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Virtustream’s documented approach to complex cloud migrations pairs its xStream cloud platform with xStreamCare professional and managed services, aimed especially at mission-critical enterprise applications and SAP environments. The announcements describe a service portfolio—not a standalone consumer migration tool—and date from 2015 and 2020, so they do not establish which services are currently available.

What Virtustream’s migration approach includes

Virtustream has framed migration complexity as more than moving workloads between environments. Its June 2020 announcement said that migrating and managing mission-critical applications can require specialist technical skills and consume internal IT capacity through labor-intensive, time-consuming tasks. The company presented xStreamCare as a way to support that work alongside its cloud platform.

The June announcement described services for migration and management of mission-critical applications, including SAP. The December 2020 announcement described xStreamCare support across planning, migration, integration, and optimization. These are company descriptions of its intended service scope, not independent evidence of outcomes or performance.

Examples aimed at SAP environments

The clearest workload fit in the announcements is enterprise software, particularly SAP. Virtustream’s 2020 examples address recurring operational work around SAP systems as well as migration preparation.

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Cloud context and historical delivery partners

Dell’s 2015 acquisition announcement described Virtustream as serving enterprises that migrate, run, and manage mission-critical enterprise applications, including SAP. A separate Dell announcement that year positioned Virtustream within a broader Dell portfolio spanning private, managed, and public cloud offerings. These releases provide historical context, not a current comparison of cloud providers or confirmation of today’s portfolio.

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Historical partner announcements also show that Virtustream’s SAP-related work has involved broader service-provider ecosystems. In July 2016, Capgemini described collaboration with Virtustream on modernization, transformation, migration, and hosting for private and hybrid SAP cloud environments, including SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA. In September 2017, NTT Communications announced a multi-tenant SAP cloud service developed with Virtustream and EMC Japan, alongside managed services. Those announcements establish past activity only; they do not confirm current partner status.

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How to assess fit for a migration

The announcements do not provide independent comparative benchmarks, current prices, or a complete present-day service catalog. An enterprise evaluating Virtustream should establish the specifics directly and compare them against its workload and operating requirements.

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  • Workload fit: Identify whether the project involves mission-critical applications or SAP landscapes, and whether tasks such as system copies, client refreshes, or data masking are in scope.
  • Target architecture: Clarify whether the destination is private, public, or hybrid cloud, and how that choice affects integration and operations.
  • Responsibility split: Document who handles planning, migration, application management, and ongoing optimization—your internal team, Virtustream, or another provider.
  • Support coverage: Confirm the support hours, service boundaries, and escalation process that apply to the proposed engagement.
  • Operating requirements: Evaluate security, compliance, performance, and consumption needs against the proposed architecture and service terms.
  • Current availability and scope: Ask which named xStreamCare services are available for your region, workload, and contract, since the cited service announcements are from 2020.

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