AWS Advanced Partner
Run your VMware workloads on AWS, without changing anything.
VMware Cloud on AWS lets you migrate your entire VMware environment to AWS infrastructure without re-platforming applications, retraining your team, or accepting downtime.
VMware Cloud on AWS
Assessment, migration, and optimisation on AWS.
The approach
No forklift migrations. No disrupted applications. No re-training.
VMware Cloud on AWS is a jointly engineered service from VMware and AWS. It runs the full VMware stack (vSphere, vSAN, NSX) natively on AWS bare-metal infrastructure. Your VMs run identically. Your team manages them the same way. You just stop paying for a data centre.
Kitsilano handles the end-to-end migration, from inventory assessment and wave planning to HCX network extension, validation testing, and post-migration optimisation.
~0
Application changes required
VMs run identically on AWS infrastructure
66%
Cost reduction with Savings Plans
vs On-Demand VMware on AWS pricing
Hours
Per-VM migration time with HCX
Without downtime or IP address changes
Migration process
Assess. Migrate. Optimise.
Assess
We audit your VMware inventory, VMs, vSwitches, storage, and network dependencies. Workloads are classified by migration complexity, licensing impact, and cloud-readiness. Output: a prioritised migration wave plan.
Migrate
VMware HCX replicates workloads to AWS without downtime. Network extension preserves IP addresses and eliminates the need to re-configure applications. We migrate in waves, validating each batch before proceeding.
Optimise
Once workloads are on AWS, we right-size instances, implement AWS cost management tools, and identify workloads ready for modernisation, containerisation, serverless migration, or managed service replacement.
Workloads we migrate
vSphere VMs
Lift and shift existing VMs to AWS without modification
vSAN Storage
VMware-managed storage replicated to AWS persistent storage
NSX Networking
Network extension preserves IP addresses across the migration
vCenter Management
Manage AWS and on-premises VMs from a single vCenter interface
Business-Critical Apps
Oracle, SAP, and SQL Server on VMware moved without licence changes
Dev/Test Environments
Instant cloud capacity for development and testing bursts
Total cost of ownership
More than eliminating data centre costs.
Eliminate data centre costs
Stop paying for hardware refresh cycles, data centre floor space, power, and cooling. AWS is pay-as-you-go, idle capacity costs nothing.
Keep your VMware skills
Your team continues using the VMware tools and processes they know. No retraining, no re-architecture. The cloud transition is invisible to application teams.
Bridge to cloud-native on your timeline
VMware on AWS is a migration path, not a destination. Once workloads are on AWS, we help you modernise them at the pace your business can absorb.
Use AWS Savings Plans immediately
Commit to consistent usage with AWS Savings Plans and reduce your VMware on AWS spend by up to 66% compared to On-Demand pricing.
Start the conversation
Move your VMware workloads to AWS without disruption.
Talk to our team about assessing your VMware inventory and planning a migration that keeps your applications running throughout.
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