Cloud Hosting Migration for Enterprise Websites
Transition to cloud without disruption
Our hosting migration experience enables us to move your website to a new cloud environment efficiently, securely, and with minimal disruption. Whether you seek better customer service, performance, enhanced security, or cost savings, we ensure a smooth transition tailored to your needs.
Once you complete the migration, we manage your hosting, platforms, and digital services, delivering a fixed-price SLA and 24/7/365 dedicated support through our ArekiboCare managed service.
Our hosting migration service is part of Arekibo's cloud and infrastructure offering. Migrations typically move to managed hosting upon completion, with Azure or AWS as the target platform.
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Client - Migrating the Irish Aviation Authority's web presence to ArekiboCare.
Our hosting migration process focuses on
- Careful pre-migration planning - Managing the migration process planning with your teams.
- Data migration - Secure transfer of data files, databases, and user information with data integrity checks.
- Zero-downtime - Implementing a strategy to maintain current services during the migration and switchover.
- Performance optimisation - Configuration of infrastructure and set-up of monitoring requirements and protocols.
- DNS & domains - Setting up and verifying DNS settings to ensure a seamless domain transition.
- Post-migration testing - Conducting comprehensive testing to confirm all features work as expected after migration.
- Business support - tailoring the level of day-to-day support your business and technology teams need to manage your digital services.
Migrating to cloud hosting enables your business to leverage the latest technology and infrastructure, resulting in faster, more secure, and scalable digital services.
We ensure a streamlined migration process from planning to execution, allowing you to reap the benefits of your new cloud infrastructure.
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Frequently asked questions about our hosting migration services
What is hosting migration?
Hosting migration is the process of moving your website, applications, databases, and digital services from one hosting environment to another. This could involve moving from on-premise infrastructure to the cloud, changing hosting providers, or upgrading to a more scalable and secure platform. Arekibo manages the entire process to ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption. For organisations planning a broader cloud transformation, our Cloud Planning services can help define the migration strategy and roadmap.
Why would I need to migrate my hosting environment?
Organisations typically migrate hosting to improve performance, strengthen security, reduce costs, increase scalability, improve support, or move to modern cloud infrastructure such as AWS or Azure. A hosting migration can also help future-proof your digital services and improve reliability.
Why choose Arekibo for my hosting?
Our team combines cloud infrastructure expertise, migration experience, and ongoing managed service capabilities to deliver secure, low-risk migrations. Beyond migration, we support organisations with Cloud Planning, CloudOps, Managed Hosting, and ArekiboCare, providing a complete cloud and operational lifecycle service.
What does Arekibo’s hosting migration service include?
Our hosting migration service includes:
- Pre-migration planning and stakeholder coordination
- Secure transfer of files, databases, and user data
- Data integrity validation
- DNS and domain migration management
- Performance optimisation
- Zero-downtime migration strategies
- Post-migration testing and validation
- Ongoing support through ArekiboCare
We manage every stage of the migration process from planning through to optimisation.
Can you migrate websites to AWS or Microsoft Azure?
Yes. We regularly migrate websites and digital platforms to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), designing cloud environments that improve scalability, security, performance, and resilience. We also provide ongoing management through our Azure Solutions and CloudOps services.
Will my website experience downtime during migration?
Our migration approach is designed to minimise or eliminate downtime wherever possible. We implement migration and switchover strategies that keep existing services available while the new environment is deployed and tested.
How do you protect data during migration?
We securely transfer databases, files, and user information while performing data integrity checks throughout the migration process. Backups and validation procedures ensure your data remains protected and accurate.
What happens to our DNS and domain settings during migration?
We manage DNS updates, domain configuration, and verification processes to ensure a seamless transition. This helps minimise disruption and ensures users continue to reach your website without issues.
How do you test a website after migration?
Following migration, we conduct comprehensive testing to verify that functionality, integrations, performance, security, and user journeys work as expected in the new environment before the migration is considered complete.
Can you migrate enterprise websites and digital platforms?
Yes. We support enterprise organisations, government bodies, public sector organisations, and high-traffic websites. Our migration methodologies are designed to handle complex digital ecosystems with minimal risk and disruption.
What are the benefits of moving to cloud hosting?
