETL reduces fixed infrastructure costs by scaling compute only during transforms, and pausing idle resources to lower cloud consumption.
- Design a migration strategy that preserves lineage, with validation at every stage so analytics remain trusted.
- Automate reconciliation—row counts, checksums, and business rule checks—before legacy decommissioning.
- Address performance early with partitioning, clustering, and caching matched to the target platform.
- Secure data end-to-end with encryption and strict access policies, aligning to compliance needs.
- Transfer knowledge to analytics teams for orchestration, cost controls, and operational support.
Our approach balances speed with safety so business users see steady results while we complete the migration cloud work in a controlled, reversible way.
Security, Compliance, and Access Governance
We prioritize threat reduction by applying repeatable controls and automated checks at every layer of the architecture. This approach turns policy into measurable actions so risk is visible and manageable.
ISO 27001-based practices guide our design. We enforce component-level controls—network segmentation, key management, and hardened baselines—so each system holds to the same standard.
Identity governance and automation
We deploy identity governance with automated access reviews, joiner-mover-leaver workflows, and least-privilege policies. Next-gen tools provide 300+ connectors and over 1,500 actions to speed continuous compliance and reduce audit effort.
Regulatory mapping and evidence
We map controls to HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, and FedRAMP requirements, encrypt data in transit and at rest, rotate secrets, and use just-in-time access for sensitive operations.
- Guardrails, monitoring, and policy-as-code block noncompliant changes.
- Centralized telemetry correlates events to accelerate incident response.
- Training and playbooks keep operational security aligned with evolving systems.
We measure outcomes by fewer misconfigurations, faster audit cycles, and lower access risk, showing security as an enabler for business speed and resilient support.
Cloud Platforms, Tools, and Integrations
Platform selection must be practical and measurable, so we align provider capabilities with the metrics your stakeholders care about.
We help you combine public cloud, private cloud, and multicloud options to meet performance targets, compliance needs, and cost ceilings while avoiding unnecessary lock-in.
Provider expertise and unified governance
Rackspace holds leadership credentials across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and VMware—AWS Premier Consulting Partner, Azure Expert MSP, and Google Migration Partner of the Year—so we use native capabilities where they speed delivery.
Using Rackspace Fabric, we centralize ticketing, billing, and tagging to give teams a single pane for governance across accounts and subscriptions.
Toolchains for visibility and efficiency
We design standard landing zones, identity boundaries, and network patterns so your footprint scales predictably.
- Monitoring, alerting, and automation tools tie into ITSM and CMDB.
- Cost controls use rightsizing, reserved capacity, and autoscaling to keep budgets on track.
- Infrastructure as code ensures reproducibility, auditability, and rapid provisioning.
| Capability | What we provide | Business benefit |
|---|
| Platform expertise | AWS, Azure, Google, VMware certifications and reference architectures | Faster delivery with proven patterns |
| Governance hub | Rackspace Fabric: unified ticketing, billing, tagging | Consistent policy, simpler audits |
| Toolchain integration | Monitoring, automation, cost tooling linked to ITSM/CMDB | Improved uptime and predictable spend |
| Portability | Abstraction layers, secure APIs, event streaming | Lower vendor lock-in, easier refactor paths |
We train your teams on platform nuances and shared operational patterns, so architects and operators can run applications and data workflows confidently after handover.
Timelines and Costs You Can Plan For
We map duration and budget ranges to each workload so teams can plan resources and minimize surprises.
Typical durations vary by complexity and chosen method. Simple applications often complete in roughly 2–2.5 months. Medium or complex applications commonly take 6+ months. Data warehouses typically range from 2–8 months, depending on volume and transform needs.
Indicative cost ranges are set early so stakeholders can make trade-offs. Application migrations generally fall between $20,000 and $250,000 based on refactor depth, integrations, and testing. DWH efforts are commonly $140,000–$280,000 for mid-sized organizations, and $280,000–$700,000 for larger enterprises.
- We explain variance drivers—migration method, code changes, data volume, and target infrastructure—so you can tune scope to cost.
- We phase the migration project into waves to spread cost, show value early, and protect key business periods.
- Estimates include testing, automation, and knowledge transfer to avoid hidden fees and ensure handover.
| Item | Typical Duration | Indicative Cost Range |
|---|
| Simple applications | 2–2.5 months | $20,000–$50,000 |
| Medium / complex applications | 6+ months | $50,000–$250,000 |
| Data warehouse (500–1,000 employees) | 2–6 months | $140,000–$280,000 |
| Data warehouse (1,000+ employees) | 4–8 months | $280,000–$700,000 |
How we keep costs predictable: we use consumption forecasting, right-sizing, and reserved capacity to control post-move spend. We document assumptions and contingency buffers in the plan, and enforce milestone governance with go/no-go criteria.
