Why Glasgow is in the middle of every current migration cycle
Glasgow concentrates Scottish regulated estates — VMware Broadcom on IFSD + NHS GGC, Cisco EOL across multi-site Scottish council networks, NHS Scotland cloud-shift.
VMware → Nutanix for Scottish regulated estates
Broadcom's pricing forcing the question on NHS GGC + IFSD finance customers.
Cisco → Fortinet for Scottish councils + multi-site
GCC + 7 Greater Glasgow authorities + Scottish Gov estates consolidating Cisco onto Fortinet.
On-prem → Azure UK / AWS eu-west-2
IFSD finance and Glasgow tech moving from Scottish DC footprint to cloud.
Exchange-on-prem → M365 for Scottish Gov + universities
Frequent second-wave for Scottish public-sector.
What a Servnet Glasgow migration delivers
Discovery + bill-of-quantities
Complete picture of the current estate.
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 Glasgow customers, cutover Friday-evening onwards.
Old-platform decommission + ITAD
Once the new platform has run clean, decommission begins.
Glasgow migration engagements we run
- ▸NHS GGC to Crown Hosting / AzureNHS GGC migrating off ageing on-prem to Crown Hosting or Azure UK-South — NHS Scotland IG retained.
- ▸IFSD finance VMware → NutanixTesco Bank / Morgan Stanley Glasgow / JPMorgan with 200–500 VMs moving from vSphere to Nutanix AHV.
- ▸BBC Scotland broadcast modernisationBBC Scotland modernising broadcast infrastructure — IP-based production.
- ▸GCC + 7 Greater Glasgow Cisco → FortinetGCC + 7 authorities consolidating Cisco onto FortiGate + FortiSwitch.
- ▸ScottishPower utility modernisationScottishPower consolidating multi-site IT — IT/OT segregation retained.
- ▸Universities to M365 + AzureGlasgow + Strathclyde + Glasgow Caledonian migrating Exchange-on-prem to M365.
How a Glasgow 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.
Glasgow vendor migrations — common questions
We're a Glasgow firm with 200 VMs on vSphere — Broadcom has tripled. What's right?
Nutanix AHV or vSAN ESA.
Can you migrate NHS GGC to Azure without SWAN breakage?
Yes — we retain SWAN connectivity throughout the migration.
Can you do Cisco → Fortinet across GCC + 7 Greater Glasgow authorities?
In most cases yes — install Fortinet in parallel, migrate sites one at a time.
How long does 200-VM VMware → Nutanix take in Glasgow?
Discovery → decom typically 10–14 weeks.
Can you handle BBC Scotland broadcast modernisation?
Yes — frequent engagement for Pacific Quay broadcast cluster.
Can you handle ScottishPower utility consolidation?
Yes — frequent engagement for Scottish utility customers.
Other services we deliver in Glasgow
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