I have been using Cutover for over five years. The main use case for Cutover is shifting between tools and the data center. Cutover is a complex base which we executed for shifting between data centers. We performed a very manual process for migration and some setup for AWS workload, keeping business continuity as the priority. We created a connector between the private data center and AWS cloud, and we started shifting the workload in real time in the production environment, starting from one percent to reach 100% of the cutover, and then we shut down all the inventory or servers which were running in the AWS.
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Cutover has positively impacted my organization by largely reducing cycle time. Cutover improved my organization's cycles by making things more efficient in terms of compressing the cutover timelines. We achieved around 30% time savings and efficiency after using Cutover.
What is most valuable?
The best feature Cutover offers is probably the guidance of the strategy. When I mention strategy, I am referring to Cutover's planning part, which includes timelines and responsibilities of POCs, logging the risk with each piece of task, and also monitoring in real time.
What needs improvement?
As of now, I believe that if an offline survey were provided, I could think of improvements for Cutover. I do not have anything regarding needed improvements or any other suggestions for Cutover at this time.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in my current field for over three years.
How was the initial setup?
Cutover helped make that process smoother compared to the manual way we did it before by providing automation and predicting the impact. At the same time, we had a prediction mechanism which was very helpful.
What was our ROI?
I chose nine as my rating for Cutover because it did largely fetch all the aspects.
What other advice do I have?
I purchased Cutover through the AWS Marketplace. My advice for others looking into using Cutover is to adopt it at the initial time of the migration plan rather than putting it in at the last moment to fill the gaps. I gave Cutover a rating of 9 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
