Vendor migrations in Brighton —
VMware, Cisco, on-prem to cloud, done safely.
Servnet runs parallel-run vendor migrations for Brighton businesses facing Broadcom-era VMware pricing, Cisco end-of-life, on-prem to cloud consolidation. Discovery → pilot → migration waves → decommission. Brighton cutovers happen Friday-evening to Sunday so Monday open is clean across Silicon Beach tech, NHS Sussex, and the BHCC + ESCC estate.
Why Brighton is in the middle of every current migration cycle
Brighton concentrates firms feeling current migration triggers — VMware Broadcom on NHS Sussex + Silicon Beach tech estates, Cisco EOL across multi-site BHCC / ESCC networks, NHS Sussex cloud-shift, Brighton tech cloud-native modernisation.
VMware → Nutanix for Brighton regulated estates
Broadcom's pricing is forcing the question on NHS Sussex + Brighton mid-market. VMware → Nutanix AHV most common destination.
Silicon Beach cloud-native modernisation
Brandwatch / Cision, BookingGo-class scale-ups designing cloud-native AWS / Azure / GCP infrastructure with SOC 2-readiness.
Cisco → Fortinet for BHCC + ESCC multi-site
Brighton multi-site customers (BHCC + ESCC + 5 districts, multi-branch retail) consolidating ageing Cisco onto Fortinet single-pane.
Exchange-on-prem → M365 for BHCC + universities
Frequent second-wave for Brighton public-sector — Exchange-on-prem to M365 GCC / education.
What a Servnet Brighton migration delivers
Discovery + bill-of-quantities
Complete picture of the current estate turned into a migration BoQ.
Target architecture design
Reference architecture for the destination platform.
Pilot environment in week 3-4
Non-production pilot built on the new platform.
Wave-based migration with parallel-run
Production workloads migrated in waves.
Weekend cutover windows
For Brighton customers, cutover Friday-evening onwards with engineers on-site.
Old-platform decommission + ITAD
Once the new platform has run clean, decommission begins.
Brighton migration engagements we run
- ▸Silicon Beach cloud-native modernisationBrandwatch / Cision, BookingGo, 15gifts cloud-native AWS / Azure / GCP architecture, SOC 2-ready.
- ▸NHS Sussex trusts to Crown Hosting / AzureUH Sussex, SPFT, EAS migrating off ageing on-prem to Crown Hosting or Azure UK-South — DSP Toolkit + HSCN retained.
- ▸Brighton mid-market VMware → NutanixBrighton mid-market with 100–300 VMs moving from vSphere to Nutanix AHV.
- ▸BHCC Cisco → Fortinet multi-siteBHCC + ESCC + 5 Sussex districts consolidating Cisco ASA + Meraki onto FortiGate + FortiSwitch.
- ▸Brighton creative cloud workflowsBrighton creative agencies moving from on-prem editorial / storage to cloud-collaborative workflows.
- ▸Universities to M365 + AzureUniversity of Sussex + Brighton migrating Exchange-on-prem + on-prem file servers to M365.
How a Brighton migration runs week-by-week
Weeks 1–2 — discovery + estate map
Automated discovery + interviews with application owners.
Weeks 3–4 — target design + pilot build
Target architecture signed off. Pilot environment built.
Weeks 5–8 — wave migrations
Production workloads migrated in 4–6 waves.
Weeks 9–10 — soak + decom
New platform runs clean for soak.
Brighton vendor migrations — common questions
We're a Brighton firm with 150 VMs on vSphere — Broadcom has tripled. What's right?
For most Brighton firms with that footprint, Nutanix AHV or vSAN ESA. Model 3-year TCO including migration cost.
Can you migrate an NHS Sussex trust to Azure without HSCN breakage?
Yes — frequent NHS engagement. We retain HSCN connectivity throughout the migration.
Can you handle cloud-native architecture for Silicon Beach scale-ups?
Yes — frequent engagement. AWS / Azure / GCP landing-zone design, Terraform-based IaC, SOC 2-ready from day one.
Can you do Cisco → Fortinet across BHCC + ESCC + 5 Sussex districts?
In most cases yes — install Fortinet in parallel, migrate sites one at a time.
How long does 150-VM VMware → Nutanix take in Brighton?
Discovery → final-VM-on-new-platform is typically 10–14 weeks. Brighton proximity to Surrey HQ speeds up discovery + soak phases.
Can you help Brighton creative agencies move to cloud-collaborative workflows?
Yes — for Brighton creative customers we design cloud-collaborative workflows on Adobe Creative Cloud, Frame.io, AWS Thinkbox-class infrastructure.
Other services we deliver in Brighton
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