Migration Services

Dirroci – Get ready for your Windows 10 migration by taking these seven steps to minimize risks, costs and the duration time of your project.

Step 1: Machine Discovery

Scanning the network/s to discover all IP devices delivers high transparency, which again makes a holistic approach possible towards the Windows 10 migration. The list of all devices in use is the pre-requisite for detecting the complete software inventory.

Top Benefits:

All devices within a network at a glance
Entire overview of your IT infrastructure

Step 2: Software Inventory

By means of agent-based or agentless inventory (remote and local), you obtain a data collection, which can be used for further processing in systems like a CMDB or SAM etc. – and this data can also be used for application recognition. The list of raw software inventory shows the number of installations used and their versions.

Top Benefits:

Flexibility to use agent-based or agentless inventory
Software Metering – Analysis of software usage
Inventory of all hardware and software assets, including server environments/data center
Delivery of data for further processing in your license management tool, CMDB and for software rationalization

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Step 3: Application Recognition

The comprehensive software recognition report includes detailed information on all recognized software products including the number of installations. This list not only shows risks, but also recognizes optimization potential by listing the variety of installations, identical core functionality, etc.

Top Benefits:

List of software subject to be licensed and freeware
Enormous potential of achieving cost savings through recommendation of FOC software alternatives
Further rationalization possibilities depending on company requirements

Step 4: Application Rationalization

You will receive our recommendation for actions to be taken for the rationalization of your software landscape whilst considering your software strategy. This includes not only the list of all software versions in use, but also a detailed description of existing alternatives whilst considering critical and economic aspects.

Top Benefits:

Saving license costs by means of rationalization
Reduction of operational costs by means of consolidation of the version variety
Reduction of software readiness and deployment costs
Basis for the definition of the standard shopping basket

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Step 5: Application OS Collision Detection

We test your applications against the operating system guidelines of Microsoft. Based on a “traffic light status” we show you the possible utilizability of your software on a windows 10 operating system. The detailed report shows incompatibility issues, such as invalid or outworn API requests, Windows components out of support, conflicts regarding security and user account control (UAC), incomplete restart sequences and further results. By means of so-called smoke testing, the application will be tested regarding its installation, uninstall and repair.

Top Benefits:

Basis for planning of software readiness and deployment
Minimization of rollout risks and cost of operation
Basis for further analysis in case of incompatibility issues -> Possibility of virtualization

Step 6: Application Collision Remediation

Conflicts can be eliminated by automatic remediation of installation resources by means of adding Merge Modules and Manifest Files, adjustments of installation sequences regarding the execution of custom action, or by replacement of invalid or static notations of standard folders.

Top Benefits:

Reduction of efforts during the packaging phase
Saving costs by fully automated remediation

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Step 7: Application Integration Detection

Not only do we test to find conflicts between software products, but also the compatibility of applications against your “Golden Image“ (basic image including drivers, group policies, standard applications, etc.). Furthermore, we check whether an application can be virtualized. The tests allow to determine whether a software package is ready for a defined target format and it checks on general criteria of virtualized operation modes.

Top Benefits:

Further testing options against customer specific OS configurations

SAM-System-Migration

Years ago, Raynet started to extend their Application Lifecycle activities and services to support Software Asset Management solutions like Flexera Flexnet Manager Platform and Aspera SmartTrack. Meanwhile, Raynet has acquired a great knowledge of different SAM platform solutions, know how, and recognizable expertise and references from different customer projects around the world. In addition, Raynet is providing cloud-based SAM solutions for customers like ESPRIT (Esprit Europe and Asia).

Main emphasis of SAM System Migration

Migrating as musch data as possible using the nearly endless data exchange possibilities of RaySAMi
Adopting every interface which have proven effective by their business rationale
Enhancing the usability and ease of use
Achieving efficiency through automation and process integration
Seamless integration with other Raynet products of the entire RaySuite

Software License Management with RaySAMi

Since early 2014, Raynet is providing its own SAM product and services called RaySAMi, based on SmartTrack, and implementing this into RaySuite to support the full lifecycle for software applications along with licenses, contracts and maintenance. From demand, asset management, software packaging to software deployment … the RaySuite family is constantly growing.

This is why Raynet not only offers new SAM implementations, but a seamless migration of any SAM solution to RaySAMi as well.

