Legacy systems support

Extended support for operating systems and software beyond the manufacturer's lifecycle.

Overview

When a manufacturer ends support, the systems that run your business do not stop. We support end-of-life operating systems and software from the major manufacturers, keep them stable and secure, and give you the time and the plan to modernise on your own schedule.

Why it matters

No more vendor patches

Unsupported systems stop receiving security fixes. We put compensating controls in place.

Compliance exposure

Auditors flag end-of-life platforms. We document the controls and the risk treatment.

Lost knowledge

Original teams and vendors move on. We recover and document how each system works.

Ageing hardware

Old servers fail and spares run out. We rehost workloads on virtual or cloud platforms.

What we do

Operating system support

Administration, stabilisation and available updates for end-of-life server and desktop operating systems.

WindowsLinuxUnix

Database and middleware support

Maintenance, tuning, backup and recovery for older database and application server versions.

DatabasesApplication serversMiddleware

Business software and applications

Keep vendor packages and in-house applications running after the original vendor or team has moved on.

ERPMail and collaborationCustom applications

Security for unsupported systems

Network isolation, virtual patching, hardening and monitoring when official patches stop.

IsolationVirtual patchingHardening

Rehosting ageing hardware

Move old physical servers onto virtual or cloud platforms without rewriting the application.

Physical to virtualCloud rehosting

Documentation and modernisation roadmap

Discovery, runbooks and a phased plan to move to supported platforms.

DiscoveryRunbooksMigration plan

Manufacturers and platforms we support

Microsoft

Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2003 R2Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.1SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2014Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013SharePoint Server 2007, 2010 and 2013IIS 6 to 8 and .NET Framework 2.0 to 4.xVisual Basic 6 and classic ASP applications

Sun Microsystems

Sun Solaris 8, 9 and 10SPARC and UltraSPARC serversSun Java System Application ServerSun ONE and iPlanet Web ServerSun Cluster

Oracle

Oracle Database 9i, 10g, 11g and 12cOracle Solaris 10 and 11Oracle Linux 5, 6 and 7WebLogic Server 10.x, 11g and 12cOracle E-Business Suite 11i and R12Oracle Forms and Reports 6i to 11g

Red Hat and Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6 and 7CentOS 5, 6, 7 and 8SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, 11 and 12Ubuntu 12.04 to 18.04 LTSDebian 6 to 9

IBM

AIX 5.3, 6.1 and 7.1IBM i and AS/400 (OS/400 V5R4, 6.1, 7.1)Db2 9.x and 10.xInformixWebSphere Application Server 7, 8 and 8.5Lotus Notes and Domino 8 and 9

HPE

HP-UX 11i v1, v2 and v3OpenVMSTru64 UNIXProLiant G5 to G8 server platforms

Novell

NetWare 6.5Open Enterprise ServerGroupWise

VMware

vSphere and ESXi 4.x, 5.x and 6.xvCenter Server 5.x and 6.x

SAP

SAP R/3 4.6C and 4.7SAP ECC 6.0SAP NetWeaver 7.0 to 7.5SAP Business One (older releases)

Running something not listed? Ask us; we assess each platform individually.

Support options

Break-fix support

Incident response and repair when something fails.

Managed legacy support

Monitoring, maintenance and updates under an agreed SLA.

Security extension

Compensating controls for systems without vendor fixes.

Migration and modernisation

A phased move to supported platforms when you are ready.

How it runs

Assess
We review your environment, goals and constraints.
Plan
You get a scoped design, timeline and fixed responsibilities.
Deliver
Our engineers implement, migrate or integrate.
Run and improve
We operate, monitor and report, and keep optimising.

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Start with an assessment

We review your current environment and recommend next steps.

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