Many IT organizations find that a large migration project can be both a technical and business challenge. Remember that in any non-trivial migration, there will always be challenges—prepare and plan for them. Here are some suggestions for transitioning from Solaris 8/9 to Solaris 10:
To say that Solaris 10 has been successful would be an understatement. The award-winning technical features, the support for a large number of hardware platforms and the process of becoming Open Source via the OpenSolaris project have all contributed to that success. The large number of Solaris 10 downloads (11m+) and OEM agreements with IBM and Dell further validate that success. It is clear that Solaris is and will remain a major operating system for the foreseeable future.
As we all know, computer system debates can get religious. There are zealots for HP-UX, IBM AIX, LINUX and Solaris. I'm no exception; if you cut me, I'm going to bleed Sun purple. However, it's not solely a question of faith. Solaris offers performance, stability and security. In July of '07, I was charged with launching Forsythe's Solaris Advanced Features and Migration Practice. Yes, it's a bit wordy, but it does describe exactly what we're doing.
