Cloud Migration & DevOps Services
Computer Kingdom moves Indian businesses from legacy on-premises infrastructure and ad-hoc deployments to modern cloud and DevOps practices. AWS, Azure, GCP — we work with whichever provider makes sense for your workload, regulatory environment, and team's existing skills. We are vendor-neutral by default; we recommend the cheapest and simplest path that meets your actual requirements.
Most of our cloud engagements come from one of three triggers: an aging on-premises rack the business has outgrown, a security or compliance review that flags inadequate disaster recovery, or a development team that is shipping too slowly because every release requires a manual coordination ritual. We solve all three with the same underlying changes — Infrastructure-as-Code, automated CI/CD, observability, and a manageable amount of Kubernetes (or none, depending on actual need).
What We Build
Common engagements include:
- Cloud migrations — AWS / Azure / GCP — lift-and-shift, replatform, or refactor; we choose based on payback, not religion.
- Kubernetes & container platforms — EKS, AKS, GKE, or self-managed; we do not over-orchestrate — if Docker Compose or App Service fits your team, that's what we use.
- Infrastructure-as-Code — Terraform / OpenTofu, Pulumi, ARM/Bicep templates; reproducible environments, no clicking in consoles.
- CI/CD pipelines — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Jenkins; from commit to production in minutes, with proper gates.
- Observability & monitoring — Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, AWS CloudWatch — logs, metrics, traces all unified.
- Database migrations — Oracle to PostgreSQL, on-premises MySQL to RDS / Aurora, SQL Server to managed services.
- Disaster recovery & backup — RPO/RTO-driven design; tested DR runbooks instead of "we have backups somewhere."
- FinOps & cost optimisation — rightsizing, reserved instances and savings plans, spot strategy, idle resource cleanup, monthly cost review cadence.
Cloud Migration Process
Migrations follow a well-trodden path. Skipping any step is where projects go wrong.
- Discovery & assessment — we inventory current systems, dependencies, traffic patterns, regulatory constraints, and total monthly cost.
- Cloud strategy & target architecture — decide the cloud, the deployment model, the network topology, the IAM model, the data residency boundaries.
- Pilot migration — one application moves first — usually low-risk, well-understood. Validates patterns, training, and runbooks.
- Wave-based migration — the rest of the portfolio moves in waves grouped by dependency, with pre/post checks at each wave boundary.
- Optimisation phase — after everything's running in cloud, we go back and rightsize, retire unused resources, and tighten the cost story. Most clients save 20-40% in this phase alone.
- Steady-state operations — DevOps practices, CI/CD, on-call rotations, monthly cost review, quarterly architecture review.
Cloud & DevOps Stack
We standardise on a small set of tools that work well across our client base, while staying flexible to fit your team's existing skills.
- Clouds: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform; experience with Indian cloud regions (ap-south-1, Central India)
- Containers & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS / AKS / GKE), Docker Swarm for simpler workloads
- Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform / OpenTofu, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Jenkins, ArgoCD for GitOps
- Configuration management: Ansible, AWS Systems Manager
- Observability: Datadog, Grafana + Prometheus + Loki, ELK / OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry, Sentry for application errors
- Service mesh / networking: Istio (where it earns its keep), AWS App Mesh, Azure Application Gateway, Cloudflare for edge
- Secrets management: AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, sops + age for git-friendly secrets
Why Choose Computer Kingdom
- 25+ years of track record. We have been delivering custom IT work in Pune since 1999.
- Local Pune presence. Our team is based at M.G. Road, Camp — in-person meetings and local support are easy.
- End-to-end delivery. We cover discovery, design, build, QA, deployment, and support under one roof.
- Pragmatic technology choices. We pick tools that match your team’s capacity to maintain the system long-term.
- Honest communication. You get direct access to the people doing the work. If something is slipping, you hear it from us early.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should we move to the cloud?
Not always. The cases where cloud is a clear win: bursty workloads, geographically distributed users, businesses outgrowing on-premises rack capacity, businesses without strong on-premises ops capability, businesses needing better DR than they currently have. The cases where staying on-premises wins: predictable steady workloads at scale, strict data residency requirements, or where the in-house ops team is excellent. We give you a costed comparison instead of a default answer.
Which cloud should we pick — AWS, Azure, or GCP?
Default: AWS for breadth and India regional presence (ap-south-1 / ap-south-2). Azure if you're heavily Microsoft 365 / .NET / SharePoint — the integrations and licensing portability matter. GCP if you're doing serious data engineering / ML and want BigQuery economics. Multi-cloud is occasionally the answer but adds operational overhead — we recommend it only when there's a specific reason.
How long does a typical cloud migration take?
A small business with 5-10 applications usually migrates in 3-6 months. A mid-market company with 30-50 applications takes 9-18 months in waves. The variance is mostly driven by data volume and dependency complexity, not application count.
Do we need Kubernetes?
Probably not, if you're asking. K8s pays off when you have many independently scaling services with different release cadences, multi-tenancy requirements, or a strong platform team. For most Indian SMEs running 5-10 services, AWS App Runner / Azure App Service / Cloud Run are simpler and cheaper. We push back on K8s adoption when we don't see a clear win — that's saved several clients lakhs of rupees.
How does cloud cost compare to on-premises?
Year-1 cloud is usually MORE expensive than continuing on-premises — it's not a cost-reduction play in isolation. The wins come from agility (ship faster), reliability (better DR), elasticity (no capacity planning at half a year out), and engineering productivity. After 18-24 months, well-managed cloud is typically equal-or-cheaper than equivalent on-premises when you account for hardware refresh cycles.
What is Infrastructure-as-Code and why does it matter?
Instead of clicking buttons in the AWS console to create resources, you describe your infrastructure in code (Terraform / Pulumi / Bicep) and apply it to the cloud. Why it matters: reproducible environments (dev/staging/prod identical), peer review on infrastructure changes, audit trail of every change, easy disaster recovery (re-apply the code to a new region). We require IaC for every project we manage — clicking in consoles isn't optional once we're involved.
Can you take over operations of our existing cloud account?
Yes. We start with a security and cost audit of your current setup, then take over operations under a managed-services agreement. Most clients see 20-40% cost reduction in the first 6 months from cleanup alone, plus better security hygiene.
Start Your Project
Ready to discuss your requirements? Call +91 99609 03132, email rakesh@ecomputerkingdom.com, or send us a message. Initial consultations are free and no-obligation — we will give you an honest view of whether what you need is a good fit for us.