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Technology & Cloud Roadmapping

Lower total cost of ownership from platform selection, migration planning and modelling across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Overview

What technology & cloud roadmapping looks like with Datalabs.

Platform selection, migration planning and cost modelling across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud — assessed against your workloads, your team’s skills and your compliance obligations.


You get the migration sequence, the projected run cost and the risks of each option, so the decision is made on numbers rather than preference.

Benefits

What you get, specifically.

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Workload assessment

Each application evaluated for rehost, replatform, refactor or retire.

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Cost modelling

Projected run costs per option, including reserved capacity and egress.

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Migration sequencing

A phased plan that limits downtime and keeps dependencies in order.

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Security and compliance

Requirements mapped to platform controls before commitment, not after audit.

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Multi-cloud clarity

A straight answer on whether multi-cloud helps you or just adds overhead.

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Exit considerations

Lock-in assessed so you know the cost of changing your mind later.

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Technology & Cloud Roadmapping · FAQ

Questions we're asked about this.

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How do you choose between AWS, Azure and Google Cloud?

By scoring workload fit, existing licensing, team skills and three-year total cost of ownership rather than defaulting to a house preference. Existing Microsoft licensing often makes Azure cheaper, while data and machine learning workloads frequently favour Google Cloud.

Will moving to the cloud reduce our costs?

Only with right-sizing, reserved capacity and autoscaling in place — a lift-and-shift migration commonly increases spend by 20 to 30 percent. Cost modelling is done before migration, not discovered on the first invoice.

How long does a cloud migration take?

Planning takes four to eight weeks; execution depends on workload count and coupling, and typically runs in waves over three to nine months. Low-risk workloads move first to validate the pattern.

What about vendor lock-in?

Containerised workloads, infrastructure as code and open data formats keep switching costs manageable. Managed services are adopted deliberately where the operational saving clearly outweighs the portability cost.

Free growth plan

Tell us the number you want to move.

Send one paragraph. You get a channel mix, scope, budget range and timeline back within 24 hours — from a senior specialist, not a salesperson.

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