Layered Tech’s Enterprise Migration Services (EMS) provides the ability to move your solution from a current provider to a new dedicated server solution at Layered Tech.
This important service pulls together an assigned team of dedicated server engineers that will evaluate, plan, and execute the migration of your current server to your new server at Layered Tech.
The goal of the Enterprise Migration Services is to fully migrate applications, databases, configurations, and website in working order to their new site. This process includes the review of the current setup and then estimates the overall time needed to make the migration happen. Once the process is started, an assigned engineer will work one on one with your organization to evaluate your technology and provide ongoing communication through the process.
Each Enterprise Migration Service is a custom quotation and proposal that is based on the estimated number of hours associated with completing the project. Our teams are experienced in evaluating and executing all aspects of an Enterprise Migration. After the initial phone call and the ability to review your current server, a final project quote will be sent out. This final quote will be the fixed price you pay for your Enterprise Migration, derived from the expected total number of hours that our experienced engineers will need to make it happen. The final proposal you receive will be the final price of the project, with no risk of overages.
Your Account Manager will help start the process. Direct administrator level or root level access will be required for the proposal. A project help desk ticket will be generated and sent to our Enterprise Migration Team, who will evaluate and schedule a call with you. After the initial call the final pricing will be delivered to your Account Manager and a proposal developed. Once this proposal is completed, you will be able to process the order online for the execution of the migration. The Enterprise Migration Team will receive notification and will schedule a date and time to complete the project.
It’s important to note that “enterprise” does not mean "expensive." Our Enterprise Migration Services were designed to help new clients easily and affordably move into their new solution while reducing or eliminating downtime. With thousands of migrations completed in the past 10 years, our Enterprise Migration Team is expert at this process.
A dedicated EMS Engineer will be assigned to your migration from start to finish. Having an assigned migration expert allows the even flow of information and the focus needed to successfully complete the migration process. During the process, you will engage with this engineer via phone, email, and help desk tickets to establish the completion of your server migration. The same engineer that starts your migration will complete it.
Web server settings, software configurations, module installations and database configurations vary from server to server, so transferring data only accounts for about 50% of a true server migration. As opposed to just reviewing a customer’s configuration and size of data to come up with a projected cost, Layered Tech collaborates with the customer to review the server configuration, data and special requirements. This interaction not only provides a more realistic/final migration fee, but it identifies potential areas that could need greater attention when performing the migration. This solution will eliminate common problems with migrating data to a new server, allowing the move to be as seamless and error-free as possible.
Every application that Layered Tech actively supports will be included in supported applications during migration. Some examples are Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise, CentOS 5.x and RHEL 5.x, cPanel, and Plesk. In addition, Layered Tech supports most open source, common applications (such as MySQL, PHP and Apache) that are current and on our list of supported configurations. Any other applications will be identified and subject to tech approval during the final quote phase. Layered Tech will not offer support for legacy operating systems (such as Fedora Core) or outdated applications. In addition, our tech team can only offer assistance with installing applications that deviate from our standard configurations; however Admin approval must first be obtained. Once again Layered Tech does not provide technical support for any item that we do not offer with our standard list of supported applications.
To begin the process, request a proposal for a dedicated hosting solution that meets your needs. Once this process is started, ask your Account Manager or Sales Engineer to also include pricing on our Enterprise Migration Services.
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