I apologize for the tardiness, but thank you all for your comments. I am essentially trying to figure out if I hire someone who has GIS experience, the shift to SI will be minimal. Unfortunately we can't afford a big learning curve so I have to minimize my vulnerability. But it does sound like it won't be too bad.
--- In [email protected], Samantha Scott <mossmuncher@...> wrote: > > When we went from GIS to SI I hardly noticed the difference, operationally. > All my old stuff worked. Adapters get improved and deprecated as one would > expect. Its always good to know which ones you are using and read the update > notes carefully. I have been updating all the xpath to the more specific > reference as preferred by SI: string(/ProcessData/ParticularNode) rather > than //ParticularNode/text() but the old way continues to work in the > meantime. > > My biggest piece of advice is never upgrade...always do a fresh install on a > new server instance, migrate all your prod to it (test extensively) and then > make it prod when you take down the old instance and copy prod for your new > test environment. With the latest versions of SI as administered by IBM that > is your only option now anyway. Good choice...upgrades were twice the work > and 3 times the hassle going forward. > > On Aug 17, 2012, at 4:29 PM, tbergmann1 wrote: > > > Hello folks. I would like to pick your brains regarding Sterling's GIS and > > Sterling Integrator. Essentially what I would like to know is if someone is > > very knowledgeable about GIS but has never used SI, how big of a learning > > curve would you think there would be? Based on what I know about both > > (which, admittedly is little), I would suspect it's not too big a learning > > curve, but I'd rather hear from someone who has used both. > > > > Thanks for all your help and happy Friday! > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
