Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade

• The Real Story

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade The Real StoryCost

• Epicor Services and Cost
• Your Upgrade is free. All you have to do is
  install it, or have someone install it.
• Epicor offers a flat fee upgrade based on how
  many .MAIN accounts you have. This flat fee
  would not include custom code. - 8000 for 1st
  .MAIN, and then 225 / hour for additional.

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade The Real StoryCost

• Duel Release or Development Server
• If UNIX Duel Release if your current release is
  compatible. (Meaning HP/UX 11) If your not
  current you have options
• Upgrade your current Manage-2000 to HP/UX 11
• Buy a new server for cutover testing
• If NT/2000 Development Server
• Hardware - 1,000-2000 and UP
• Windows - 700
• Manage-2000 Licenses. (For example buy more, or
  move unused.) Again, your CAM can give you
  specific samples of your costs. Enterprise
  Seat 2,900
• Manage-2000 Disaster Recovery License
  Enterprise - 1,700
• If you do not add licenses, you will need to move
  them from your production server. (Know how many
  you have, and how many you need)

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade The Real StoryCost

• Custom Code
• A custom code audit can reveal how much custom
  code you currently have. For an actual upgrade
  this is required.
• Consider removing all custom code, and
  re-justifying the need for it thru testing.
  Re-custom as justified.
• Custom code can become the most expensive
  component of your upgrade very easily.
• Custom code is billed BY THE HOUR.
• Epicor now offers support for custom code.
  Meaning you get it as part of your upgrade. The
  cost for this is 20 of the custom code cost.

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade The Real StoryCost

• New Requirements (Depending on your current
  release)
• Redback (Some on 7.0 have it, Nobody on 6.x does)
• Required to serve up Portals
• LOOK.SO, LOOK.PO, ACTIVITY, STOCK, Etc etc etc
• A Redback Responder consumes a UniData and
  Manage-2000 license. - 4,500
• Each .MAIN or .TRAIN account needs its own
  responder.
• Each Account can also have multiple responders
  depending on your load.
• The Official number is 1 responder for every 10
  users.
• Brinly is using 1 responder for 40 users.

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade The Real StoryCost

• New Requirements (Depending on your current
  release)
• A Web Server - 1000-2000 and up plus 700 for
  Windows.
• Required to serve up Portals
• Must be Windows 2000 or 2003 Server. (No matter
  what your Data server is running. For example,
  UNIX still needs a Windows web server.)
• Should have loads of RAM. (read cram as much RAM
  in there as your budget can afford)
• Should not be on the same server as the Database
  Server.
• Can host multiple .MAIN and .TRAIN accounts on 1
  host.

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade The Real StoryCost

• New Requirements (Depending on your current
  release)
• Visual Studio .NET - 645
• Required if you want to change things in the
  Portals
• Infragistics - 495
• Also Required if you want to change things in the
  Portals.
• Provides many UI elements in portals.
• Menus, Buttons, etc etc.

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade The Real StoryCost

• New Requirements (Depending on your current
  release)
• Enterprise License
• Allows you to use Manage-2000 in a device mode
  instead of a session mode.
• Each device can use up to 10 sessions using 1
  seat or license.
• PWS
• Delphi
• EpiEdit
• Keep in mind that the Portals are driven thru
  Redback and it consumes its own seat as outlined
  before. (20 users in a portal are still 1 seat)

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade The Real StoryBenefits

• Portals Information is linked.
• Less Delphi Mostly only .CONSTANTS now.
• Propaganda
• A2K - 15,000
• Clientele
• Optio - 10,400
• FEATURE.SUMMARY Review.
• fs_7_1.pdf

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade

• Break Time

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade Unix vs NT

• UNIX Benefits
• Configuration is more flexible.
• One host can run multiple versions of Manage-2000
• System scales up easier (100 users)
• More acceptable to open source.

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade Unix vs NT

• UNIX Cons
• System hardware is more costly.
• Requires another level of knowledge (UNIX)
• Does not integrate easily into Windows
  environment.

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade Unix vs NT

• Windows Benefits
• Configuration is easier.
• Mostly point and click.
• Management is easier.
• Integrates into existing windows network easily.
• Hardware is cheap, and can use standard PC
  components.

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Manage-2000 7.1 Upgrade Unix vs NT

• Windows Cons
• Windows does not offer some of the same level of
  detail as a UNIX host does.
• Windows does not scale well on very high user
  count sites.
• There are more windows hackers than unix hackers.