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Cloud Migration México 2026

Cloud Migration for Companies in México: Azure vs AWS 2026

Real Azure vs AWS comparison for Mexican companies: USD costs, latency, regions, landing zones, DevOps with CI/CD, Kubernetes, and case studies in manufacturing, retail, and financial services.

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30+

cloud migrations

-54%

typical hosting reduction

99.9%

post-migration availability

4 sem

first workload in prod

Migrating to the cloud in México 2026 is no longer "if", it is "how, which, and in what order". This guide consolidates 30+ real Mexican company migrations: from lift-and-shift of physical servers to refactor to Kubernetes microservices. It explains Azure vs AWS from the Mexican angle: USD costs, latency from Monterrey and CDMX, which regions to use, how to build the landing zone and what real DevOps costs.

Table of contents

  1. 01Why migrate (and when NOT to)
  2. 02Azure vs AWS for Mexican companies
  3. 03Landing zone: how not to start wrong
  4. 04DevOps: CI/CD, containers and Kubernetes
  5. 05Real case: Monterrey manufacturer migrates 12 .NET apps
  6. 06Costly cloud migration mistakes

01

Why migrate (and when NOT to)

Real reasons: TCO reduction, availability/DR, on-demand scaling, managed services, compliance certifications.

02

Azure vs AWS for Mexican companies

Closest region, latency, M365/AD integration, AI/ML services, catalog breadth, pricing and talent availability.

03

Landing zone: how not to start wrong

Account/subscription structure, hub-spoke networking, identity, centralized logging, policies as code, IaC.

04

DevOps: CI/CD, containers and Kubernetes

GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps, Docker, AKS/EKS, observability, secrets management, cost optimization.

05

Real case: Monterrey manufacturer migrates 12 .NET apps

9-month plan, $38K → $17.5K/month hosting, 96.5% → 99.9% availability, 1/month → 15-20/week deploys.

06

Costly cloud migration mistakes

No landing zone, only lift-and-shift, no cost monitoring, no IT upskilling, vendor lock-in.

Frequently asked questions

How much does cloud migration cost in México?+
For 10-30 legacy apps: USD 80K-300K consulting + services. Typical ROI: 18-30 months. Hosting 30-55% lower post-migration.
Azure or AWS for a Mexican company?+
Azure if .NET/SQL Server/AD/M365 (most MX). AWS for Linux/Java/Python. Azure has México Central region (Querétaro) with 5-15 ms latency.
How long to migrate an ERP to cloud?+
Lift-and-shift 8-16 weeks; partial refactor 4-8 months; microservices refactor 9-18 months.
Do I need Kubernetes from start?+
No. Start with App Service / Elastic Beanstalk. Move to K8s when 5+ services or multi-cloud portability needed.
Latency to MX clients with AWS us-east-1?+
40-80 ms from MX. Use CloudFront + Querétaro/CDMX edge for consumer apps.
How to estimate costs before migrating?+
Azure Pricing Calculator + Azure Migrate; AWS Pricing Calculator + Migration Evaluator. iTechDev does this as initial assessment.
What about LFPDPPP personal data in cloud?+
No data residency requirement for private companies. Critical: contractual clauses + documented security measures.
How many people to operate cloud?+
SMB: 2-3 dedicated. Mid-market: Cloud Architect + DevOps + SecOps. Enterprise: 5-8 or AMS tower.
Terraform vs native (Bicep, CloudFormation)?+
Terraform for multi-cloud or existing team expertise. Bicep/CloudFormation for single-cloud simplicity.
How to avoid cloud cost surprises?+
Mandatory tags, budget alerts 50/80/100%, reserved instances baseline, monthly top-10 review, auto-shutdown dev/test off-hours.

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