Database Migration Consulting Services

Database migration consulting services

Our database migration consulting services help you reduce costs, boost performance, and strengthen security. With decades of hands-on experience, our consultants manage the entire process for a smooth transition with minimal risk and disruption. We don’t just move your data; we modernize your platform to help you innovate faster.

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Pythian has the top database migration consultants

Choosing the right database migration consultant is critical for a successful migration. Our decades of experience, deep partnerships with major database providers, and a long history of delivering results for global customers give you the confidence to migrate with a team you can trust.

40%

Decrease in operational spending

By partnering with Pythian, customers significantly reduce their database costs.

11,000+

Data systems managed

Pythian supports over 45 technologies—from data platforms, warehouses, data lakes, databases, and the cloud. 

500+

Global customers

As a global service provider, we serve customers across the world—many who have been with us for decades. 

What’s included in Pythian’s database migration service

Accelerate your database migrations—while mitigating risk

We cut database migration projects from years to months. Our teams use AI-powered tools to accelerate code conversions, and our consultants specialize in the specific databases your business relies on.

Database migration assessment

We assess your databases, applications, and business requirements to build a detailed migration strategy. This strategy identifies risks and determines the best migration approach for you, such as a lift and shift or a refactor.

Database migration strategy and roadmap

We design a migration roadmap that fits your timeline and budget. Our database consultants map your workloads to create a step-by-step plan that cuts risk and downtime, ensuring a successful move.

AI tooling for data and schema conversion

Converting your database schema—and related code like stored procedures, triggers, and functions—for a new environment is a long process. We use AI to speed up this code rewrite and refactoring, cutting years of work into weeks.

Data replication

Be confident in your database migration—with minimal downtime. Avoid revenue loss and user frustration.

Our consultants keep your target database in sync with the source throughout the migration. This process minimizes business disruption and prevents data loss. With decades of migration experience, our team reduces your project risk.

Data migration and synchronization

We keep your data safe and consistent throughout your database migration. Our experts extract your data, transform it for the target database, and load it into the new system.

Together, we’ll find the right Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) approach for you. We can perform a one-time migration or use a continuous sync to keep your downtime to a minimum.

Post-migration support

Our support continues after you go live. We keep your new database running smoothly with ongoing performance tuning, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

Outdoor retailer's Oracle to Google Cloud shift drives data innovation

Facing challenges with high costs, complex licensing, and performance bottlenecks from its on-premises Oracle databases, this retailer needed a modern solution. Our database migration consultants planned and executed a seamless transition to Google Cloud's bare metal solution, resulting in significant cost savings and improved performance.

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Business outcomes you can expect partnering with Pythian for database migration services

Pythian’s database migration services deliver real business outcomes that go beyond simply moving data. Our database migration consultants focus on the larger picture of your digital transformation strategy—achieve significant improvements in cost efficiency, performance, and business agility.

Minimize business disruption

We assess your databases, applications, and business requirements to build a detailed migration strategy. This strategy identifies risks and determines the best migration approach for you, such as a lift and shift or a refactor.

Reduce database costs

We help you replace expensive on-premise hardware and rigid licensing with a flexible, pay-as-you-go model. Our database migration consultants right-size your new environment to prevent over-provisioning. You’ll get a faster return on your investment and lower your total cost of ownership (TCO).

Accelerate innovation with AI

Go beyond the limits of your old system. We don’t just move your data; we prepare it for machine learning and AI. You can build predictive models, use generative AI, and run advanced analytics directly on your data. This lets you build new applications faster and gain an edge on your competition.

Scale databases on demand

Build your future database state with seamless scalability. Whether or not you have unpredictable workloads, data volumes are continuously increasing.

Pythian will ensure your databases can automatically adjust resources to handle sudden spikes in traffic.

Data migration and synchronization

Migrate your databases to better systems to improve your front-end user experience and speed up business intelligence (BI) reporting.

Run queries faster, reduce latency, and simplify your development process so your teams can build and ship new features more quickly.

Strengthen security and compliance standards

Your legacy systems may lack modern security features, making it difficult to meet compliance regulations. We help you meet strict industry and global requirements, such as GDPR and HIPAA.

We use built-in encryption, automated security patches, and strong access controls to protect your sensitive data from threats.

No matter where your data resides, Pythian can help you migrate your databases

Pythian supports over 45 technologies—from data platforms, data warehouses, data lakes, databases to cloud.

Oracle database migrations
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Oracle database migrations

Our consultants manage the complexities of migrating from or to Oracle, focusing on minimizing licensing costs and leveraging our AI tooling to accelerate the conversion of complex schemas and stored procedures.

