Upgrade options
Let's be real about upgrades: nobody typically looks forward to upgrading from one version of their Web CMS to the next. Knowing that this is a major issue for many organizations, SDL has put a lot of effort into making the process as painless as possible. We distinguish between two types of upgrades for SDL Alterian Content Manager (ACM):
- Upgrading ACM Professional or Enterprise edition from v5.x to v7
- Upgrading ACM Corporate edition (CMC) to ACM v7
Upgrade ACM Professional or Enterprise edition v5.x to v7
Any client running on an older version of ACM Professional or Enterprise can upgrade very easily. The upgrade is a straightforward and relatively trivial task that involves running upgrade scripts that deal with database changes, workflow updates etc. No license cost is involved in upgrading to SDL ACM v7 if an active Support & Maintenance agreement is in place.
Upgrade ACM Corporate edition (CMC) to ACM v7
Upgrading from the Corporate edition (CMC) which has been retired from active sales in 2010 involves more effort as it actually means you're moving from one CMS technology to another. To ease the process we have built an Upgrade Wizard that allows you to move all content, users, metadata and other information from your CMC environment directly into ACM v7. Many of the CMC plug-ins have their corresponding equivalents in SDL ACM v7. Based on an active Support & Maintenance agreement there is no license cost involved in such an upgrade.
Trial Upgrade package
For both types of upgrades we offer a fixed-price Trial Upgrade package.
For more information about these upgrades, please contact your SDL Alterian representative or the sales department in one of our offices.
Benefits of a Trial Upgrade:
- Assess SDL ACM v7 capabilities based on your existing website content
- Prototype the real upgrade and provide SDL the basis for an estimate of a full live upgrade
