GCG / Commerce and enterprise systems
Platform modernization.
Keep the business moving forward.
GCG helps teams upgrade and evolve commerce and digital experience platforms with a clear view of customizations, integrations and business continuity. We connect the target architecture to a practical delivery and release plan.
Understand the operation.GCG / Applied expertise
Inside the implementation
Decide what to preserve before deciding what to rebuild.
An older customization may protect an essential purchasing rule, work around a limitation that no longer exists, or duplicate a feature in the target platform. Treating all three the same creates unnecessary work. We inventory behavior and dependencies, then agree on what should remain, change or retire.
Customization inventory
Identify the customer and editorial behavior behind each custom module, theme, API and data change. Record the business owner and dependency so migration decisions are based on purpose, not just file counts.
Integration continuity
Trace the customer, product, pricing and order workflows that cross the platform boundary. Account for contracts, authentication, identifiers and downstream expectations as the application changes.
Controlled release
Plan content and data movement, cutover responsibilities, representative workflow checks and recovery. Keep application, configuration, media and database dependencies aligned with the release.
A modernization roadmap is a sequence of decisions.
The upgrade or migration path is assessed against the exact source and target versions. Different releases can require different application and deployment approaches.
Scope and delivery
Separate essential compatibility from optional change.
Upgrade assessment
We review the current release, customizations, integrations and platform support requirements. This helps distinguish a supported upgrade from a broader migration and makes unknown dependencies visible early.
Experience and workflow improvements
We identify the changes that are necessary for the target platform and those that improve the customer or editorial experience. Keeping those decisions explicit allows the business to prioritize scope and sequence.
Implementation and migration
We adapt the required behavior to the target architecture, prepare data and content movement, and coordinate the integration work. The plan follows the supported extension mechanisms for the chosen release.
Release readiness and ongoing ownership
We agree on the workflows to verify, the people who accept them and the recovery responsibilities. Documentation and operational handoff prepare the team for the next change as well as the initial launch.
Planning a project
Start with a useful conversation.
Is modernization always a complete replatform?
No. The right scope may be an upgrade, a focused replacement of custom behavior or a wider migration. We start with the business needs, current constraints and supported platform path before recommending the scale of change.
Can Znode 9 customizations be copied into Znode 10?
They need to be assessed against the new architecture and exact SDK release. Znode 9 uses .NET Framework 4.8, while Znode 10 has different application and extension boundaries. Preserving the business behavior does not necessarily mean preserving its original implementation.
Can we phase the work?
Often, but the useful boundaries depend on shared data, integrations and deployment dependencies. We identify which improvements can be delivered independently and which must move together to maintain a coherent workflow.
Your next initiative
Discuss your modernization roadmap
Bring the workflow, the systems involved and the change you want to make.