Cloud Services

Data Centre Modernization Services.

Transform ageing, costly infrastructure into a modern, efficient and cloud-ready estate. We assess, refresh, virtualise, consolidate and secure your data centre across VMware, Nutanix and hybrid cloud with minimal disruption.

Cloud services

Data Centre Modernization Services

Data centre modernization is the process of upgrading and transforming legacy data-centre infrastructure — servers, storage, network, security and operations — into a modern, efficient, secure and cloud-ready estate.

Schnell Technocraft delivers end-to-end data centre modernization services: from a data-driven assessment and TCO baseline, through hardware refresh, virtualization and consolidation, to hybrid-cloud integration and migrating suitable workloads to Azure, AWS or Google Cloud. The result is a leaner, more resilient and cost-optimised data centre — with legacy risk removed, delivered with minimal downtime.

Why Schnell

Our Technology Ecosystem
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Challenges We Solve

The problems we fix

Ageing, end-of-life hardware

Servers and storage past refresh rising maintenance cost and failure risk.

Sprawl & low utilisation

Too many under-used servers, tangled dependencies, a footprint that's hard to manage.

Power, space & cost pressure

Datacenter power, cooling and real-estate costs that keep climbing.

Not cloud- or DR-ready

A legacy estate that can't flex to cloud or recover quickly when something fails.

What We Do

End-to-end capabilities

Engaged as a full program or a focused engagement designed, built and optionally managed.

Assessment & TCO baseline

Full inventory, dependency mapping and a total cost-of-ownership baseline.

Modernization strategy & roadmap

A prioritised roadmap what to migrate, modernise, consolidate or retire, and when.

Server & workload modernization

Refresh, virtualise or re-platform legacy servers onto modern, efficient infrastructure.

Storage & data modernization

Modernise storage, tiering and backup; migrate data securely with integrity validation.

Consolidation & virtualization

Consolidate sprawl and virtualise with VMware, Nutanix or Hyper-V to cut footprint and cost.

Hybrid & cloud-ready foundation

A hybrid landing zone so datacenter and cloud operate as one ready for what's next.

Security & resilience by design

Zero-Trust segmentation, hardened builds, backup and DR baked into the modern estate.

Automation & operations

Infrastructure-as-code, monitoring and 24×7 managed operations for a self-healing datacenter.

Our Framework

A path for every workload

We choose the right approach for each workload based on value, risk and effort.

Refresh

Replace end-of-life hardware with modern, efficient, right-sized infrastructure.

Virtualise

Consolidate physical servers onto VMware, Nutanix or Hyper-V to cut footprint.

Consolidate

Reduce sprawl fewer, better-utilised platforms and simpler operations.

Re-platform

Move suitable workloads to hyperconverged or hybrid-cloud platforms.

Migrate to cloud

Shift the right workloads to Azure, AWS or Google Cloud where it pays off.

Retire

Decommission redundant systems and reclaim power, space and licences.

Legacy → Modern

Leaner, faster, more resilient

Modernisation isn't a rip-and-replace gamble. We baseline first, then refresh, virtualise and consolidate in waves cutting cost and footprint while improving performance and resilience, with nothing left to chance.

-40%

smaller footprint

Hybrid

cloud-ready by design

Resilient

backup & DR built in

Use Cases

Where we help most

Server & storage refresh

Modern, right-sized, energy-efficient infrastructure.

Virtualization & consolidation

Fewer platforms, higher utilisation, simpler ops.

Hybrid cloud enablement

Datacenter and cloud operating as one estate.

Resilience & DR

Backup, DR and security modernised together.

Our Approach

How we deliver

A proven, low-risk method assess, design, deliver in waves and manage.

1

Assess & baseline

Inventory the estate, map dependencies, measure utilisation, build the TCO baseline and business case.

2

Design the target

Define the modern architecture virtualised, hybrid-ready, secure and right-sized with a phased plan.

3

Modernise in waves

Refresh, virtualise, consolidate and migrate in low-risk waves, validated and reversible.

4

Secure & optimise

Harden, segment, add backup/DR and right-size for performance and cost.

5

Operate & manage

Run and support the modern datacenter 24×7 under clear SLAs, with continuous improvement.

The outcome

A leaner, faster, more secure data centre lower cost and footprint, better utilisation and resilience, and a hybrid-cloud-ready foundation that scales with the business.

Deliverables

What you get

Why Schnell

A partner you can rely on

Infrastructure specialists

Deep experience across VMware, Nutanix, Dell, Cisco, Lenovo and hybrid-cloud platforms.

Cloud-ready by design

We modernise the datacenter so it works as one with Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.

A real business case

We quantify cost, savings and risk up front modernisation as a decision, not a gamble.

End to end, then managed

From assessment to a modern, secure estate to 24×7 managed operations one partner.

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FAQ

Questions, answered

Data centre modernization upgrades and transforms legacy data-centre infrastructure — servers, storage, network, security and operations — into a modern, efficient, secure and cloud-ready estate. It can include hardware refresh, virtualization, consolidation, hybrid-cloud integration and migrating suitable workloads to the cloud.
Not every workload belongs in public cloud — for latency, cost, data residency or regulation. Modernization gives you an efficient, secure, cloud-ready estate and lets you place each workload where it runs best: on-premise, hybrid or cloud.
We work in low-risk waves — assess and baseline first, then refresh, virtualise, consolidate and migrate with validation and rollback at each step, so services stay available throughout.
We modernise across VMware, Nutanix and Hyper-V and hyperconverged infrastructure, with hardware from Dell, Cisco and Lenovo — integrated with Azure, AWS and Google Cloud for hybrid operations.
Lower cost and footprint, better performance and utilisation, stronger security and resilience, simpler operations, and a foundation ready for hybrid cloud and growth.
Yes. Managed services cover monitoring, support, security, backup/DR and optimisation 24×7 under clear SLAs — a running, optimised estate, not just a completed project.

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