Prowess SmartMigrate™ is a solution for individuals that want to preserve existing computing environments when they upgrade computers or migrate to a new operating system. You spend a lot of time installing applications, configuring system settings, and storing files to create a computing environment tailored to your needs. It is a major productivity drain to start over with a new, unfamiliar operating system, yet you want new features and you cannot accept the sluggish performance of your old system. Sooner or later you have to migrate. SmartMigrate allows you to keep your existing computer in a virtual machine that runs on your new system along with the new operating system, allowing you to maintain productivity, access files, and run programs normally, migrating to the new system on a pace and schedule convenient to you.
Whether you have an extra computer around the house to surf the web or operate a business from a home office, your computer is personalized. When you get a new computer you want the new features and improved performance, but you don’t want to have to give up your old computer. Unfortunately there aren’t any thorough, reliable methods to make your new computer just like your old computer. Migrating to a new environment brings with it many other challenges, including compatibility of applications and peripheral devices, behavior of software tools, and the familiarity of the operating environment in general. SmartMigrate allows you to keep your existing computing environment with all of your applications, settings, files, and folders in their original state running in a virtual machine on your new computer.
Particularly for people migrating to Windows Vista, challenges like application compatibility can be very painful and complicate the migration and upgrade process. You can lose even more time migrating to Windows Vista only to have to restore your old system. SmartMigrate eliminates those challenges allowing you to continue to use your current operating environment while you migrate to a new environment on a schedule and pace that best suits you. SmartMigrate gives you as much time as you need to learn a new operating system while allowing you to maintaining total productivity by using your existing environment.
SmartMigrate is simple enough for non-technical individuals to use. You simply follow step-by-step wizards to complete the migration process.
SmartMigrate also includes robust tools and features designed specifically for computer services organizations that service large numbers of individuals and SOHO environments.
Currently in development as an independent product, SmartMigrate is also a feature included in SmartDeploy Enterprise 2008. General availability of the SmartMigrate product for consumers is scheduled for mid-2009.