It is easy to think of migration activities as a one-time effort to initially load data into an application or move documents from one docbase to another. Experienced ECM customers have found that migration is an ongoing process that happens frequently. Migration tools are needed when undergoing a significant platform upgrade (i.e. Documentum 5.x to 6.x), merging in a new business unit due to an acquisition, or performing ongoing bulk imports and exports. Although migrations are performed regularly, no two migrations are the same.
Because most document migrations have unique requirements, it is difficult to find one common technical approach or product to migrate data between various sources. Typical “Out of the Box” approaches usually rely on a bulk load utility or Documentum’s Dump and Load tool. Many customers have found these approaches to perform poorly. Typical migration challenges with these approaches include:
OpenMigrate’s framework is configurable, modular, and extensible, providing the capabilities to address both one-time and ongoing migrations with a flexible and high-performance architecture. Developed by Technology Services Group for our ECM customers, OpenMigrate is our answer to the shortcomings of typical Documentum migration utilities.
The framework of this migration utility is what differentiates it from the other migration products. OpenMigrate’s architecture reduces code, improves application quality, flexibility, testability, and scalability.
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