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The automated software migration process

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Article Index
The automated software migration process
Software migration and software migrators
Why migrate automatically
Why 100% automated migration is not practical
Runtime emulation
The automated migration process - part 1
The automated migration process - part 2
The automated migration process - part 3
Conclusions
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This paper covers the concepts of software migration and software migrator. It also details the steps of a typical migration process, explaining why 100% automated migration is very hard to achieve and thus migration services are more suitable than an off-the-shelf product.

Since automated software translation is an emerging market, there is little publicly available data on this domain. Therefore this paper relies on three sources - the knowledge accumulated while building the company's nTile PtoJ migrator, the company's founders' previous professional experience with automated software translations, and the general context of the IT world.