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Move with confidence. Modernise with Purpose. Build for AI.

Your infrastructure should support growth, not hold it back. We help businesses move to AWS – cutting costs, freeing teams from infrastructure management, and building stronger foundations for modernisation and AI. This isn’t just a lift-and-shift. It’s a move forward.

Why choose Zen for your migration to AWS?

Your interests first

We start with what your business needs and recommend the right approach – without adding services that don’t serve a clear purpose. We’re independent, B Corp certified and trusted by more than 130 AWS customers.

Proven experience

AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, working with AWS since 2013. With more than 50 certifications and Professional-level architects as standard, we have the expertise to help businesses migrate and modernise with confidence.

Built on relationships

You work with the same team throughout your migration journey. They understand your environment, your goals and your constraints – and that understanding deepens over time.

Funded support

We help you identify and access eligible AWS Migration Acceleration Program funding, reducing costs and removing barriers to getting started.

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Why AWS

For reasons businesses are moving to AWS right now

The established reasons still hold. AWS can help businesses reduce the cost and complexity of ageing infrastructure, give teams the agility to move faster, and provide a platform designed to support resilience, security and compliance.

But there’s a fourth reason changing the conversation: AI.

The ability to build intelligent applications, automate workflows and unlock insights from your data is already becoming a practical opportunity for businesses today.

But AI runs on data. If your data is locked in ageing on-premises infrastructure, it’s harder to access, use and transform.

Moving to AWS isn't just about retiring hardware or reducing infrastructure complexity. It’s about creating stronger foundations for automation, analytics and AI when the right opportunities arise.

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Find the right place to start

The right approach depends on your existing environment, your priorities and what you want to achieve.

Whether you’re preparing to migrate or looking to get more from AWS, we’ll help you find the right place to start.

What it is: A structured four-phase programme – Assess, Mobilise, Migrate and Operate – that takes you from on-premises infrastructure to a secure, scalable, AI-ready AWS environment.

We don't just move your workloads. We design your AWS foundations with what comes next in mind. From assessment through to go-live, every decision is made with modernisation and AI readiness built in. The programme is underpinned by the AWS Migration Acceleration Program and the Well-Architected Framework, with clear deliverables and defined exit criteria at every stage.

Once you're live, CloudSure managed services keep your environment optimised, secure and cost-controlled – so your team can focus on what comes next, not what's running underneath.

Best for: Businesses facing a hardware refresh, data centre contract renewal or growing technical debt – who want to turn necessity into opportunity.

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Security planned from the start

Security controls are embedded from day one – not added as an afterthought.

We configure Security Groups, WAF, certificate management, MFA, IAM policies and CloudTrail logging as part of the foundations build.

For regulated industries, architecture is aligned to standards that matter to you.

Every CloudShift migration includes test migrations, validated cutovers and documented rollback options – helping you move forward with a clear, tested plan for managing disruption and risk.

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Migration is the foundation. AI is where it takes you.

Once your data and workloads are in AWS, the real AI opportunity opens up.

Our AI Sprint service takes you from identifying the right use cases to a working, production-ready AI solution – in weeks, not months.

Our DataReady for AI service ensures your data architecture is designed to support AI from the start – helping you avoid costly rework later.

The decisions you make during migration determine how much value you unlock afterwards. That's why we plan for AI from day one.

Turn a hardware refresh into a strategic transformation

Don't just replace what you have. Use the opportunity of a refresh cycle or contract renewal to modernise how your business operates and create stronger foundations for future data and AI projects.

Free your team from infrastructure management

Your people should be focused on innovation, not patching servers. Move to managed services and give your team more time to focus on development, improvement and business priorities.

Position your data for AI

AI opportunities depend on accessible, well-structured data. We design your AWS environment with AI readiness in mind – creating the right data architecture, foundations and path to services like Amazon Bedrock.

Reduce cost and risk without slowing down

Right-size your infrastructure, optimise licensing and eliminate technical debt while maintaining the pace your business demands.

See how businesses are using AWS to modernise

Westfield Health

International health and wellbeing provider. Migrated its entire insurance platform from two data centres to AWS.

Result: Improved system stability, full cost transparency, faster developer productivity, and compliance maintained against GDPR, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001.

"Zen has proven it's not here to just sell us stuff and get out – we have a fruitful relationship that is going to continue for some time."

Head of Programmes and IT Operations, Westfield Health

Merlin Cycles

Migrated a multi-brand ecommerce platform (Direct Wood Flooring, Grass Direct, Flooring Superstore) to AWS.

Result: Noticeably quicker web responses, centralised authentication, automated deployment pipeline, and cost-effective non-production environments.

"We now have a system that performs well, and we are confident in Zen's support to help us continue developing our platform going forward."

Neil Hamilton, IT Manager, Merlin Cycles

Connection Flooring

Migrated a multi-brand ecommerce platform (Direct Wood Flooring, Grass Direct, Flooring Superstore) to AWS.

Result: Noticeably quicker web responses, centralised authentication, automated deployment pipeline, and cost-effective non-production environments.

"Working with Zen has been an absolute pleasure at every step of the way. Even at this stage, we're miles ahead of where we were with our previous dedicated server provider."

Michael Kelly, Lead Software Engineer, Connection Flooring

Understand your migration options in 90 seconds

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Your Microsoft workloads belong in AWS

Azure may seem the logical choice for Microsoft workloads, but AWS has been running them for longer than any other cloud provider.

Our SQL Server specialists assess every workload to identify licensing optimisation opportunities – one of the most impactful cost-saving activities before migration begins.

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Ready to move?

Whether you're facing a hardware refresh, a data centre contract renewal, or simply know your infrastructure is holding you back, we'll help you understand what to prioritise and build a plan that works for your business.

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