As we wrote about well in advance, DELL EMC’s SourceOne was slated to reach End of Life starting at the end of this month. For current users, this means they are rapidly running out of time to begin looking at their possible alternatives.
End-of-Life is the final stage for software development, coming after End-of-Service and marking a complete close to the lifecycle; as such, software that reaches EoL rapidly begins accumulating several issues for the user.
We have written with more detail elsewhere about the dangers of out-of-date software and why you should strive to keep your archive and backup systems up to date. In short:
- Costs increase to reflect the increasing overhead. Lack of support, difficulty finding people trained on legacy software, and increasingly missing expected quality-of-life features all drive up costs.
- Compliance with regulation becomes chancy as new legal requirements are put in place the legacy system did not account for, requiring for complex reworks to make your system viable if it is possible at all.
- Compatibility issues with other related systems and software, including newer operating systems – in extreme cases, some legacy software may even have difficulty running on newer hardware.
- Safety is compromised where newly discovered vulnerabilities are not patched and new avenues of attack are not sufficiently protected.
In a survey made earlier this year, Object First noted that 84% of IT workers say they need better archive and backup security to meet regulations and compliance obligations; 41% of IT workers say their people lack the skills to manage complex backup storage solutions. Both issues are likely to compound if using post-support legacy systems.
How do organizations prepare for the coming End-of-Life?
When taking all the possible concerns outlined above into account, the only correct solution for organizations is to begin looking at migrating your critical data from the soon-to-be defunct legacy system to a more current one. This migration process should keep your existing data intact and organized, allowing business continuity to be maintained and allowing your organization to continue on as before.
However, this process comes with a number of pitfalls. Migrating files internally is no easy task, especially at the data volumes typically encountered when looking at backup systems or archiving solutions. This can be exacerbated if the individuals who had set up either system have since left your organization, leaving the data structure unclear.
To avoid these potential issues in your migration, the obvious step is to seek a purpose-developed tool for completing the migration process all the way from data backup and moving the data to final validation – as well as a trusted partner who has previous proven experience in this field. To that end, TECH-ARROW would like to present your best possible solution:
Why migrate your EMC SourceOne with contentGATE?
With TECH-ARROW’s contentGATE, we provide your organization a controlled and automated way of migrating data from EMC SourceOne to a target system of your choosing. Avoid downtime during the migration process, as well as any errors stemming from human mistakes or issues in the software. Easily migrate your whole EMC SourceOne archive in simple and clear steps, cutting down on the time this process will take and therefore both the incurred costs and risks.
TECH-ARROW and contentGATE have a proven track record in the field of archive migration. With us, the needs of the customer always come first, and the migration is fine-tuned to best reflect your organization’s needs – whether that be constant access to archived data with minimal downtime, a faster process, priority given to particular groups of users, or more!
If these possibilities interest you – don’t delay and contact us. Our team will be in touch to determine the scope of your migration, and will be with you every step of the way from the proof-of-concept all the way to the final end. Archive smarter – with TECH-ARROW.
Your Data In Your Hands – With TECH-ARROW
