Operating System (OS) Migration
Many organizations face significant downstream hurdles when it comes to operating system migration. Many enterprise applications reside with operating systems that will soon be dropped from the support matrix of major vendors. And unfortunately, porting these applications is often a prohibitively expensive and time consuming undertaking. This problem is exacerbated when business-critical applications are needed at the desktop in a matter of months.
ESI's Data Center Management services offer proven expertise in the area of OS migration expertise that ensures minimal downtime during migration and delivers enhanced performance and reduced costs during deployment. We help you develop a comprehensive migration plan a blueprint that outlines best-practice methodologies, sets key success benchmarks, and details a go-forward maintenance strategy. We help you consolidate and virtualize, and at the same time, bolster performance, reduce risk, and decrease operational costs.
Migration Prioritization ESI works with you to assess the contents of your application portfolio and identify any migration hurdles. Once we identify targets, we push forward with migrations while helping determine options for problem systems.
Deployment Requirements Choosing where your end-user applications will deploy is an important consideration that has a sizable impact on cost and performance. ESI works with you to closely understand your technical requirements and make an architectural decision that best optimizes your deployments.
License Acquisition You need full licenses of the host OS that runs inside the virtual machine. ESI will help you navigate the minefields of enterprise licensing so you stay on budget as you move down the migration path.
Hardware Requirements ESI helps you select hardware that will support your existing needs as well as the upgrade environment and any migration software packages. We make sure that you have enough CPU power and memory to run legacy applications simultaneously with applications on the new OS.
Testing Cycles Reduction ESI also employs virtualization software that substantially reduces the time and effort required for OS migration testing over the time it takes on physical servers. In effect, this allows administrators to test images and configurations faster and make changes and corrections without re-installing a lot of packages.
Automatic Conversion Often, the time and effort it takes to convert existing applications and operating systems to run in virtual machines is a considerable endeavor. ESI leverages cutting-edge software to automate this process when possible, dramatically reducing project timelines.
Leveraging advanced software technology, ESI creates a uniform platform for managing OS and application updates. We work with you to facilitate smooth desktop transitions in shorter time frames, and help you extend the life of current applications and eliminate the need to port legacy applications. We work with you to avoid the costs of hardware acquisition and minimize user pain during transition, and we help make testing and deployment of new systems easier.
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