Why Nottingham is in the middle of every current migration cycle
Nottingham concentrates firms feeling current migration triggers — VMware Broadcom on corporate-HQ and NHS NN estates, Cisco EOL across multi-site Notts council networks, NHS NN cloud-shift, corporate-HQ cloud-native modernisation.
VMware → Nutanix for Nottingham regulated estates
Broadcom's pricing is forcing the question on NHS NN trusts and BioCity life sciences. VMware → Nutanix AHV most common destination.
Corporate-HQ on-prem → cloud at scale
Boots, Experian, Capital One UK, E.ON UK corporate HQ infrastructure increasingly moving from on-prem to AWS / Azure — large-volume cloud migrations.
Cisco → Fortinet for Notts CC + multi-site
Nottingham multi-site customers (Notts CC, 6 districts, multi-branch retail, multi-site corporate) consolidating ageing Cisco onto Fortinet.
BioCity tenant cloud-shift
BioCity life sciences tenants shifting from on-prem to validated cloud environments (AWS / Azure with GxP-aware controls).
What a Servnet Nottingham 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.
Weekend cutover windows
For Nottingham corporate-HQ customers, cutover Friday-evening onwards with engineers on-site.
Old-platform decommission + ITAD
Once the new platform has run clean, decommission begins.
Nottingham migration engagements we run
- ▸Boots / Experian / Capital One / E.ON HQ to cloudCorporate-HQ infrastructure modernisation — on-prem to AWS / Azure with regulatory-aware documentation.
- ▸NHS NN trusts to Crown Hosting / AzureNUH, SFHFT, Notts Healthcare migrating off ageing on-prem to Crown Hosting or Azure UK-South — DSP Toolkit + HSCN retained.
- ▸BioCity to validated cloudBioCity tenants moving from on-prem to GxP-validated AWS / Azure environments.
- ▸Notts CC Cisco → Fortinet multi-siteNotts CC estate + 6 districts consolidating Cisco ASA + Meraki onto FortiGate + FortiSwitch.
- ▸Mid-market VMware → NutanixNottingham mid-market with 100–300 VMs moving from vSphere to Nutanix AHV.
- ▸Universities to M365 + AzureUniversity of Nottingham, NTU migrating Exchange-on-prem + on-prem file servers to M365.
How a Nottingham 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.
Nottingham vendor migrations — common questions
We're a Nottingham firm with 200 VMs on vSphere — Broadcom has tripled. What's right?
For most Nottingham firms with that footprint, Nutanix AHV or vSAN ESA. Model 3-year TCO including migration cost.
Can you migrate Boots / Experian / Capital One / E.ON-scale corporate-HQ infrastructure to cloud?
Yes — frequent engagement for Nottingham corporate-HQ customers. Cloud migration at scale, regulatory-aware documentation, parallel-run with rollback throughout.
Can you migrate an NHS NN trust to Azure without HSCN breakage?
Yes — frequent NHS engagement. We retain HSCN connectivity throughout the migration.
How do you handle GxP-validated cloud migration for BioCity tenants?
For BioCity tenants moving to cloud, target environment design supports GxP / GMP requirements, MHRA-aware change documentation, validated-environment integration.
Can you do Cisco → Fortinet across Notts CC + 6 districts?
In most cases yes — install Fortinet in parallel, migrate sites one at a time.
How long does 200-VM VMware → Nutanix take in Nottingham?
Discovery → final-VM-on-new-platform is typically 10–14 weeks.
Other services we deliver in Nottingham
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