BridgeGuard: Forced-Migration Survival and Live Compatibility Proxy
10/10
Demand Score
Vendor end-of-support clocks and forced upgrades threaten operational continuity, compliance, and budget this quarter; penalties and service lockouts loom.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$5k-30k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
16 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Expert
The Problem
A compatibility proxy and data twin that lets enterprises keep business running on an expiring ERP version while migrating to Oracle/NetSuite/SAP or a new major release. It intercepts calls from legac
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Competitor Landscape
- Panaya Change Intelligence
- SNP CrystalBridge
- MuleSoft
- Boomi
- Striim
- Debezium
Must-Have Features for MVP
Protocol-transform gateway (SOAP/REST/ODBC to target ERP APIs) with schema evolution handling
Change Data Capture pipeline to a secure operational data store for continuity reporting
Legacy-UI emulation layer that writes to the new ERP in the background
Dry-run mode with diff and reconcile to validate transformations
Automated compensating-controls evidence pack for auditors
Roll-back and traffic shadowing to reduce cutover risk
Throttling, circuit breakers, and SLO dashboards for the bridge layer
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Vendor licensing/EULA restrictions on protocol mediation
- Deep customizations on legacy ERP complicate mapping
- Cutover complexity and data reconciliation risk
- Security review for in-line proxying of business-critical traffic
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Hitting vendor support deadlines with zero major outages
- Demonstrable avoidance of punitive fees or forced-upgrade costs
- Successful phased migration milestones (modules/users cut over)
- Clean auditor sign-off using the evidence pack
- Reduction in cutover defects and rework
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