Hello everyone,
I would appreciate hearing experiences from companies that migrated from IFS Applications 10 to IFS Cloud (on-prem deployment).
We are supporting a manufacturing company that has been an IFS customer for many years (starting from Apps 8, later upgraded to Apps 10) with active maintenance/support continuity. The company is now evaluating a transition to IFS Cloud while still keeping the environment on-premise.
During the transition discussions, several additional subscription components and third-party requirements appeared as part of the proposed model. We are trying to better understand what is generally considered standard or mandatory in real-life upgrade projects.
Especially for companies moving from Apps 10 to IFS Cloud:
- Were Oracle EE subscriptions mandatory?
- Was IFS Cloud Foundation / Remote Deployment mandatory even for on-prem installations?
- Were tools like BPA, Industry Lobbies, 2C8 Modelling Tool, etc. required as part of the transition?
- How did your annual maintenance/subscription costs change after the migration?
- Did existing long-term customers receive flexibility regarding legacy licenses and maintenance continuity?
- Were there modules/features that you were told were mandatory but later discovered were optional?
We are simply trying to understand how other customers managed the commercial and licensing side of the migration process.
Any shared experiences or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.