Sold by: Zen Internet
Move your infrastructure to AWS with confidence and position for AI — guided by a structured four-phase programme that minimises risk, embeds modernisation, and accelerates results.
Overview
Migrate with Confidence, Modernise with Purpose
CloudShift is Zen's comprehensive AWS Migration & Modernisation programme, taking you from on-premises or legacy data centre infrastructure to a secure, scalable, AI-ready AWS environment — without the complexity and risk of going it alone.
Delivered in four structured phases — Assess & Strategise, Plan & Architect, Migrate & Modernise, and Optimise & Enable — the programme is underpinned by the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) and the Well-Architected Framework. With Zen as your partner, you benefit from independent advice (no sales commissions), access to AWS funding programs you can't access alone, and a structured approach that prevents cloud migration fatigue while positioning you for AI from day one.
How it works
Phase 1 — Assess & Strategise Led by an experienced, accredited AWS Architect, we evaluate your current environment through discovery workshops and automated tooling. We produce an Application Portfolio Analysis (7R classification), Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model, Migration Business Case document, and Risk & Compliance Register. We carry out a licensing assessment to identify SQL Server Edition optimisation opportunities — one of the most impactful cost-saving activities before migration begins.
Phase 2 — Plan & Architect We design your AWS foundations — Landing Zone, Security & Compliance Blueprint, and Network Connectivity — and create target architecture designs per application stack. For AI-motivated customers, we conduct a Data Readiness for AI assessment to ensure architecture decisions position you for AI from day one.
Phase 3 — Migrate & Modernise Our engineering team executes the migration wave by wave, assigning the right pattern (rehost or replatform) to each workload. Every stack goes through test migrations and validated cutovers. We embed selective modernisation — managed databases, load balancers, ElastiCache — without application code changes. Full refactoring is deferred to Phase 4.
Phase 4 — Optimise & Enable We produce a Cloud Financial Management (FinOps) baseline based on actual AWS usage data, identifying aggressive cost optimisation opportunities. We deliver a Modernisation Roadmap (12–24 months) prioritising containerisation, DevOps, and serverless transformations. For customers who completed Data Readiness for AI in Phase 2, we move directly into AI Sprint.
Benefits
CloudShift reduces the learning curve, risk, and complexity of migrating to AWS — so you can focus on what comes next.
Reduced risk Migrate to AWS and eliminate capital expenditure — pay only for what you use. A structured approach with test migrations and validated cutovers means your business keeps running throughout.
Strategic modernisation Don't just replicate — modernise. Embed managed AWS services during migration to reduce operational overhead immediately, with a clear roadmap for deeper transformation post-migration.
AI readiness from day one AI runs on data, and data locked in aging on-premises infrastructure is data you can't use. CloudShift positions your architecture for AI and machine learning from the outset — not as an afterthought.
Unlock funding you can't access alone As an accredited AWS Partner, Zen can access the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) and other funding programs on your behalf — reducing your migration costs and initial AWS spend.
Highlights
- Structured four-phase programme — Assess & Strategise, Plan & Architect, Migrate & Modernise, and Optimise & Enable — with clear deliverables and defined exit criteria at each stage. Prevents cloud migration fatigue and delivers quick wins without overwhelming teams.
- Independent, expert-led delivery — AWS-certified Solution Architects with Professional-level certification as standard, over 50 AWS certifications across the team, and no sales commissions. Our advice is always in your best interest.
- Proven results — Merlin Cycles achieved 50% less latency, 20% greater availability, 40% faster databases, and 10% lower costs. Westfield Health migrated its entire insurance platform from two data centres to AWS, achieving improved system stability, full cost transparency, and faster developer productivity.
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CloudShift is delivered as a series of Statements of Work, one per phase. This gives you clear scope, defined deliverables, and commercial control at each stage — with the ability to review and confirm before proceeding to the next phase.
Getting started: Contact Zen's team to schedule a pre-engagement discovery call where we define scope, confirm participants, and gather initial context about your current environment.
During the engagement: Each phase has defined timelines — from 2–3 weeks for assessment through to 8–20 weeks for migration execution, depending on workload complexity and volume.
Post-migration: CloudShift connects directly into Zen's CloudSure managed services for ongoing operational excellence, and our Modernisation services for deeper transformation including containers, serverless, and DevOps.
As an AWS Advanced Services Partner, Zen delivers professional and managed services to customers across multiple industries. Our UK-based team works closely with customers for long-term, consistent results.
Contact: aws@zen.co.uk