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A P P L I C A T I O N S

A WHITE PAPER SERIES

MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE ADOPTING MIGRATION AS A STRATEGY TO RESOLVE THEIR BUSINESS AND IT CHALLENGES. THE GOAL OF THIS WHITE PAPER IS TO PROVIDE BUSINESSES WITH THE SIX KEY STEPS TO SUCCEED WHEN EMBARKING ON A MIGRATION PROJECT.

Six Steps to Migration Project Success

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WHY MIGRATE DETERMINE A MIGRATION STRATEGY

• WHAT CAN BE MIGRATED? • MIGRATION STRATEGIES TO CONSIDER

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A MIGRATION ROADMAP

• MIGRATION: A SIX-STEP PROCESS • STEP 1: ASSESS THE APPLICATION FOR MIGRATION • STEP 2: PREPARE THE APPLICATION FOR MIGRATION • STEP 3: MIGRATE THE APPLICATION • STEP 4: PERFORM POST-MIGRATION CHANGES • STEP 5: TEST THE APPLICATION • STEP 6: POST-MIGRATION SUPPORT

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MIGRATION BEST PRACTICE CHECKLIST CONCLUSION

Six Steps to Migration Project Success

Today’s organizations are faced with many challenges

in their business environments. Legacy, outdated information

technology (IT) systems and changing business processes are among

these major challenges as companies address legacy system inflexibility, agility, lack of scalability, lack of wider data access, shortage of skills, high cost of maintenance and unreliability. Couple this with continually changing technologies, and organizations are faced with the need to assess these new technologies and adapt their infrastructures and applications to leverage those technologies.

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Migration enhances and protects the long-term investment in an organization’s software infrastructure and effectively reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO).

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In the quest to address these issues and drive business forward, enterprises are proactively seeking strategies to insure that success. To that end, many organizations are adopting migration as a strategy to resolve their business and IT challenges. However, while they are sold on the idea of migration for its significant benefits, enterprises are uncertain...