Topic
On-premise
10 articles on on-premise.
- Providers
Moving to Oracle Cloud (OCI): a business owner's guide
Where OCI genuinely wins (Oracle databases, egress-heavy workloads, raw price), its core services, and an honest read on who should actually pick it.
- Guides
How to migrate file shares and NAS storage to the cloud
Object storage vs managed file systems, DataSync and AzCopy transfer mechanics, preserving NTFS and POSIX permissions, and a cutover that keeps users working.
- Guides
How to migrate a monolith to the cloud (without rewriting it)
Rehost the monolith first, fix state and config so it survives the move, and decompose later with the strangler fig if the pain justifies it. Not a rewrite.
- Guides
How to migrate from on-premise to Azure without the drama
Discovery with Azure Migrate, VNet and VPN/ExpressRoute networking, Entra ID and AD decisions, hybrid licensing, DNS cutover, and validation for a boring Azure move.
- Cost
On-premise vs cloud: total cost of ownership
An honest TCO comparison with a worked 5-year example: the on-prem costs that hide in other budgets, the cloud costs that surprise, and when cloud loses.
- Playbooks
Cloud Migration Strategy: The 6 Rs, and How to Pick One per Application
Rehost, replatform, repurchase, refactor, retire, retain, what each migration strategy costs, when it applies, and how to assign one to every app.
- Playbooks
A Step-by-Step Cloud Migration Roadmap (with Checklists)
A phase-by-phase cloud migration roadmap, assess, plan, pilot, migrate, optimize, with a checklist for each phase and realistic timelines.
- Guides
How to migrate from on-premise to AWS without the drama
Discovery, VPC and VPN/Direct Connect networking, migration waves with MGN/DMS/DataSync, DNS cutover, and validation, the sequence that keeps an AWS move boring.
- Cost
How to estimate your cloud bill before you migrate
A step-by-step method to estimate cloud costs before migrating: compute, storage, egress, and managed services, with a full worked example in dollars.
- Glossary
Cloud migration
Cloud migration is moving your applications and data from your own servers onto a cloud provider. Plain-terms definition, a real example, and what decides success.