We report progress and budget status continuously so leadership can act early, reduce rework, and keep the migration project aligned with business goals and operational realities.
Proof of Value: Selected Cloud Migration Case Studies
Selected client engagements highlight how targeted platform work unlocked speed, resilience, and cost gains. Below are concise case summaries that show outcomes, techniques, and the business impact of each engagement.
Scaling analytics and optimizing infrastructure costs
What we did: ScienceSoft built a scalable big data system using Apache Hadoop, Hive, and Spark to process 1,000+ advertising data types.
Outcome: Real-time insights accelerated campaign decisions while infrastructure spend dropped through tuning and serverless patterns.
Cross-region moves and faster time-to-market
What we did: We migrated a mobile credit platform to a new AWS region, fixed stability bugs, and added lending features.
Outcome: Infrastructure costs fell and release cadence improved, shortening the migration project without user impact.
From spreadsheets to self-service BI
What we did: Analytics pipelines moved from Amazon RDS to Google Cloud in three months, enabling self-service BI and removing spreadsheet bottlenecks.
Outcome: Decision speed and accuracy improved, with users operating dashboards without manual data wrangling.
- We matched each application migration path—rehost, replatform, refactor—to the desired business outcome.
- Staged cut-overs and validation minimized downtime and protected customers.
- Standardized observability and cost controls kept performance consistent while spend stayed on target.
- Architecture diagrams and runbooks were handed over so client teams can extend solutions independently.
| Client type | Challenge | Approach | Result |
|---|
| Ad tech | High-volume, real-time processing | Hadoop/Hive/Spark, streaming, cost tuning | Faster insights, lower infra cost |
| Fintech (mobile credit) | Regional compliance, stability, speed | Cross-region move, bug fixes, feature rollout | Reduced expenses, faster releases |
| Analytics team | Spreadsheet-based reporting | RDS → GCP, self-service BI | Improved accuracy and speed |
| Retail cashback | Scaling under heavy load | Replatform to AWS, scalability hardening | Resilient, high-load production |
See case details to benchmark scope, risks, and expected outcomes before committing to a migration cloud plan. We coordinate product, engineering, and compliance so your migration project stays aligned to release schedules and policy needs.
Differentiators and Credentials You Can Trust
We fuse deep operational know-how with DevOps discipline to deliver repeatable results across complex infrastructure programs, shortening timelines while reducing risk.
Decades of proven practice and formal quality
ScienceSoft brings 35 years in IT, 12 years focused on cloud migration, 11 years in DevOps, plus ISO 9001 QMS and ISO 27001 ISMS. These controls turn experience into predictable outcomes.
Recognized leadership and certified multi-platform teams
Rackspace contributes 1,700+ engineers and 11,000+ certifications across major providers, with top partner badges and Gartner recognition that unlock priority support and platform roadmaps.
- Cross-functional teams—architects, engineers, data specialists, and compliance leads—tailored to your needs.
- Workflows codified with automation and templates to shorten lead times and improve consistency.
- Long-term partnerships and case study evidence show delivery under tight timelines and budgets.
- We measure success by your business metrics—customer experience, revenue growth, and operational efficiency—so technical work drives real value.
cloud migration and management services Engagement Models
Our engagement options match expertise to your priorities, giving clear handoffs and predictable outcomes while keeping risk and cost visible.
Consulting and advisory to define your migration strategy
We deliver consulting and advisory to crystallize the business case, map a realistic roadmap, and set measurable KPIs so sponsors can approve with confidence.
Professional services for design, build, and migration
We execute design and build work, from landing zones and automation to application and data moves, integrating hybrid components when needed.
- Design landing zones and automation pipelines.
- Migrate applications and data platforms with staged cutovers.
- Staff a focused team of architects, engineers, security, data, and SREs that scales to program needs.
Managed service for day-to-day operations and continuous optimization
We provide a managed service for monitoring, incident response, cost tuning, patching, and ongoing improvement so your operators can focus on business goals.
Rackspace supplies lifecycle offerings—consulting, professional work, and run operations—while ScienceSoft extends long-term managed support after go-live.
- Align governance to your PMO with clear SLAs and KPIs.