Cloud hosting provides:
- Improved scalability and flexibility
- Enhanced security and resilience
- Faster website performance
- Better disaster recovery capabilities
- Reduced infrastructure management overhead
- Predictable operational costs
Cloud infrastructure allows organisations to adapt more quickly to changing business demands. Our Managed Hosting service helps organisations maximise these benefits through 24/7 support and proactive management.
Can you migrate websites from another agency or hosting provider?
Absolutely, we do this regularly. We frequently help organisations transition from existing agencies, hosting providers, or internal infrastructure teams while maintaining service continuity and minimising disruption. Following migration, many clients move onto our Managed Hosting and ArekiboCare services for ongoing support.
Do you support migrations from on-premise infrastructure to the cloud?
Yes. We help organisations assess, plan, and execute migrations from on-premise environments to cloud platforms, ensuring infrastructure, applications, and data are migrated efficiently and securely.
How long does a hosting migration take?
Migration timelines vary depending on the website's size, the complexity of integrations, the volume of data, and the target infrastructure. Following an assessment, we provide a detailed migration plan and implementation timeline.
What support is available after migration?
Once migration is complete, we can continue managing your hosting environment through ArekiboCare, providing 24/7/365 support, monitoring, optimisation, maintenance, and SLA-backed services.
Can you optimise performance as part of the migration?
Yes. Migration is an ideal opportunity to improve performance. We plan with your team to optimise infrastructure configuration, storage, and management, implement monitoring, review resource allocation, and ensure the new environment is configured for speed, reliability, and scalability.
How do you ensure business continuity during a migration project?
Through careful planning, staged migrations, testing, backup strategies, and coordinated cutover processes, we ensure critical services remain available and operational throughout the migration journey.
The benefits of moving to cloud hosting
Migrating to cloud hosting empowers your business, optimises expenditure and delivers defined SLA and support metrics. Here are more benefits:
- Inbuilt scalability - The Cloud allows your teams to easily scale operations, supporting business expansion and adapting quickly to changes in demand.
- Reduced downtime - Avail of proactive monitoring systems that reduce service interruptions, ensuring business-critical services remain consistently available.
- Faster to market - Cloud infrastructure allows your business to launch products or services more quickly, accessing services on demand.
- Client satisfaction: Reliable, high-performing, and secure cloud hosting reassures customers, strengthening brand reputation and customer loyalty.
Migration to the cloud provides predictable costs, reduced capital expenditures, and stronger data protection, improving budget control and reducing financial risks. Here are more benefits:
- Reduced maintenance - Modern cloud hosting automates routine tasks, freeing IT teams from manual maintenance and allowing them to focus on your strategic projects.
- Enhanced security - Cloud hosting platforms include state-of-the-art security features like firewalls, encryption, and intrusion detection, simplifying compliance and protecting digital assets.
- Disaster recovery - Built-in disaster recovery options ensure we can restore data and services quickly, minimising downtime and protecting against data loss.
- Innovation opportunities - Migration allows our teams to adopt the latest technology like containerisation, DevOps tools, and AI to improve system efficiency and performance and open up new opportunities.
For Marketing and Comms teams, migrating to the cloud from your current infrastructure opens up opportunities to be more innovative, agile and faster to market. Some of the benefits include:
- Optimised UX - Cloud offers enhanced website performance, improving user engagement, boosting conversions and supporting successful campaign execution.
- High-traffic - Auto-scaling capabilities ensure that your digital services can handle traffic spikes without compromising performance.
- Integrated tools - Cloud hosting supports seamless integration with CRM, analytics, and marketing automation tools, enabling more cohesive, data-driven campaigns.
- Real-time insights - Modern hosting solutions offer advanced analytics, enabling your team to collect real-time data for personalisation, enhancing targeting and customer engagement.
Migrating hosting to the cloud allows your Technology and Support team to partner with experts who can streamline and consolidate your needs to meet your internal governance processes. Here are a few more benefits:
- New opportunities - Your team can now focus on internal priorities while our team manages and supports your external websites and services.
- Enhanced security - You can now access state-of-the-art features such as firewalls, encryption, and intrusion detection to simplify compliance and protect digital assets.
- Customisable environments - We can customise environments to meet your needs, including configuring security protocols, storage solutions, and software updates.
- Recovery & Backup - Built-in disaster recovery options enable us to restore data and services quickly
- Detection & Response - Access built-in, AI-driven threat detection and response tools to identify and respond to vulnerabilities proactively