Web Sphere 5 support

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Summary:

The IBM web application - Websphere 5.1 is no longer supported by IBM as of end of Sept 2008. There are still 25 applications are running on this web application platform. This project is to migrate those applications to Tomcat, as first priority, or Websphere 6.0 infrastructure. Both Tomcat and Websphere 6 infrastructure are in production.

Start Date:

September 23, 2008

Stage:

Canceled - No UTO involvement.

People

Sponsor/Champion:

none

Project Manager:

No Project Manager

Contact for more information:

jack.hsu@asu.edu

Associate VP University Technology:

Bob Nelson

More Info

Source:

Internal

Priority:

none

Scope:

Identify the customers and "owner" of each websphere 5 application (total 25 applications)
Verify whether those applications are still in use
Decision on target platform, Tomcat or Websphere 6
Make proper change to the application and tested.
Go through normal migration process to production for each application.

Deliverables:

Phase out the websphere infrastructure, both hardware and software.
Potential saving on annual Websphere software maintenance.

Risk & Threats:

All 25 applications may be endangers of availability and stability if we don't migrate.