TES Global is a leading education-based publication, and was approaching a full digital transformation. The main challenge with their goal was a complete shift from print-first to digital-first. There were selected digital resources running on old legacy CMS’s that needed to be combined, streamlined, and transferred onto a newer system. They reached out to Fluxus for these migration needs.

A key requirement was for a rolling migration of all current web features such as their site, data, users, comments, and URL redirection. The main publishing workflow had to change as well to prioritize digital workflows, and this all had to be done while maintaining search rankings.

Fluxus migrated 120,000 published articles (from as far back as 1994) in an automated process, transforming aspects of the content in the process. One of TES’s previously-used CMS’s stored HTML as XML, and lots of “non-content” like HTML and CSS tags had been accumulated. Fluxus cleaned data through scripts and transformed everything into far more usable forms that fit well with the new system. In addition, an image library of over 100,000 files was migrated.

The rolling migration was a success, with TES being able to maintain users during and after the transformation. The system was able to take advantage of everything the legacy systems were accomplishing, but from a single source.

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At Fluxus, we’ll provide what you need to approach your digital transformation. Regardless of how, when, or what you’re planning on migrating, our team of experts can help you make decisions that make sense for your business, and can get you up and running on AWS in the best possible way. Get in touch today!

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