Vendor migrations in Liverpool —
VMware, Cisco, on-prem to cloud, done safely.
Servnet runs parallel-run vendor migrations for Liverpool businesses facing Broadcom-era VMware pricing, Cisco end-of-life, on-prem to cloud consolidation. Discovery → pilot → migration waves → decommission. Liverpool cutovers happen Friday-evening to Sunday so Monday open is clean across NHS C&M, professional services, and the LCRCA estate.
Why Liverpool is in the middle of every current migration cycle
Liverpool concentrates firms feeling current migration triggers — VMware Broadcom on NHS C&M and professional-services estates, Cisco EOL across multi-site LCRCA networks, NHS C&M cloud-shift programmes, maritime operations consolidation.
VMware → Nutanix for Liverpool regulated estates
Broadcom's pricing is forcing the question on NHS C&M + Liverpool professional services. VMware → Nutanix AHV is the most common destination for regulated estates.
Cisco → Fortinet for LCRCA + multi-site
Liverpool multi-site customers (LCRCA, multi-branch retail, multi-site NHS) consolidating ageing Cisco onto Fortinet single-pane.
On-prem → Azure UK / AWS eu-west-2
Liverpool professional services and Knowledge Quarter scale-ups lift-and-shifting from Merseyside DC footprint to cloud.
Maritime IT consolidation
Peel Ports + maritime operations consolidating multi-site IT (often inherited) onto a single HCI platform.
What a Servnet Liverpool migration delivers
Discovery + bill-of-quantities
Complete picture of the current estate turned into a migration BoQ.
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 — low-criticality first.
Weekend cutover windows
For Liverpool customers, cutover Friday-evening onwards with engineers on-site.
Old-platform decommission + ITAD
Once the new platform has run clean, decommission begins.
Liverpool migration engagements we run
- ▸NHS C&M trusts to Crown Hosting / AzureLUHFT, Mersey Care, Alder Hey migrating off ageing on-prem to Crown Hosting or Azure UK-South — DSP Toolkit + HSCN retained.
- ▸Liverpool professional services off VMwarePier Head + Albert Dock professional firms with 100–300 VMs moving from vSphere to Nutanix AHV.
- ▸LCRCA Cisco → Fortinet multi-siteLCRCA estate + 6 Merseyside authorities consolidating Cisco ASA + Meraki onto FortiGate + FortiSwitch.
- ▸Maritime IT consolidationPeel Ports + Liverpool 2 consolidating multi-site IT onto Nutanix HCI.
- ▸Knowledge Quarter scale-ups on-prem → AWSLiverpool Science Park scale-ups moving from on-prem to AWS eu-west-2.
- ▸Universities to M365 + AzureUniversity of Liverpool, LJMU migrating Exchange-on-prem + on-prem file servers to M365.
How a Liverpool 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.
Liverpool vendor migrations — common questions
We're a Liverpool firm with 150 VMs on vSphere — Broadcom has doubled. What's right?
For most Liverpool firms with that footprint, Nutanix AHV or vSAN ESA. Model 3-year TCO including migration cost.
Can you migrate an NHS C&M trust to Azure without HSCN breakage?
Yes — frequent NHS engagement. We retain HSCN connectivity throughout the migration, with cloud-side integration validated before cutover.
How do you handle multi-site maritime IT consolidation for Peel Ports?
Discovery across inherited estates, target design (typically Nutanix HCI), consolidated migration with consistent security + change processes.
Can you do Cisco → Fortinet across LCRCA + 6 councils?
In most cases yes — install Fortinet in parallel, migrate sites one at a time.
How long does 150-VM VMware → Nutanix take in Liverpool?
Discovery → final-VM-on-new-platform is typically 10–14 weeks.
We're a Knowledge Quarter scale-up wanting to leave our Liverpool DC for AWS?
Yes — frequent engagement. AWS landing-zone design, application-by-application migration. Typical timeline 3–6 months.
Other services we deliver in Liverpool
Facing a VMware bill, Cisco EOL or cloud migration in Liverpool?
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