Cloud repatriation is the movement of workloads or data from public cloud services to private, hosted or on-premises infrastructure. It is sometimes called declouding. It should be considered workload by workload rather than treated as a blanket reversal of cloud strategy.
Cloud and Infrastructure Strategy
Put Each Workload Where it Makes Most Sense
Independent guidance for cloud migration, cloud repatriation and multi-cloud decisions
Cloud is not automatically the right destination for every workload. Neither is on premises infrastructure.
Tiger Computing helps organisations decide where Linux workloads should run to achieve the right balance of cost, performance, resilience, security and control.
We assess the evidence, define a practical target environment and help deliver the change without forcing every workload into one model.
Your infrastructure decision may have changed
Workloads grow, pricing changes, operational requirements develop and new security or governance obligations emerge.
It may be time to review your approach if:
- Cloud expenditure is rising or difficult to forecast
- Workloads are underperforming in their current environment
- You lack a clear view of cost by workload, service or team
- A single provider has become a commercial or operational dependency
- Data location, security or governance requirements have changed
- An acquisition, consolidation or growth plan is reshaping the estate
- Resilience and recovery arrangements need to be reassessed
- A migration is being proposed without a workload-by-workload business case
The question is not whether cloud is good or bad. It is whether each workload is in the environment that best supports the organisation.
Start with your current environment
Book an initial conversation about the workloads, pressures and decisions behind your infrastructure review.
Four possible directions. One evidence-led decision.
Tiger can help establish which approach, or combination of approaches, is justified by the workloads and outcomes in scope.
Move to the cloud
Assess and migrate suitable workloads where public cloud services offer a stronger operational or commercial fit.
Bring workloads back
Evaluate cloud repatriation, sometimes called declouding, where predictable demand, cost, control or technical requirements support a return to dedicated or on-premises infrastructure.
Combine environments
Design a hybrid approach that places different workloads across cloud and on-premises infrastructure according to their requirements.
Use more than one cloud
Develop a multi-cloud approach where there is a clear resilience, capability, governance or commercial reason to do so.
How Tiger Computing helps
1. Discover
We establish the reasons for the review and build a clear picture of the current estate, workloads, dependencies, costs, service requirements and constraints.
Outcome: An agreed decision framework and the evidence needed for assessment.
2. Assess
We compare credible placement options across cost, performance, resilience, security, governance, operational effort and migration risk.
Outcome: Workload-level recommendations, with assumptions, trade-offs and priorities made clear.
3. Design and plan
Where change is justified, we define the target approach and plan migration waves, testing, rollback, continuity and operational ownership.
Outcome: A practical transformation plan with risks and responsibilities understood.
4. Migrate and optimise
Tiger can support implementation, stabilisation and ongoing optimisation so that the environment continues to meet its intended objectives.
Outcome: Controlled change followed by measurable, maintainable operation.
What can an assessment cover?
The scope is shaped around the decision you need to make. It can include:
- Linux workloads, applications and technical dependencies
- Current cloud, on-premises and hosted infrastructure
- Utilisation, demand patterns and capacity requirements
- Direct costs and material operational costs
- Performance and latency requirements
- Availability, backup and disaster recovery
- Security, access and data-location requirements
- Governance, visibility and accountability for consumption
- Platform and provider dependencies
- Internal skills, support and operating responsibilities
- Migration feasibility, sequencing, testing and rollback
- Target architecture and ongoing optimisation priorities
Scope note: Data availability, supported platforms, assessment methods, deliverables and implementation responsibilities are confirmed for each engagement.
Deliverables
The precise deliverables depend on the agreed scope. A review may produce:
- A current-state infrastructure and workload summary
- An agreed set of business and technical decision criteria
- Workload placement recommendations
- Cost and risk assumptions for the shortlisted options
- Identified opportunities for optimisation or consolidation
- A prioritised roadmap for migration, repatriation or redesign
- A target operating and support model
The purpose is to give decision-makers a defensible basis for action, not a generic instruction to move everything in one direction.
Why Tiger Computing?
Linux specialists since 2002
Linux is Tiger Computing’s sole focus. We understand how Linux workloads behave across public cloud, private infrastructure and mixed environments.
Independent recommendations
We start with the workload and desired outcome rather than assuming that cloud, on-premises or a particular provider must be the answer.
Strategy through to operation
Tiger can support assessment, architecture, migration and ongoing management, keeping the decision connected to how the resulting environment will actually run.
Security-conscious delivery
Tiger Computing is ISO 27001 certified. Certification wording and scope must be checked before publication.
If you’re facing a critical Linux issue, we’re ready to help.
Call us on 01600 404 270 or support@tiger-computing.co.uk and one of our engineers will be in touch without delay.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Tiger recommend moving out of the cloud?
Not by default. Some workloads are well suited to public cloud platforms; others may be better placed elsewhere. Tiger assesses the requirements and trade-offs before recommending a direction.
Will repatriation reduce our costs?
It may reduce costs for some workloads, but that cannot be assumed. A sound comparison should consider migration, hardware, facilities, software, support, staffing, resilience and future capacity as well as the current cloud bill.
Does multi-cloud remove vendor lock-in?
Using more than one provider can reduce some dependencies, but it can also add tooling, skills, governance and operational complexity. A multi-cloud model needs a clear reason and an operating approach that can support it.
Can Tiger carry out the migration as well as the assessment?
Tiger can discuss assessment, design, migration and ongoing support requirements. The platforms, technical scope, responsibilities and service coverage are agreed for each engagement.
Do you only work with Linux environments?
Linux is Tiger Computing’s specialist focus. The initial conversation should confirm whether the workloads and wider environment fall within the services Tiger can support.
