Why is it that legacy systems and databases, such as Lotus Notes, are kept alive for years after a company declares their transition (almost) complete? SWING Software’s new Seascape Flex provides a fix for that.
SWING Software has just released Seascape Flex — a new archiving and migration tool for old Lotus Notes Domino data.
Old IT systems are like old habits: both are difficult to change. Typically, a company declares that it has stopped investing in a particular platform, and their applications and data are going to be migrated by the end of the year. Two years later, remnants of the legacy infrastructure — applications, databases, and servers — are still there.
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“It is not enough to offload databases and back them up. This is a common pitfall that companies fall into,” says Mario Pavic, SWING Software’s Head of Sales. “In the case of Lotus Notes Domino, it is not a good idea to retain historical data in the original NSF format, especially if this environment is being decommissioned.”
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Here’s how Seascape Flex changes the way companies deal with their aged infrastructure:
- Seascape Flex provides an archive repository, detached from Lotus Notes Domino, based on open-standard formats;
- The organization no longer needs Notes or Domino in order to access historical data. Consequently, the number of on-premise servers can be significantly reduced, or the entire legacy infrastructure can be decommissioned;
- Original content is fully preserved: i.e., application views, documents, layouts, links, and metadata;
- Seascape Flex provides controlled access to archived data and advanced search capabilities for compliance, eDiscovery, or business requests;
- Seascape Flex is a cloud-ready and scalable solution, ideal for distributed organizations and remote work.
With all historical data properly preserved in a scalable Seascape Flex archive, companies can freely decide on Lotus Notes and Domino replacement and IT modernization options.
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