Learn more about RaySAMi

The perfect combination to our services

If your actual SAM solution doesn’t fit your needs, or you think about an even bigger and much better integrated solution covering every phase of the application lifecycle, you should choose Raynet and our RaySuite products to bring your vision to life.

Last but not least, you can handover the complete operation of regular SAM tasks to Raynet. Contact the Raynet sales office or one of our partners to get the full overview of SAM solutions by Raynet.

Application Migration

Since applications are the tools used by the end-user to run the company business, every migration involving them could have a significant or very high impact on the business. Our goal is to support every migration with clear and defined objectives and with the minimum amount of effort. An Application migration is mostly done together with the migration from one OS to another, but is not always the case.

In general, Raynet supports the following migration strategies:

Migration of client applications with or without updating the application version
Migrating legacy applications, which are known to be incompatible or assumed to become incompatible from being locally installed to virtual environments

Application migration example:

Customer uses MS Access 97 macro applications and will migrate to Access 2012. A parallel installation and use of different Access versions on a single computer shall be avoided. The customer IT may not have detailed information about individual Access 97 applications, its usage, and dependencies. On the other hand, the user organization has no chance to migrate them as long as they don’t have the new Access version or additional computers. Therefore, Access 97 will be deployed on to a virtual environment (MS App-V, Citrix XenApp or others) – or vica versa. The key advantage of this strategy is that the organization and users of Access 97 makros gain more time for the migration of their individual apps to Access 2012. Once achieved, the virtualized version can be removed.

Raynet provides full migration support from planning all the way through the preparations and software packaging. Once the bulk migration is done, typically the customer takes over the packaging or hires the Virtual Package Factory of Raynet to provide future packages according to the client design of the customer.

Depending on the requirements and risk assessment, a migration can be a single package order or a larger migration project. Every application migration project is guided by one of Raynet’s highly qualified, experienced and Prince2 certified practitioners. The complete project will be managed according to the Prince2 project management principles and in close cooperation with the customer.

Learn more about RayManageSofti

Deployment Services

Today’s fast changes in technology specifically impact information technology or even originate from it. Your IT department is therefore always undergoing changes, be it the more simple and repetitive ones or the changes bringing more complexity and risk.

The simple, regular and predictable application updates are mostly straightforward and are facilitated by Change Management systems and processes in day-to-day IT management.

Our experience from the past few years shows us that dependencies in IT are an ever increasingly demanding and risky challenge due to the expanding integration of systems and applications. This type of Major Changes is also called migrations or migration projects, which take into account not only the updates overall but also the changes that are necessary for all technologies, organizations, applications and processes.

Raynet specializes in “Enterprise Application Lifecycle Management” focusing on the changes in the application landscape. Our company boasts hundreds of successful migration projects and decades of experience.

For example, the migration of an operating system to another usually includes the migration of every software application and data (Windows Migration).

Raynet accompanies you in any migration process, so that you don’t have to wait to acquire the required skills and resources to start your next project. We boast certified consultants, standardized processes, proved methods and innovative technologies for your next migration. A tight project management following Prince2 principles ensures the project is run efficiently and leads to a successful completion.

Software deployment with RayManageSofti

RayManageSofti is a comprehensive and automated suite to provide deployment and management functionality in the context of Enterprise Application Lifecycle Management.

Raynet also has a surprise in store for smaller enterprises: its RaySuite Appliance: Custom configurations and pre-configured components allow small- and medium-sized companies to easily and affordably use the comprehensive RaySuite solution and RMS infinity.

The perfect combination to our services

If your actual SAM solution doesn’t fit your needs, or you think about an even bigger and much better integrated solution covering every phase of the application lifecycle, you should choose Raynet and our RaySuite products to bring your vision to life.

Last but not least, you can handover the complete operation of regular SAM tasks to Raynet. Contact the Raynet sales office or one of our partners to get the full overview of SAM solutions by Raynet.

Windows-Migration

Windows-Migration

The first step towards initiating a comprehensive portfolio analysis is to gain an overview on all hard- and software assets used within the enterprise. This overview builds the foundation for defining the software portfolio to be made ready for Windows 10 and only these applications will be tested against the new OS.

