Orbix 6.x Upgrade Assessment

Operating Environment Assessment: 1 day

This assessment delivers the following:

• Confirmation that Operating System, compiler, and patches are fully supported by Orbix 6.x
• Discussion and agreement on a go-forward roadmap that ensures the CORBA system is future-proofed
• Recommendations on best approach to upgrade and deploy the CORBA system on Orbix 6.x

Source Code Evaluation: 1 day

This evaluation delivers the following:

• Quantification of Orbix 6.x upgrade issues
• Verification of Basic Object Adapter or Portable Object Adapter usage for CORBA deployment
• Identification of any development challenges related to code compile and execution
• Recommendations for performance and/or development efficiency improvement
• Review of current unit and system tests to ensure these are considered as part of any upgrade plan

Training Planning: 0.5 days

This planning delivers the following:

• Identification of upgrade team roles and responsibilities
• Training plan appropriate to ensure upgrade project success

Proprietary Feature Upgrade Planning: 1 day

This planning delivers the following:

• Identification of any proprietary features being used in the existing ORB that are no longer supported in Orbix 6.x
• Recommendations for any remediation necessary using Orbix 6.x features

Upgrade Plan Development: 0.5 days

This planning delivers the following:

• Orbix 6.x upgrade plan, including:
  • Recommended timeline and milestones for development, testing, and deployment
  • Risk identification
• Training plan appropriate to ensure upgrade project success

Approach

This offering involves onsite and/or remote consulting by up to two Micro Focus CORBA Solution Architects (SA).

A planning conference call will take place first, where roles, responsibilities, timeline, logistics, and deliverables will be discussed and agreed.

A detailed Statement of Work (SOW) will include all tasks and deliverables as well as a timeline.

For more information, contact Micro Focus directly at consulting@microfocus.com.

Service Fees

The estimated offering cost is as follows:

*Notes:

• Travel is extra and billed at cost
• All services subject to a signed Agreement/SOW