In a normal lifecycle of any Enterprise Application Product Offering, there will always be a time when the existing application might be outdated compared to the latest offering of the Product or platform .There also comes a time when the existing Application might run out of service warranty from the Product Vendors.
These are the times when migration comes in.
Most of the time the existing implementation might still be meeting the immediate needs for which the initial implementation had been made and hence it would not make sense to upgrade just because the product vendor decided to launch a new upgrade.
The new Upgrade will definitely be a technological upgrade , but justifying the business need for the upgrade requires outlining the business benefits ,strategy and migration plans.
But below are questions that have to asked to justify upgrades /Migration.
Will the upgrade offer sizeable savings compared to the current running costs or
Will it enable the business to target its customers/ end users differently which would indirectly result in increased revenue.
Would the upgrade enable the business to target a hitherto untapped customer base.
Any of the above if true can be used to justify a need for Migration of the Existing Platform.
The benefits of the above should justify for the costs below.
The effort required to proceed with the migration can be gauged from the below points.
However, there are a number of best practices which can guide you through these migrations. The following items can impact your migration:
However no piece of software can be run indefinitely and hence there will always be a certain point where it will no longer be up to the mark and then it has be called out and upgraded or replaced.
These are the times when migration comes in.
Most of the time the existing implementation might still be meeting the immediate needs for which the initial implementation had been made and hence it would not make sense to upgrade just because the product vendor decided to launch a new upgrade.
The new Upgrade will definitely be a technological upgrade , but justifying the business need for the upgrade requires outlining the business benefits ,strategy and migration plans.
But below are questions that have to asked to justify upgrades /Migration.
Will the upgrade offer sizeable savings compared to the current running costs or
Will it enable the business to target its customers/ end users differently which would indirectly result in increased revenue.
Would the upgrade enable the business to target a hitherto untapped customer base.
Any of the above if true can be used to justify a need for Migration of the Existing Platform.
The benefits of the above should justify for the costs below.
The effort required to proceed with the migration can be gauged from the below points.
However, there are a number of best practices which can guide you through these migrations. The following items can impact your migration:
- The level of customization of the site.
- The size/complexity of the WebSphere Commerce site.
- The level of integration of WebSphere Commerce with third-party systems.
However no piece of software can be run indefinitely and hence there will always be a certain point where it will no longer be up to the mark and then it has be called out and upgraded or replaced.
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