GSS E-mail and Directory Migration Services

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GSS E-mail and Directory Migration and Consolidation

Legacy systems, upgrades, security, consolidation, integration, standardization, acquisition, cost reduction. There are many reasons why you may need to migrate from one e-mail system to another. Unlike deployment of new technology migration poses unique challenges. Key issues include:

• Coexistence - You’ll have at least two systems for a period of time
• Transparency - E-mail cannot go down and users cannot be inconvenienced
• Gateways - Internet and other gateways may be specific to a particular system
• Capacity Planning - Network and e-mail gateway traffic may spike
• Directory Synchronization - Disparate directory services may need to be synchronized
• Remote Access - Remote users must have access to the new system
• Application Integration - Applications may integrate with e-mail as a data transport
• Migration Tools - Free migration tools may not meet your specific needs
• Automation - Data conversion and deployment should be automated
• PDA Synchronization - PDA users may need special attention
• Logistics - Data may be distributed over servers, workstations and locations
• Expertise - IT staff may not have expertise in all of the systems involved
• Training - User and IT staff training may limit the pace of migration

Path of Least Resistance
E-mail migration requires careful planning and ongoing project management as well as specialized expertise and tools that fit your organization’s requirements. E-mail system vendors tend to downplay the complexities of migration when they encourage customers to switch systems. Unfortunately, vendor documentation, methodology, and software tools often fall far short. Migration projects can have unexpected risks and hidden costs.

Many companies attempt e-mail migration on their own and end up learning the hard way that it’s not as easy as they were lead to believe. This causes prolonged coexistence, higher operational overhead and increased strain on IT resources, greater impact on users and costly project delays. When migration projects go wrong companies that started migrations in-house pay a penalty when they call in vendors to bail them out.

Right the First Time, and Every Time
Global System Services Corporation (GSS) is a worldwide leader in e-mail migration. GSS has extensive experience, specialized expertise, and software tools for e- mail migration. GSS works with all major e-mail and messaging products including:

• LAN e-mail and legacy systems
• Lotus Notes and Domino
• Microsoft Exchange
• iPlanet/Sun ONE server products
• Novell GroupWise
• Internet E-mail (e.g., sendmail)

GSS has a winning track record of successful e-mail migration projects for many of the world’s largest companies. GSS help customers do it right the first time, every time. GSS uses a comprehensive migration project methodology proven in real-world migrations ranging from small companies to multi-million user service provider solutions. The GSS methodology addresses all coexistence and migration issues from analysis of your current system to post-migration IT operations.

GSS provides customers with detailed plans based real-world experience and backs them up with seasoned professionals. With GSS you can cover all the bases, anticipate vendor shortcomings, and avoid migration pitfalls. Accelerating migration and avoiding mistakes means reduced strain on IT, and lower impact on users, and dramatically lower cost. GSS E-mail Migration Services include:

• Project Management
• Proven Methodology
• Extensive Experience
• Specialized Expertise
• Close Vendor Relationships
• Software Tools

Experience Superior Value
With GSS customers always know what they will receive, how much they should invest, and how long it will take to achieve their goals. Over the years GSS has proven its value by helping customers successfully meet the most demanding IT challenges. GSS has relationships with major vendors that involve training and certification of GSS staff, but the certification that GSS points out most frequently is customer loyalty. GSS is successful because GSS customers are successful.

About GSS

Global System Services Corporation (GSS) is the leading provider of consulting and professional services for large-scale and distributed infrastructure systems such as email and messaging, directory services, groupware, and wireless solutions. GSS customers include Fortune 500 companies, large services providers and telecom companies, government agencies, major messaging product vendors, and innovative technology startups.

GSS provides a complementary suite of services including strategic technology consultation and competitive vendor and product analysis, product and system architecture and design, system development deployment, customization, and testing, technical support, email migration, and other IT services. GSS has been directly responsible for some of the largest global systems and solutions and counts as customers many of the largest companies in the world.

From its offices in the Silicon Valley California, GSS delivers services and solutions to customers worldwide through a network of mobile consultants and qualified GSS Affiliates. With industry certified professionals on staff, GSS is a Qualified Lotus Business Partner, a Certified Microsoft Solution Provider (MCSP), a Principal Partner in the Sun Partner Advantage program and a member of the Sun Software Partner Council, as well as a member of key industry organizations.

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