Moving to the cloud can cut costs, improve reliability, and unlock new capabilities. Conversely, it can turn into downtime, blown budgets, and workloads that run worse than they did before. The difference is planning and execution. IS&T Consulting Group provides cloud migration services that help your business from beginning to end, including assessment through cutover and optimization, as well as moving your applications, servers, and databases to AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud with minimal disruption or downtime.
We've migrated and modernized IT environments for businesses since 1997. Because we're vendor-neutral, we help your organization choose the right destination and the right approach for each workload rather than offering a one-size-fits-all lift-and-shift that leaves money and performance on the table.
Not every workload should be moved the same way. We evaluate each application against the industry-standard migration strategies and recommend the best fit based on cost, risk, and business value:
A migration touches everything, including infrastructure, applications, security, users, and budgets. IS&T has managed exactly that complexity for 2,400+ clients across 1,800+ projects over more than 28 years.
Every migration follows a proven, low-risk path:
1. Discover & Assess - Inventory applications, map dependencies, score cloud readiness, and define success criteria.
2. Plan & Design - Choose the destination and approach per workload; design the target architecture, security, and cost model.
3. Migrate - Execute in waves with testing and rollback; validate each workload before moving the next.
4. Optimize - Right-size, secure, and tune the environment after cutover.
5. Operate - Optionally, we can manage the environment 24/7 so it keeps performing at the highest level.
Our migration consultants work across healthcare, financial services, retail and e-commerce, energy and oil & gas, professional services, and technology and SaaS, including regulated environments (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, etc.) where compliance must be preserved throughout the move.
How long does a cloud migration take?
It depends on the number and complexity of your workloads. A single application lift-and-shift can take a few weeks while a multi-application, multi-database migration with re-architecture can run several months. Our assessment phase gives your business a realistic timeline and fixed scope before any migration work begins.
Will our systems be down during the migration?
We design migrations to minimize downtime. Most workloads move in phases with testing and a rollback plan, and cutovers are scheduled for low-impact windows. Some approaches allow near-zero downtime. Our team will tell you what's achievable for each workload up front.
Which cloud should we migrate to? AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud?
That depends on your applications, existing tools, and goals. Microsoft-centric shops often choose Azure. Teams wanting the broadest service set often choose AWS. Data- and Kubernetes-heavy workloads may suit Google Cloud. As a vendor-neutral firm, we help you choose objectively and recommend hybrid solutions for workloads that are best split across more than one.
How much does a cloud migration cost?
Cost depends on the number of workloads, the approach for each, and the destination platform. We provide a fixed-scope proposal after the assessment, including projected cloud running costs so you can compare against your current spend. Call 713-622-3443 to get started.
What happens after the migration is complete?
We optimize the environment for cost, security, and performance, and can hand it back to your team or manage it for you 24/7 through our managed cloud services. Many clients also engage us afterward for cost optimization and modernization.
Do you work with businesses outside of Houston?
Yes. While IS&T Consulting Group is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and has served clients since 1997, we have experience delivering cloud migration services to organizations in Houston locally and across the United States remotely.
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Plan Your Cloud Migration
Thinking about moving to the cloud or fixing a migration that stalled? Call IS&T Consulting Group at 713-622-3443 or request a proposal, and we'll start with an assessment that gives you a clear, low-risk migration plan.
