Cloud Migrations Deep Dive

Part 1 released Wednesday 4th March 2026
Part 2 releasing Monday 9th March 2026

Author: Jamie Sawyer, Director, Echidna Solutions

With the EoL for Server back in 2024, and the upcoming EoL for Data Center infrastructure in 2029, the concept of migrating your Atlassian work to the Cloud has never been more important.

For the most part, Atlassian Consultancies have leant into the sheer scale of required migrations by working to standardise and rationalise working practices, and in so doing have commoditised the market. This approach has been great for a large number of the smaller and simpler migrations which need to occur in the market, and allows for a relatively quick, standardised turnaround for these engagements. The challenge comes with scale and complexity - and with a large number of more complex Data Center instances needing to migrate over the coming years, this gap is going to be felt harder now than ever.

In this five-part series, Jamie Sawyer, Director at Echidna Solution and 15-year veteran of the Atlassian Ecosystem provides the tools you need to truly understand the world of Atlassian Cloud Migrations, as we move into the End of Life for the Data Center line of products.

Released twice a week, this short series of articles will help teams looking to plan out their own migrations, providing as much background context as Jamie could fit!

History of Atlassian Part 1

Wednesday 4th March 2026

In our first context-setting part, Jamie outlines Atlassian's first steps into the world of SaaS, and how their approach changed and refined into the Cloud platform we know today.

History of Atlassian Part 2

Available Monday 9th March 2026

Jamie continues his exploration of history, looking at the development of Data Center, and the Era of Divergence between the 3 core platforms.

Early Cloud Migrations

Available Thursday 12th March 2026

With the bombshell EoL announcement for Server, the ecosystem scrambled to define and refine migration processes. In this part, Jamie explores the evolution of the processes and tooling underpinning this race.

The Echidna Approach

Available Monday 16th March 2026

Echidna Solutions take a different approach for Cloud Migrations to many in the ecosystem. In this part, Jamie details the approach, and provides the underlying logic behind the decisions made.

Technical
Detail

Available Thursday 19th March 2026

Based on our recent case study with Rightmove, Jamie goes into technical depth - covering everything from interview formats, through the Atlassian Cloud bugs encountered, to how tens of thousands of lines of custom Python code supported the migration.

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