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Cloud Migration11 min read

On-Prem to Cloud Migration in 2026: A Practical Playbook

Six phases from discovery to cutover for moving your datacenter to Azure, AWS, or GCP — and how to run the whole thing visually instead of in a hundred spreadsheets.

CloudForge Team · Jul 21, 2026Read
Cloud Migration10 min read

Escaping VMware: Migrating Your vSphere Estate to the Cloud in 2026

VMware licensing made the cloud business case for you. Here’s how to turn a vSphere estate into a cloud target — starting from an RVTools export you can generate this afternoon.

CloudForge Team · Jul 16, 2026Read
Cloud Migration9 min read

The 6 R’s of Cloud Migration, Explained (with Real Examples)

Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase, Retire, Retain — the six strategies with real on-prem workload examples and a quick decision order for choosing.

CloudForge Team · Jul 14, 2026Read
Cost & FinOps9 min read

Cloud Migration TCO: Calculating On-Prem vs Azure, AWS & GCP

The on-prem costs teams forget, the cloud costs that surprise them, and how to compare designs (not servers) to build a TCO model that survives the first cloud bill.

CloudForge Team · Jul 18, 2026Read
Cloud Migration10 min read

Migrating On-Prem SQL Server to Managed Cloud Databases

A practical guide to replatforming SQL Server to Azure SQL Managed Instance, Amazon RDS, or Cloud SQL: target options, compatibility, cutover style, and designing it as code.

CloudForge Team · Jul 10, 2026Read
Architecture8 min read

Build Your Landing Zone Before You Migrate: A 2026 Guide

The cloud foundation your migrated workloads land on — identity, networking, guardrails, governance — and why building it as code before wave one is the highest-leverage step.

CloudForge Team · Jul 8, 2026Read
Engineering8 min read

We Added MCP to Our Cloud Designer: Giving an AI Architect Live Tools

The engineering story behind CloudForge’s MCP integrations: a one-click connector catalog, bring-your-own MCP servers, and the security model that makes agentic tool use safe in a SaaS product.

CloudForge Team · Jul 19, 2026Read
Delivery Workspaces10 min read

From Requirements to Delivery: Why Cloud Teams Need Architecture Workspaces

How CloudForge Delivery Workspaces connect requirements, Designer diagrams, architecture decisions, engineering plans, DevOps readiness, and IaC.

CloudForge Team · May 12, 2026Read
Terraform12 min read

Complete Guide to Terraform Visual Editors in 2025

How visual Infrastructure as Code tools are revolutionizing Terraform development and why every DevOps team should consider them.

CloudForge Team · Oct 6, 2025Read
Best Practices15 min read

15 Infrastructure as Code Best Practices for 2025

Proven strategies for building secure, maintainable, and scalable infrastructure using Terraform and modern IaC tools.

CloudForge Team · Oct 6, 2025Read
Multi-Cloud Strategy14 min read

Multi-Cloud Strategy Guide: When and How to Use Multiple Cloud Providers

87% of enterprises use multiple cloud providers, but most struggle with the complexity. Learn when multi-cloud makes sense and common pitfalls.

CloudForge Team · Oct 6, 2025Read
Industry Analysis12 min read

Why the Cloud Infrastructure Industry is Broken (And How We're Fixing It)

The current state of cloud infrastructure tooling is fragmented, complex, and developer-unfriendly. Here's why visual design is the future.

CloudForge Team · Jan 20, 2024Read

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