We recently discussed the concept of a rolling migration versus a more traditional big-bang migration approach. See our initial thoughts on development of a rolling migration approach for the eventual retirement of a client’s old system over time. After working through some of the challenges, we now have a system that can quickly move content into the new repository on demand. This post will discuss our results.
ImageWare from Cannon – Migration to Alfresco in the Cloud
As summarized in our series of migration posts, many of our clients are moving to Alfresco from legacy ECM solutions. For one of our current clients, we are moving from an onsite Canon ImageWare solution to Alfresco hosted within the Amazon Cloud. This post will share our experience migrating from ImageWare to Alfresco and include some specifics […]
Documentum and Alfresco Large Migrations – Thoughts on a Hybrid/Rolling Approach
One of the biggest challenges in rolling out new interfaces for ECM is migration from older/legacy systems. We just started working with one financial services client that, in moving toward an Alfresco and HPI 2.1 solution, has initiated a hybrid approach to allow the interface to be introduced quickly while simplifying and reducing the risk […]
Documentum Layoffs, Alfresco Sales Kickoff, and more thoughts on Documentum to Alfresco Migration
We (TSG) just got back from the Alfresco Sales Kickoff in Dubrovinik, Croatia. One major rumor-mill discussion we had with several partners and ex-Documentum employees surrounded thoughts on layoffs at Documentum. In a similar vein, while some of our more popular posts have been Documentum to Alfresco migration focused on the clients and technical migrations, […]
Documentum and Alfresco – Migration/Upgrade Analogies
Last week, we put together an overview of migrations and OpenMigrate for one of our partners. The overview had a couple of interesting analogies regarding migrations as well as best practices that we will share in this post.
Documentum Migration to Alfresco – Making one small mobile/cloud step first
Having already addressed here Why Clients are migrating from Documentum to Alfresco, the major issue most long-time clients have with moving from Documentum to Alfresco is how to take that first step. Legacy Documentum users often have terabytes of documents stored in Documentum and contemplating a move to any platform would be costly and resource […]
Documentum and Alfresco Migrations – Why the Migration Tool is Only Part of the Equation
As the developers of OpenMigrate, we are always amazed by how often a new tool is unveiled that claims to make migrations considerably easier. While we love what we have done with OpenMigrate, we also typically have to educate clients that a migration tool, just like other tools, is only part of the effort. This […]
Supersized Documentum Migrations and Upgrades Two Billion Documents and Counting
Two weeks ago we completed several of the largest Documentum migrations and upgrades we’ve ever seen. With short outage windows, we helped plan and support our client’s migration of their Documentum systems from a data center in the southeast US to the Rockies while simultaneously upgrading the repositories from Documentum 6.5 to 6.7 SPx. Altogether […]
Documentum Webtop Migration – xCP, D2 and other thoughts
While we have mentioned that Documentum “is not investing in Webtop” for the past couple of years, we still see many clients struggling with “what should I do next” when dealing with moving away from Webtop. This post will discuss some of the common concerns clients present regarding moving away from Webtop as well as […]