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You do not move to the cloud. You design for it.

Cloud migration and hosting for Algerian companies

Cloud is more than moving servers. You have to decide which data can leave the country, which must stay, and what it all costs each month. We design the architecture before migrating anything.

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  • Sensitive data hosted in Algeria
  • Monthly costs estimated before cutover
  • Migration in stages, with a rollback plan

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Where should each building block of your IT run?

Six building blocks, three places: your local servers, which are not cloud, or a cloud, in Algeria or abroad. Move them and watch what each choice changes.

Start from a scenario

Data flows between your locations

In AlgeriaOutside Algeria

Local2not cloud

Algeria3cloud

International1cloud

What this choice changes

Personal data and law 18-07

5 / 5

Every block that holds personal data stays in Algeria. No transfer to have authorised.

Dependence on the internet connection

67%

An outage blocks a good part of the business. Plan a backup link.

Equipment to maintain in your premises

33%

A few machines to power, back up and renew.

Our reading

A mixed architecture

Personal data stays in Algeria and only what holds none goes abroad. The choice is made block by block, starting with where the data sits.

Your six building blocks

Each block has three positions. Move one and follow it.

Not cloud

Local servers

In your premises, on your own servers and disks. This is not cloud.

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  • ERPPersonal data
  • Payroll and HRPersonal data

Cloud

Host in Algeria

Cloud with a hosting or cloud provider, in a data centre in Algeria.

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  • EmailPersonal data
  • Customer filesPersonal data
  • BackupsPersonal data

International provider

Cloud with a provider whose servers are outside Algeria.

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  • Website

Simplified model, for illustration. It takes no account of your volumes, your network or your contracts, and the website is treated as a brochure site with no personal data. The real classification is done on your company's data, application by application, and does not replace legal advice. Your choices stay in your browser.

What we see

Why so many cloud migrations disappoint

  1. Cloud adopted through use, not by choice

    Email here, storage there, one SaaS tool per department. The company is already in the cloud, without having decided it or secured it.

  2. A bill that climbs with no explanation

    Oversized resources, forgotten test environments, licences paid for inactive accounts.

  3. The data location question ignored

    Personal data is governed by law 18-07. Hosting anywhere without asking the question exposes the company.

  4. An internet connection that becomes the weak point

    When everything is online, an outage stops the company. The architecture has to reflect the reality of the network at each site.

Our method

Our cloud migration method

We treat migration as an architecture project, not as a relocation.

  1. 1Data inventory and classificationWe list the applications and the data, then classify them: what is personal, regulated or strategic, and what is not.
  2. 2Choosing the model: public, private or hybridThe model is chosen application by application. Most often, sensitive data stays in Algeria and the rest uses international cloud when that is justified.
  3. 3Cost estimate and cutover planYou know the expected monthly cost, the migration order and the rollback plan before you approve.
  4. 4Migration, verification and operationsWe migrate in batches, check each batch with your teams, then set up monitoring, backups and cost tracking.

Deliverables

What you receive

  • An inventory of applications and data, classified by sensitivity
  • A target architecture diagram, with the location of each component
  • An estimate of monthly costs and migration costs
  • A batch-by-batch migration plan, with a rollback procedure
  • Operations documentation and training for your team

Who it is for

This service is for you if

  • Your servers are reaching end of life and you are unsure whether to renew them
  • You are opening a new site and want to avoid installing a server room there
  • You already use several online tools with no overall view and no access control
  • You have to prove where your customers' or employees' data is hosted
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Which cloud model fits your situation?

Five questions for a first indication. Your answers stay in your browser.

Question 1 of 5

Which data does your company handle most?

Why Gnosis

What you get by working with us

Advice independent of vendors

We are not tied to any software vendor or hardware manufacturer. The recommendation starts from your need, not from a catalogue.

A written scope before any commitment

Scope, priorities, budget and schedule are set down in writing before the first day of implementation.

Local delivery, by a team in Algiers

A team based in Algiers that knows the country's regulatory, human and infrastructure constraints.

Straight talk on what is feasible

If a project does not have the means to succeed, we say so before it starts.

Frequently asked questions

What we are asked before we start

Does my data have to stay hosted in Algeria?

It depends on what the data is. Personal data is governed by law 18-07 and by the ANPDP, and some sectors add their own constraints. We classify your data at the scoping stage, before choosing an architecture.

How long does a cloud migration take?

For an SME with a clear scope, it generally takes six to twelve weeks from the audit to full cutover, depending on the volume of data and the number of business applications involved.

Is cloud cheaper than on-site servers?

Not always. Cloud replaces an investment with a monthly expense, and it removes costs that are often forgotten: electricity, air conditioning, replacement, maintenance time. We run the comparison on your figures before any decision.

What happens if the internet connection goes down?

The architecture deals with this point: a backup link, critical applications kept on site when necessary, a planned degraded mode. A migration that ignores network quality is a risky migration.

Further reading

Our articles on the subject

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