This rationalization will save resources and unnecessary expenses. In case of warnings or error messages occurring during application compatibility testing, applications can be auto-fixed or re-packaged in order to ensure a safe and reliable availability in combination with the new OS.

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Dirroci – Get ready for your Windows 10 migration by taking these seven steps to minimize risks, costs and the duration time of your project.

Step 1: Machine Discovery

Scanning the network/s to discover all IP devices delivers high transparency, which again makes a holistic approach possible towards the Windows 10 migration. The list of all devices in use is the pre-requisite for detecting the complete software inventory.

Top Benefits:

All devices within a network at a glance
Entire overview of your IT infrastructure

Step 2: Software Inventory

By means of agent-based or agentless inventory (remote and local), you obtain a data collection, which can be used for further processing in systems like a CMDB or SAM etc. – and this data can also be used for application recognition. The list of raw software inventory shows the number of installations used and their versions.

Top Benefits:

Flexibility to use agent-based or agentless inventory
Software Metering – Analysis of software usage
Inventory of all hardware and software assets, including server environments/data center
Delivery of data for further processing in your license management tool, CMDB and for software rationalization

Powered by RayVentory Advanced

Step 3: Application Recognition

The comprehensive software recognition report includes detailed information on all recognized software products including the number of installations. This list not only shows risks, but also recognizes optimization potential by listing the variety of installations, identical core functionality, etc.

Top Benefits:

List of software subject to be licensed and freeware
Enormous potential of achieving cost savings through recommendation of FOC software alternatives
Further rationalization possibilities depending on company requirements

Step 4: Application Rationalization

You will receive our recommendation for actions to be taken for the rationalization of your software landscape whilst considering your software strategy. This includes not only the list of all software versions in use, but also a detailed description of existing alternatives whilst considering critical and economic aspects.

Top Benefits:

Saving license costs by means of rationalization
Reduction of operational costs by means of consolidation of the version variety
Reduction of software readiness and deployment costs
Basis for the definition of the standard shopping basket

Powered by Professionals

Step 5: Application OS Collision Detection

We test your applications against the operating system guidelines of Microsoft. Based on a “traffic light status” we show you the possible utilizability of your software on a windows 10 operating system. The detailed report shows incompatibility issues, such as invalid or outworn API requests, Windows components out of support, conflicts regarding security and user account control (UAC), incomplete restart sequences and further results. By means of so-called smoke testing, the application will be tested regarding its installation, uninstall and repair.

Top Benefits:

Basis for planning of software readiness and deployment
Minimization of rollout risks and cost of operation
Basis for further analysis in case of incompatibility issues -> Possibility of virtualization

Step 6: Application Collision Remediation

Conflicts can be eliminated by automatic remediation of installation resources by means of adding Merge Modules and Manifest Files, adjustments of installation sequences regarding the execution of custom action, or by replacement of invalid or static notations of standard folders.

Top Benefits:

Reduction of efforts during the packaging phase
Saving costs by fully automated remediation

Powered by RayPack

Step 7: Application Integration Detection

Not only do we test to find conflicts between software products, but also the compatibility of applications against your “Golden Image“ (basic image including drivers, group policies, standard applications, etc.). Furthermore, we check whether an application can be virtualized. The tests allow to determine whether a software package is ready for a defined target format and it checks on general criteria of virtualized operation modes.

Top Benefits:

Further testing options against customer specific OS configurations

SAM System Migration

SAM-System-Migration

Years ago, Raynet started to extend their Application Lifecycle activities and services to support Software Asset Management solutions like Flexera Flexnet Manager Platform and Aspera SmartTrack. Meanwhile, Raynet has acquired a great knowledge of different SAM platform solutions, know how, and recognizable expertise and references from different customer projects around the world. In addition, Raynet is providing cloud-based SAM solutions for customers like ESPRIT (Esprit Europe and Asia).

Main emphasis of SAM System Migration

Migrating as musch data as possible using the nearly endless data exchange possibilities of RaySAMi
Adopting every interface which have proven effective by their business rationale
Enhancing the usability and ease of use
Achieving efficiency through automation and process integration
Seamless integration with other Raynet products of the entire RaySuite

Software License Management with RaySAMi

Since early 2014, Raynet is providing its own SAM product and services called RaySAMi, based on SmartTrack, and implementing this into RaySuite to support the full lifecycle for software applications along with licenses, contracts and maintenance. From demand, asset management, software packaging to software deployment … the RaySuite family is constantly growing.

