Vendor migrations in Glasgow —
VMware, Cisco, on-prem to cloud, done safely.
Servnet runs parallel-run vendor migrations for Glasgow businesses facing Broadcom-era VMware pricing, Cisco end-of-life, on-prem to cloud consolidation. Glasgow cutovers happen Friday-evening to Sunday so Monday open is clean across IFSD finance, NHS GGC, BBC Scotland and the Scottish Gov estate.
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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