1. Your Time to Grow! Alpine Technology Regional SEMINAR 2018

2. So you want to Upgrade? Considerations to Upgrading to VRPE 10
Steve Fleming
Operations/Marketing
(719)
So you want to Upgrade? Considerations to Upgrading to VRPE 10

3. GOALS OF THE SESSION
Detail important things to consider prior to moving forward with Upgrade 1 2
Present a “typical” upgrade process
What are the Upgrade Costs? 3

4. 6 REASONS YOU SHOULD MOVE TO VRPE 10
VRPE 10 database supported into the future 
Why move
to VRPE 10?
All future development efforts and updates will build on VRPE 10
Support requests for legacy versions will cost you more…Premier or Standard
Cost for out-of-version upgrade is considerable.
Integrations only compatible with VRPE 10 (VOR 4.1 and MOB)
Extended feature-set helps your business

5. What you should consider in upgrading to VRPE 10?
This is a move from FoxPro database to SQL database.
More secure and less opportunity for data corruption 
Hardware needs have changed
Unless you have an environment that is approved by Alpine, you must host it on AlpineLive

6. What you should consider in upgrading to VRPE 10?
LeeLoo
TALE OF TWO DOGS
Charles
VRPE 10 sounds awesome, what are we waiting for?
You want me to leave VRP 6 Why?
“Change takes a getting used to”

7. What you should consider in upgrading to VRPE 10?
Profilers, Hooks
Custom Processes
Scale Interface
Custom Reports
Online Payment System
Payment Interface (bank?)

8. What you should consider in upgrading to VRPE 10?
Spring Cleaning Anyone?
Old Invoice Purge
Service Codes
Inactive Customers
Duplications
Street Standardization
Perfect time to clean up data before Upgrade

9. What you should consider in upgrading to VRPE 10?
Your Business
is Unique
VRP is Flexible and
is Molded Around
YOUR Business Needs
Complex and Will Take a Few Months to Settle into Operations
Upgrade is No Different… Must be Molded

10. What you should consider in upgrading to VRPE 10?
Persistent
Forms
Quick Find
Work Order Planner
Visual Route
Planner
Extended Service
Diagram
Training is critical to the success of VRPE 10 Upgrade!

11. The NUMBER ONE thing YOU can do to ensure the Upgrade is a success?
What you should consider in upgrading to VRPE 10?
The NUMBER ONE thing YOU can do to ensure the Upgrade is a success?

12. Factors that impact success and timing of VRPE 10 Upgrade
How Long? 
Your commitment of time to the upgrade
The number of interfaces and customizations that will need to be migrated to the new environment.
The number of companies you will be migrating on to
VRP E 10 (if you are going to take advantage of the multi-company functionality of VRPE 10)
The amount of clean up you would like to do with the data. 

13. Factors that impact success and timing of VRPE 10 Upgrade
How Long? 
Will the migration include a move to MyOnlineBill Pay to launch the payment portal?
If you are a current VOR customer, you will need to migrate to VOR 4.1; this takes time.
Alpine’s project schedule may impact when you can begin the process. 

14. “Typical” Upgrade Process
Customer Scrub Data
Alpine Converts Reports, Data, 3rd party apps and Customizations
Project Launch
Meeting
Create and Approve Project Scope
Customer move
to AlpineLive
MOB implementation
Move Customer to VRPE 10 one week after close
Test VRPE 10 launched for Customer Testing
Training on VRPE 10
Support and
Communicate

15. What gets Converted?  Converts ~10,000 Accounts/Hour:
All VRP6 Ultimate data
All ProFiler data
Most user configurations
Includes over 50 standard Quick
Print & FoxFire! Reports
Standard payment imports
& exports have been upgraded