Architecture Consulting

The newest release of IBM's Lotus Notes/Domino includes compelling benefits: better administrative tools, more efficient bandwidth use, enhanced collaborative capabilities, and more. But taking advantage of them requires a complex migration of server and client software and messaging data -- a process that touches every user and every aspect of your organization. Even with the available software tools, mail migration requires careful planning and coordinated execution. The price of failure: email downtime, lost data, and damaged relationships with customers and partners. How do you weigh the benefits of new capabilities against the costs of getting there? If you want to take advantage of the power of Domino 6, but are concerned about the potential costs and pitfalls of migration -- training, IT resource deployment, downtime, lost data -- it's time to turn to Clearframe's messaging specialists.

If your messaging environment is moving to a new platform, the transition is even more challenging. Most organizations have IT staff skilled in one environment but lacking experience with the other technology. With expertise in Domino and other messaging technologies, Clearframe can fill the gap.

For most organizations, mail migrations are an occasional occurrence. For Clearframe's technical team, it's an everyday event. We understand the process, we know the pitfalls, and we've learned to perform the work as quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably as possible. The bottom line for you -- a faster, smoother migration that gives you the benefits of a new platform, at a predictable price, for a faster return on your migration investment.

The Clearframe Solution

In this era of mergers, acquisitions, and legacy systems, your mail system may not be as simple as you'd like. Clearframe has worked with a wide range of clients -- from a single-location business moving to a new version of Exchange, to merged companies struggling to rationalize different platforms and versions into an effective messaging solution.

Our migration capabilities include:

• Helping you transition from Domino to Exchange, or from Exchange to Domino
• Creating a hybrid environment of Domino applications and Exchange email messaging
• Moving your Domino infrastructure to Domino 6.x
• Consolidating multiple Domino platforms into a single solution
• Upgrading from single POP or web mail to a cost-effective Exchange or Domino solution
• Moving from legacy platforms such as Groupwise to Exchange or Domino
• SEC/NASD compliance

At Clearframe, mail migration means more than just installing new versions of software. A Clearframe migration doesn't just move you to the latest messaging platform. It helps you move to a messaging solution that scales to your needs, maximizes efficiency, and reduces costs -- whether you are moving to an in-house solution or one hosted in a state-of-the-art Clearframe NOC.

We begin your migration by analyzing your current platform and your needs for the post-migration solution. Depending on the number of users and locations, remote access needs, desired level of disaster recovery and failover, and anticipated message volume, we work with you to determine the optimal solution.

We then create a detailed migration plan that defines how upgrades will take place, how messaging data will be moved to the new system, and the methodology for upgrading user client software. We'll address issues such as server security, sign-on to email and Windows domains, mobile access, and wireless connectivity through PDAs and Blackberry RIM devices.

Once the plan is completed, we'll perform your migration, including complete testing, to ensure that everything is working as planned. For your users, this means access to the latest messaging technology without unexpected downtime or loss of data. For your IT staff, it means a smooth process guided by messaging experts that doesn't interfere with other mission-critical IT projects.