Migrating from expensive legacy print management and document archive software sidesteps hefty upgrade fees.
Pain / Impact
Broadcom’s acquisition of CA-Spool and CA View/Deliver solutions forced a decision: pay onerous upgrade fees or stop using these products
- 9+ Terrabytes and decades of legacy documents stored in legacy archive
- AFP, Natural, and other output from critical IBM Z® applications at risk
- Short time to decide: pay upgrade fees or migrate to new output solution
Solution
LRS proposed rapid migration from incumbent Broadcom software to flagship LRS® solutions on IBM Z and open systems
- Proven LRS mainframe output management solutions ensure seamless delivery of AFP and text-based printing to any output destination
- DRS/Natural interface provides robust connectivity for printing from critical legacy applications built in Software AG Natural® environment
- LRS’ team of archive migration experts developed custom processes and scripts to migrate 9+ TB of data from CA View/Deliver to the PageCenterX® archive
Outcome
- Avoided expensive upgrade fees arising from Broadcom acquiring CA
- Preserved client investments in AFP and Natural documents on IBM Z
- Provided users advanced print management and archive functionality
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