Hi John,
I will say that I was originally against upgrading to ev5 based solely on
past experience. When our company purchased Harbinger TLE 4.2 back in 1999,
we ended up having to shoehorn 4.1 since 4.2 was not ready in time for us to
implement and test for y2k. Since we had to shoehorn 4.1, we had to create
our own version of research assistant, and we had several bugs to boot with
the system overall. This was also my first week as being an EDI person.
Talk about baptism by fire. It truly was a mess for 6 months, and I thought
that support was horrible. We did have a consultant from Harbinger at the
time, and he was great, but I do not know why we didn't have him around more
than we did. Not sure if he was booked up or if we were too cheap to spend
the dough.
Now, our system is rock solid, and to continue to process EDI orders, we do
not have a 'Real' need to upgrade. However, I feel a little more
comfortable in migrating since, in my opinion, Peregrine's support has much
improved. Also, in reviewing some of the new mapping commands, and a few
other features, I'm looking forward to the new version. However, I am still
a little apprehensive about the upgrade, and I'm in no mood for major
problems like before.
Good luck to all that are migrating.
Brian Test
E-Commerce Analyst
ACCO North America
300 Tower Parkway
Lincolnshire, IL 60069-3640
(800) 222-6462 x3973
(847) 419-4146 FAX
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From: Glass, John [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 11:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Anyone dumping Peregrine?
Hello, group.
I've been asking numerous questions to you guys about the TLE EV5.0
upgrade.
Well, based on all of the responses that I've received and all the
problems
that I've been told about, I'm a little apprehensive about moving
forward
with this upgrade. This apprehensiveness is not strictly based on
the
responses from this group, but also from speaking with others who
are
currently attempting the upgrade.
Also, I'm just having second thoughts about whether or not this
product is
the best product for our company's future.
I have two questions that I wanted to ask the group. If you can,
please
answer one or the other.
Is there anybody else in here that will not be doing the 5.0 upgrade
even
though you will lose Peregrine support and will continue using TLE 4
(or
below) until a much later time period (perhaps next year) or until
you find
a better product? Would doing that be a huge risk?
Question 2: Is anyone out there using the following EAI tools
(SEEBEYOND,
VITRIA/XML SOLUTIONS, WEBMETHODS) and if so, can you tell me what
you think
of the EDI/XML functionality within it? Mainly, I'm asking about
the
mapping tool, but please elaborate on anything else that you wish.
SALES PERSONNEL, please do not reply to this email!!
Thanks.
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