Fairfax offers the services and experience needed to help you migrate from FileNet Content Services (CS) to FileNet P8 Content Manager (CM).  Moving from CS to CM is not a simple "upgrade".  Fairfax has proven tools and methods that have smoothly and successfully migrated large production CS libraries to CM object stores.  We offer end-to-end services for P8 migration, including design consulting, implementation and data migration services.

Design and Implementation Services

A P8 migration properly begins with rethinking your content management needs in the context of the new features offered by CM.  There are new options available in CM, such as new data types, hierarchical document classes and choice lists, and a new security paradigm.  Fairfax will review your content management needs and help you make changes to your content management design.

Once your design is complete, Fairfax, as a FileNet certified Implementation Services Provider partner, can perform a comprehensive P8 implementation.

Migration Planning

There are many choices and issues to consider in a CS to CM data migration.  Fairfax will identify and help you logically work through these to produce a Migration Specification Document.  Fairfax has up-to-date, detailed knowledge of product parity issues – small and large functionality differences between CS and CM that make the data migration challenging.  We know how to work with any of these parity issues that apply to your system.

Data Migration Services

Fairfax has developed a Migration Tool that we use to migrate your CS data objects to CM.  It offers the power and flexibility needed to achieve the most exacting migration requirements.  We believe we have the best tool available.

A successful data migration also relies on thorough preparation.  Before we kick off the migration, there is testing, several system checks and preparatory steps we will perform to ensure a smooth migration.   

The migration is performed on your systems during non-production time, with onsite or remote administration by Fairfax.  Importantly, to achieve optimal transfer rates our migration tool is highly optimized and has performance monitoring capabilities to identify bottlenecks.

The entire migration process is designed with auditing and exception catching so that we can thoroughly validate the completeness of the migration.  We will provide you with a Migration Report that shows the validation.

Why Use Fairfax's Migration Services?

There are several reasons to choose Fairfax for your P8 migration needs.  First, we hold the highest level of FileNet product certification on both CS and CM.  We also have lots of experience with both products.  Most importantly, we have performed successful migrations and have excellent references for our CS to CM migration services.  Fairfax is also highly competitive on price.

Learn More:

Please download our P8 Migration Services Datasheet.

If you missed our presentation at UserNet, we'd be happy to share more information with you about our migration services.

• We can review with you our migration methods and provide detail on CS object migration and product parity issues.

• Fairfax can also learn more about your migration project needs and provide you with a proposal for services.

 Contact Fairfax to discuss your P8 Migration needs.

Other Services

Fairfax offers other services to help you get to P8 and leverage your new platform:

• VAR:  Fairfax is a FileNet Value-Added-Reseller.  We can pass on to you FileNet's "Accelerate to P8" discounts to trade-in your CS system for P8 licenses.

•  Development Services:  Get expert help developing customizations for your P8 application needs.

• Technical Support:  Fairfax is certified as a FileNet Technical Support Provider (TSP) for P8.  We can provide right-to-new-versions and technical support.

• Overview of Fairfax's FileNet Services