More and more customers are considering moving to a client/server computing model and/or want to move to new computers that offer increased performance, reduced cost, increased productivity, 64 bits, etc. However, you've made large investments in custom applications and user training and you don't want to sacrifice those investments. You are also concerned about the increased support cost associated with maintaining multiple operating environments. You need a way to migrate your applications to new platforms and operating systems that will protect your investments and will not disrupt your current production environment. Some customers will consider migration as a way to address Year 2000 date problems.

Migration Methodology
First Step has developed a methodology and a set of consulting services that greatly enhance the efficiency and reduce the risk of migration efforts. These consulting services are designed to examine the critical issues and effort required to migrate systems and applications to the Alpha or Intel architectures. The target platforms and operating systems for migrations include:

• Destination NT - Migrating to Windows NT from Novell, Banyan Vines, and other host and NOS environments

• Destination Alpha - Migrating to NT on Alpha from Novell.

First Step consultants use a series of predefined steps to plan and implement the migration.

Migration Steps

What Services Are Offered?
First Step's migration services consist of specialized services focused on migrating customers to Windows NT on Alpha or Intel hardware. These services include:

Inventory End State Readiness	Migration Assessment
Analysis	Application Migration Detailed Analysis &Design System Migration Detailed Analysis &Design
Test Suite Upgrade	System Migration
Acceptance Deployment	Application Migration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Step's migration services are designed to help you lower IT operating costs while providing you with platforms and applications that can grow and change with your business.