This is why Raynet not only offers new SAM implementations, but a seamless migration of any SAM solution to RaySAMi as well.

Learn more about RaySAMi

The perfect combination to our services

If your actual SAM solution doesn’t fit your needs, or you think about an even bigger and much better integrated solution covering every phase of the application lifecycle, you should choose Raynet and our RaySuite products to bring your vision to life.

Last but not least, you can handover the complete operation of regular SAM tasks to Raynet. Contact the Raynet sales office or one of our partners to get the full overview of SAM solutions by Raynet.

Application Migration

Application Migration

Since applications are the tools used by the end-user to run the company business, every migration involving them could have a significant or very high impact on the business. Our goal is to support every migration with clear and defined objectives and with the minimum amount of effort. An Application migration is mostly done together with the migration from one OS to another, but is not always the case.

In general, Raynet supports the following migration strategies:

Migration of client applications with or without updating the application version
Migrating legacy applications, which are known to be incompatible or assumed to become incompatible from being locally installed to virtual environments

Application migration example:

Customer uses MS Access 97 macro applications and will migrate to Access 2012. A parallel installation and use of different Access versions on a single computer shall be avoided. The customer IT may not have detailed information about individual Access 97 applications, its usage, and dependencies. On the other hand, the user organization has no chance to migrate them as long as they don’t have the new Access version or additional computers. Therefore, Access 97 will be deployed on to a virtual environment (MS App-V, Citrix XenApp or others) – or vica versa. The key advantage of this strategy is that the organization and users of Access 97 makros gain more time for the migration of their individual apps to Access 2012. Once achieved, the virtualized version can be removed.

Raynet provides full migration support from planning all the way through the preparations and software packaging. Once the bulk migration is done, typically the customer takes over the packaging or hires the Virtual Package Factory of Raynet to provide future packages according to the client design of the customer.

Depending on the requirements and risk assessment, a migration can be a single package order or a larger migration project. Every application migration project is guided by one of Raynet’s highly qualified, experienced and Prince2 certified practitioners. The complete project will be managed according to the Prince2 project management principles and in close cooperation with the customer.

Learn more about RayManageSofti

Deployment Migration

Deployment Services

Today’s fast changes in technology specifically impact information technology or even originate from it. Your IT department is therefore always undergoing changes, be it the more simple and repetitive ones or the changes bringing more complexity and risk.

The simple, regular and predictable application updates are mostly straightforward and are facilitated by Change Management systems and processes in day-to-day IT management.

Our experience from the past few years shows us that dependencies in IT are an ever increasingly demanding and risky challenge due to the expanding integration of systems and applications. This type of Major Changes is also called migrations or migration projects, which take into account not only the updates overall but also the changes that are necessary for all technologies, organizations, applications and processes.

Raynet specializes in “Enterprise Application Lifecycle Management” focusing on the changes in the application landscape. Our company boasts hundreds of successful migration projects and decades of experience.

For example, the migration of an operating system to another usually includes the migration of every software application and data (Windows Migration).

Raynet accompanies you in any migration process, so that you don’t have to wait to acquire the required skills and resources to start your next project. We boast certified consultants, standardized processes, proved methods and innovative technologies for your next migration. A tight project management following Prince2 principles ensures the project is run efficiently and leads to a successful completion.

Software deployment with RayManageSofti

RayManageSofti is a comprehensive and automated suite to provide deployment and management functionality in the context of Enterprise Application Lifecycle Management.

Raynet also has a surprise in store for smaller enterprises: its RaySuite Appliance: Custom configurations and pre-configured components allow small- and medium-sized companies to easily and affordably use the comprehensive RaySuite solution and RMS infinity.

The perfect combination to our services

If your actual SAM solution doesn’t fit your needs, or you think about an even bigger and much better integrated solution covering every phase of the application lifecycle, you should choose Raynet and our RaySuite products to bring your vision to life.

Last but not least, you can handover the complete operation of regular SAM tasks to Raynet. Contact the Raynet sales office or one of our partners to get the full overview of SAM solutions by Raynet.