Cloud migration consulting

Unlocking AI innovation and cloud value with AI-powered cloud migration

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Migrate applications to activate AI

IBM Consulting Cloud Migration Services help enterprises unlock AI innovation and realize full cloud value by building AI-ready foundations, not just moving workloads. IBM delivers end-to-end, AI-powered migration services across public, private, and hybrid clouds - supporting on-prem to cloud, cloud-to-cloud, and data center modernization scenarios. With deep expertise across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud, IBM applies a declarative, continuous migration approach. Built-in automation and Generative AI accelerate discovery, execution, and optimization, enabling secure, scalable cloud environments designed to deploy AI and drive sustained business value.

In the spotlight
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Agentic method for brownfield application migration
Modernize with Agentic AI that automates migration and boosts application quality.
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IBM Cloud Native Academy
Learn cloud native and DevOps technologies through our hands-on self-paced training platform.
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Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Public Cloud IT Transformation Services
IBM named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud IT Transformation Services
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Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Custom Software Development Services
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Capabilities
Application and datacenter discovery and assessment

We provide an in-depth analysis of the application landscape, infrastructure, network, and data center infrastructure, enabling essential insights, dependency identification, and evaluation of readiness for migration or modernization.
Application migration and modernization with datacenter exit and consolidation

We help organizations lower their IT expenses, enhance operational efficiency, and strengthen business continuity and resiliency. Our proven best practices, methodologies, and frameworks facilitate seamless transitions from existing data centers to public, hybrid, or multi-cloud environments.
Data migration and modernization

We support enterprises in transferring their data between systems, platforms, or storage environments, driven by technology upgrades, system consolidations, or the adoption of innovative solutions. Our services help transform existing data systems, architectures, and technologies to align with businesses’ evolving requirements and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
Pathways for VMware clients

As you make decisions regarding transforming your VMware environment, our expert guidance can help you choose the right offerings, navigate the licensing modifications, identify the best path forward and manage partnership impacts.

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Migrate to modernize

We can help you migrate applications and simultaneously modernize them with intelligent services that transform workflows, build AI-ready cloud foundations, and unlock lasting business value.
Technical debt remediation

Identify innovative ways to eliminate technical debt with intelligent remediation services that simplify complexity, improve performance, reduce risk, and accelerate modernization across hybrid enterprise environments.

Elevate application migration with Agentic AI

Agentic AI-powered workflows transform application migration and modernization, combining autonomy and human oversight to speed delivery, reduce risk, and improve outcomes at enterprise scale.

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Case studies
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DHCS

IBM helped the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) modernize legacy systems and accelerate their hybrid cloud journey with AWS Cloud and Red Hat® OpenShift® on AWS (ROSA).

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Lufthansa

Lufthansa Group merges and enhances multiple ground operations applications into a single web-based platform with IBM Consulting.

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Gruppo BCC ICCREA

Leveraged application migration and modernization services to design a hybrid cloud solution that connected their mainframe core banking systems with modern third-party services.

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Insights

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Build smarter, scale faster with IBM and AWS
Read our ebook of success stories showing how IBM and AWS helped 5 large organizations optimize operations and scale AI-driven innovation by using services, platforms and proven transformation approaches.
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Why CIOs choose Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization powered by IBM’s agentic AI methodology
Red Hat® OpenShift® Virtualization on Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) is powered by IBM’s agentic AI for application migration and modernization offers CIOs a unified, intelligent path to evolve existing environments into a more agile, secure and future-ready hybrid cloud.
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IBM + AWS joint whitepaper on Agentic approach to application migration and modernization
Learn how IBM and AWS can help you deploy agentic AI for smarter, faster application migration and modernization by automating discovery, transformation and deployment, cutting risk, time and cost.
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The essential guide to agentic AI
Read results and conclusions from a survey conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value, that spoke to over 1,000 global C-suite executives for their current and future plans for deploying agentic AI, and the role they see for application migration and modernization.

Meet our experts

Vikas Ganoorkar
Senior Partner and Global Leader for the Cloud Migration and Container Offering in IBM Consulting
Priyanka Ray
Offering lead for IBM Cloud's migration practice
Debasis RoyChoudhuri
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Executive Consultant, and the Application Migration & Modernization practice leader
Sudeshna Majumder
Associate Partner and Delivery Executive in IBM Consulting
Vinay Parisa
Global CTO for Migrations at IBM Consulting
Preeti Oberoi
Global HCT Migration Modernization Leader in IBM Consulting

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