- Embed runbooks, knowledge bases, and escalation paths for timely support.
- Plan phased handoffs with shadow periods to ensure continuity and ownership transition.
Conclusion
We build a pragmatic plan that balances speed, safety, and cost so leaders can act with confidence.
We guide you to the right cloud with a clear plan that sequences priority workloads, reduces risk, and shows measurable business impact. We design solutions that modernize each application and system while keeping performance and resilience central.
We help choose and operate cloud infrastructure across public cloud and private cloud options, embed cost controls and observability from day one, and equip your teams with documentation and training for long‑term ownership.
We stand behind outcomes with managed support if you prefer a lasting partnership. Ready to proceed? let talk about priorities, constraints, and a scoped roadmap you can plan around.
FAQ
What outcomes can we expect from partnering with your team to simplify our cloud journey?
We deliver measurable business outcomes, including improved performance, greater scalability, and lower operational costs, by aligning our strategy to your workloads, required SLAs, and total cost of ownership, while providing vendor-neutral guidance so you get the right platform for your needs.
How do you develop a migration strategy and plan tailored to our business?
We start with discovery workshops to assess applications, data, and infrastructure, evaluate constraints and compliance needs, forecast cloud consumption, and produce a prioritized roadmap that specifies target architecture, migration pathways, timelines, and a business case that justifies the investment.
Which migration approaches do you recommend: rehost, replatform, or re-architect?
We select the pathway that balances speed, risk, and long-term value—rehost for rapid lift-and-shift, replatform for incremental improvements, and re-architect when you need cloud-native scalability and cost efficiency—each decision is driven by application criticality, refactor effort, and cost-benefit analysis.
Can you migrate complex applications and data warehouses without disrupting operations?
Yes, we use parallel environments, robust testing and validation, automated ETL patterns such as serverless models to reduce costs, and rollback strategies to maintain business continuity while we migrate single or multiple applications and large data warehouses.
How do you ensure security, compliance, and access governance during a move?
We apply ISO 27001-based practices, implement component-level security controls, and deploy identity governance with automated access reviews to meet HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, and FedRAMP requirements, ensuring continuous compliance throughout the engagement.
Which platforms and toolchains do you support for a project?
Our team has deep expertise across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and VMware, and we integrate monitoring, automation, cost management, and CI/CD toolchains to deliver observability, repeatable delivery, and efficient consumption models in public, private, or multicloud environments.
What are typical timelines and cost considerations for application and DWH moves?
Simple application moves often take about 2–2.5 months, complex apps generally require 6+ months, and data warehouse projects typically range from 2 to 8 months; cost depends on scope, required refactoring, and ongoing managed support, and we provide transparent estimates as part of the business case.
Do you provide post-migration managed support and ongoing optimization?
Yes, we offer managed operations to handle day-to-day tasks, continuous optimization to reduce spend and improve performance, and knowledge transfer so your in-house team gains skills for long-term success while we remain available as needed.
How do you measure success and prove value after migration?
We track KPIs such as application performance, cost per workload, deployment frequency, and recovery time objectives, and we validate outcomes with case studies that demonstrate analytics scaling, cost reductions, cross-region migrations, and faster time-to-market for business initiatives.
What engagement models do you offer for moving and operating workloads?
We provide flexible models: consulting and advisory to define strategy, professional services for design and execution, and managed offerings for ongoing operations and optimization, allowing you to choose the level of support that matches your team’s capabilities and budget.
How do you help organizations choose the right private, public, or multicloud approach?
We evaluate regulatory constraints, latency and data residency needs, workload characteristics, and cost profiles to recommend the right environment—private for strict control, public for scale and innovation, or multicloud for resilience and vendor flexibility—backed by a pragmatic migration plan.
What best practices do you follow for testing, cutover, and go-live?
Our process includes staged validation, automated test suites, rehearsed cutover plans with defined rollback points, deployment windows coordinated with stakeholders, and post-go-live monitoring to ensure a smooth transition and rapid issue resolution.
Can you assist with CI/CD design to accelerate delivery post-move?
Absolutely, we design and implement CI/CD pipelines that automate build, test, and deployment workflows, enabling faster, safer releases and better developer productivity, while integrating with your security and monitoring practices for end-to-end governance.
What credentials and differentiators should we look for when choosing a partner?
Look for proven experience across decades in IT, strong DevOps capabilities, quality management such as ISO 9001, recognized partner designations with hyperscalers, and a track record of successful case studies that align with your industry and technical needs.