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SQL Server consulting
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SQL Server consulting

We provide end-to-end migration support for SQL Server, whether you are moving to a newer version, a different platform, or the cloud, ensuring data integrity and optimizing your new environment for performance.

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PostgreSQL consulting
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PostgreSQL consulting

Our experts help you transition to the powerful and cost-effective PostgreSQL platform, handling everything from the initial assessment and schema conversion to final data synchronization and post-migration performance tuning.

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MySQL consulting
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MySQL consulting

We deliver seamless MySQL migrations to and from any environment, ensuring your new database is scalable, secure, and optimized to support your critical business applications with minimal downtime.

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Cassandra consulting
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Cassandra consulting

Our consultants specialize in migrating large-scale, high-availability Cassandra environments, ensuring your data remains consistent and accessible throughout the transition while preparing your platform for future growth.

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MongoDB consulting
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MongoDB consulting

We manage the complexities of migrating your document-based data to or from MongoDB, focusing on preserving your flexible schema while ensuring the new environment is optimized for agility and performance.

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"Pythian’s professional services team was thorough and knowledgeable about what it would take to build an enterprise data platform on Google Cloud. They outlined how we could do this cost effectively, while still meeting our most urgent business requirements."
Guillaume Fournier
Director, Business Intelligence Centre of Expertise, Cascades Canada

Database migration assessment

Our database migration consultants will start by evaluating your database environment, dependency applications, and discuss your business requirements to determine the most suitable migration strategy.

Database migration plan / roadmap 

We start by understanding your database environment, technical needs, and business goals. Then, we create a detailed migration plan and roadmap. This plan outlines every step of your project, including timelines, resources, and a risk management strategy, to ensure your migration is smooth and predictable.

Schema and code conversion 

Our consultants use AI tools to convert your database schema and code. We ensure your stored procedures, triggers, and views are compatible with your new platform, preserving critical functions during the migration.

Data testing and validation

We test your database migration to ensure all data moves accurately and completely, with no corruption or duplicates. We then test the performance and stability of the new system, confirming it’s ready for production and will perform as you expect.

On-going support

After a successful database migration, Pythian provides on-going support to ensure the stability and performance of your new environment. Our experts offer continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization services, allowing your team to focus on business objectives while we manage the database.

Mitigate risk with our strategic, full-service migration approach

Ready to accelerate innovation on a modern platform?

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See how our customers succeed with database migration

Learn how our database migration consultants deliver tangible business outcomes, from reducing costs and boosting performance to strengthening security on a modern, future-ready platform.

Outdoor retailer's Oracle to Google Cloud shift drives data innovation
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Outdoor retailer's Oracle to Google Cloud shift drives data innovation

Facing challenges with high costs, complex licensing, and performance bottlenecks from its on-premises Oracle databases, this retailer needed a modern solution. Our database migration consultants planned and executed a seamless transition to Google Cloud's bare metal solution, resulting in significant cost savings and improved performance.

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Tech firm collaborates on complex migration
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Tech firm collaborates on complex migration

During a large-scale, complex database migration from Oracle to Google Cloud, this tech firm needed to improve the efficiency of its at-scale provisioning. Our experts designed and built a custom automated system that streamlined the process, ensuring a smooth and successful migration with minimal disruption.

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Financial SaaS company migrates to Google AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
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Financial SaaS company migrates to Google AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

To improve performance and lower operating costs, this financial SaaS company decided to move its enterprise workloads to the cloud. Our database migration consultants managed the transition to Google Cloud's AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, a move that improved their database performance by 3X while lowering overall costs by 60%.

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about database migration services

What are database migration services?

Database migration services are end-to-end offerings that ensure a seamless, secure, and cost-effective transition to a modern database or cloud platform. At Pythian, our full-service approach goes beyond simply moving data to deliver tangible business outcomes like reduced costs, boosted performance, and strengthened security, all while preparing your business to accelerate innovation.

What do database migration consultants do?

Database migration consultants bring decades of hands-on experience to your project. They conduct a thorough assessment of your existing database, design a migration strategy and roadmap, handle the complexities of schema and code conversion using AI tooling, manage data replication to minimize downtime, and provide ongoing post-migration support to ensure your new environment runs smoothly.

Why should I use a database migration consulting service?

You should use a database migration consulting service to accelerate your migration while mitigating business risk. A service provides the expertise to minimize or eliminate downtime, reduce burdensome licensing costs by moving to flexible pay-as-you-go models, and strengthen your security and compliance standards on a modern platform.

What is included in your database migration consulting services?

Our database migration consulting services include a comprehensive, five-step process. We start with a migration assessment and then develop a detailed plan and roadmap. We then handle the schema and code conversion, perform rigorous data testing and validation, and provide ongoing support after the migration is complete to ensure the stability and performance of your new environment.

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