Hero IT
Managed IT

Cloud migration that moves your business without surprises.

A poorly executed cloud migration is a small catastrophe — slow systems, broken integrations, frustrated staff. We plan every step, test everything, and cut over with a rollback plan ready in case anything looks wrong.

  • AWS / Azure / GCP — recommended to fit your stack
  • Pilot wave + rollback plan at every cutover
  • 30 days of post-migration hypercare
Fixed-price quote. No surprise invoices.Calgary, AB
migration · wave 2 of 3On track
On-premise
68% migrated
Cloud
File server
1.4 TB · validated
done
Line-of-business app
Pilot complete · cutover Sat
progress
Database tier
Wave 3 · scheduled
queued
Rollback ready · last validated 14 min ago
Live
Zero data loss · validated
AWS / Azure / GCP
Sound familiar?

Aging on-prem infrastructure is a slow tax on the business.

Most Calgary businesses we meet are running on infrastructure designed 5+ years ago. Here's what we see most.

1

Your server is old and a single point of failure

When it dies — and it will — recovery time is measured in days.

2

Remote access is slow or impossible

VPN crawls. RDP times out. Hybrid work is harder than it should be.

3

Hardware refresh cycles are eating cash

Big capex every 3–5 years for kit that depreciates immediately.

4

Downtime risk during migration is scary

You have heard horror stories. You are right to be cautious.

5

Your line-of-business app is locked to old hardware

Vendor's roadmap is 'cloud someday.' Yours is 'now.'

6

Backups and DR on-prem are weak or untested

A successful backup means nothing without a successful restore.

7

You do not know what depends on what

Tribal knowledge in three heads. One of them is leaving next month.

8

Previous "cloud" attempts stalled or made things worse

Half-migrated, half-on-prem, all expensive.

What's included

Everything you'd expect,
plus what most agencies skip.

Every project includes the full list. Nothing is “an upgrade” or “out of scope” later.

Migration assessment

Full inventory and dependency mapping before a single file moves — apps, data, integrations, accounts, networking, and licensing.

Migration planning

Detailed runbook, rollback plan, communication plan, and a tested cutover sequence — not a hope.

Lift & shift or re-architect

Move applications as-is for speed, or modernize them for the cloud where it pays off.

AWS / Azure / Google Cloud

We work with all major hyperscalers and recommend based on your apps, integrations, and budget.

Identity & access

SSO, conditional access, and service accounts cleaned up so the move is also a security upgrade.

Network & connectivity

VPN, ExpressRoute / Direct Connect, DNS, and bandwidth tuning so latency does not surprise anyone.

Data migration

File shares, databases, and application data migrated in waves with checksums and validation at each stop.

Testing & validation

Pre-cutover and post-cutover testing including performance, integration, and user-experience checks.

Cost optimization

Right-sized resources, reserved instances, and scheduled scaling so the cloud bill does not spiral.

30-day hypercare

Daily monitoring, rapid issue response, and tuning for the first 30 days post-cutover.

In the box

What you walk away with.

A safely migrated, optimized cloud environment is the obvious deliverable. Here's the full list of what's included.

Get a fixed-price quote
  • Full infrastructure + dependency inventory
  • Target architecture diagram + cost model
  • Migration runbook + rollback plan + comms plan
  • Pilot wave migrated and validated
  • Production migration in waves with rollback at each cutover
  • Identity, network, and security hardening as part of the move
  • Data migration with checksum validation
  • Backup + DR configured in the new environment
  • Cost optimization (right-sizing, reserved instances)
  • 30 days of hypercare + documented handover
How we'll work together

Our process. Step by step.

A short, structured timeline with real check-ins at each step. You always know what's next.

1
Weeks 1–2

Discovery

Map current infrastructure, applications, dependencies, integrations, licensing, and constraints.

2
Week 3

Planning

Define migration waves, target architecture, runbook, rollback plan, communication plan, and cost model.

3
Week 4

Pilot

Migrate a representative pilot workload first — surface issues before they become production fires.

4
Weeks 5–12

Migration

Execute the migration in waves with rollback procedures ready at each cutover.

5
Weeks 13–16

Optimize

Right-size resources, tune cost, harden security, and document the new environment.

Industries

Cloud Migration for the businesses we know best.

Calgary-specific patterns, copy, and SEO baked in for these industries.

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FAQ

Questions we hear about
cloud migration.

Don't see yours? Ask on the call. There aren't dumb questions — only ones agencies don't bother to answer.

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Calgary, AB

Cloud Migration across Calgary.

We work with Calgary businesses in every quadrant. Click a community to see how we serve it specifically.

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