Axceler Announces Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010
Comprehensive New Migration Product Provides Intelligent Facilities For Upgrading To the Latest Version of Microsoft SharePoint
WOBURN, MA – June 1, 2010 – Axceler, the leader in administration software for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced the release of Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010, the first new product to be introduced as a result of its acquisition of echoTechnology (please see separate release). Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010 offers comprehensive risk-based control when moving to the latest SharePoint platform. Davinci Migrator reduces the risks, lowers the overall cost and shortens the time it takes to complete a SharePoint 2010 migration. By helping administrators with the discovery and planning of their migrations, Davinci Migrator delivers a unique feature set to the SharePoint market by reducing the number of failed migration iterations and shortening project schedules.
Among the innovative features of Davinci Migrator are:
- Real-time collection of important configuration data, useful for discovering and planning migrations with known-risk profiles and timing;
- A robust configuration querying capability using full, industry standard SQL and an integrated Query-By-Example (QBE) interface;
- Detailed pre-migration analysis and rules engine, allowing users to follow best practices, identify issues during planning, rank them by severity, and recommend actions before moving forward;
- Support for both granular and entire-site migrations from SharePoint 2003 and 2007 to the new SharePoint 2010 platform;
- A powerful migration engine, built for both speed and for control, capable of consolidating from multiple platforms;
- An optimized architecture for large content databases and complex enterprise configurations that have many SharePoint administrators per farm; and,
- Support for migrating in waves, based on user-defined timetables, priorities and severity of issues found, which reduces team and resource impact.
Davinci Migrator will be available in early Q3. Separately today, the company also announced ControlPoint 4.0, the latest release of Axceler’s SharePoint administration product. ControlPoint 4.0 will be available this month.
"Davinci Migrator is a new product and architecture that is the culmination of six years of working with customers who have very demanding requirements for better migration insight and control. Davinci’s dynamic discovery and detailed planning system allows users to quickly and easily define the scope of their migration, identify problems before they occur, and even determine how long it will take to migrate," said Garry Smith, General Manager of echo products at Axceler, formerly CEO of echoTechnology. "By giving administrators better migration insight and control, Davinci Migrator dramatically reduces the time and costs associated with moving to SharePoint 2010 while avoiding downtime."
Davinci Migrator provides complete control over the SharePoint migration, enabling users to plan and schedule on their own terms. By supplying migration estimates, reporting templates, and a powerful scheduling engine, Davinci helps users build more realistic migration plans. Davinci also lets administrators put site and content migration decisions into the hands of the end user managers or professionals responsible for the content, online or offline, using Microsoft Excel.
"With Davinci Migrator, administrators gain a reliable, comprehensive solution for managing their SharePoint 2010 rollouts effectively," said Michael Alden, President and CEO, Axceler. "Davinci Migrator and ControlPoint are a powerful one-two punch that eliminates headaches and reduces risks for SharePoint administrators preparing for SharePoint 2010 migrations."
About Axceler
Specializing in software for Microsoft SharePoint, Axceler has delivered award winning administration products worldwide since 1994. For Microsoft SharePoint, Axceler offers ControlPoint - the best way to get control over a SharePoint environment. ControlPoint gives SharePoint professionals the ability to manage permissions, copy sites, analyze activity and much more. Axceler's ControlPoint was recently named the Best SharePoint Product of 2009 by the editors of Windows IT Pro. The company’s recently acquired echoTechnology product line delivers comprehensive, best of breed migration solutions for organizations upgrading to newer versions of SharePoint, including SharePoint 2010. For more information visit http://www.axceler.com
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