Database Migration

01

Database Landscape Map

Complete inventory of your database estate — on-prem, cloud, and hybrid — with full dependency mapping and architecture diagrams.

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Full estate visibility

Challenge

Organizations lose track of databases spread across AWS, Azure, and on-premises. Fragmented estates create hidden costs, redundant licensing, and security blind spots.

Solution

Automated discovery across all environments. Dependency mapping shows which applications connect to which databases. Architecture diagrams visualize the complete estate.

Key Results

Complete visibility across all database instances. Hidden costs and redundant licensing identified. Security blind spots eliminated through comprehensive mapping.

02

Financial Analysis

Licensing cost projections, repatriation savings, and TCO comparison — executive-ready financial model for your CFO.

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CFO-ready business case

Challenge

IT teams know alternatives exist but can't present a funded business case to leadership. The gap between "PostgreSQL might work" and a boardroom presentation stops most initiatives.

Solution

Detailed TCO comparison between current commercial licensing and target open-source stack. Repatriation savings for cloud-hosted databases. Multi-year projection model.

Key Results

Clear ROI timeline for migration investment. Licensing cost reduction quantified per database. Executive-ready presentation with value metrics.

03

Workload Categorization

Every database classified into the optimal migration strategy: migrate, replatform, repatriate, or leave in place.

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Clear migration strategy

Challenge

Not every database should be migrated. Without proper categorization, organizations waste effort on low-value migrations or miss high-impact opportunities.

Solution

Each database evaluated against complexity, business criticality, and ROI potential. Categorized into actionable buckets with risk assessment for each path.

Key Results

Prioritized migration backlog by business value. Risk-adjusted roadmap for each workload. Clear rationale for migrate vs. stay decisions.

04

Executive Summary

Board-ready presentation with findings, value metrics, strategic recommendations, and a phased implementation timeline.

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Funded initiative

Challenge

Technical assessments that never make it past the IT department. Migration projects stall because they lack executive sponsorship and clear strategic alignment.

Solution

Executive summary translating technical findings into business value. Strategic recommendations aligned with organizational goals. Clear timeline and resource requirements.

Key Results

Migration initiative approved and funded by leadership. Clear executive sponsorship established. Strategic alignment with business transformation goals.

05

Migration Roadmap

Sequenced, phased migration plan you can execute on your schedule — with AxelCore as your long-term partner.

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Actionable execution plan

Challenge

Even with a strong business case, migration projects fail without a realistic, sequenced execution plan that accounts for dependencies and organizational capacity.

Solution

Phased migration roadmap with clear milestones, dependencies, and rollback points. Sequenced by business priority and technical complexity. AxelCore partnership model for execution.

Key Results

Realistic timeline aligned with organizational capacity. Dependency-aware sequencing minimizes risk. Built-in rollback capability at every phase.

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