AEM 5.6 → 6.4 Migration & Rebranding
Migrating a legacy platform to modern AEM while delivering a complete brand transformation.
Background
Our client, a leading IT services provider in India, was running Adobe Experience Manager 5.6 and needed to upgrade to AEM 6.4 to improve performance, security, and long-term support. At the same time, they undertook a complete rebranding and UX transformation across their main website and multiple microsites.
Challenges
- Legacy JSP-based architecture and technical debt
- Inconsistent UX and branding across properties
- Performance and caching limitations
- Manual approval and publishing workflows
Solution
- Created UX for their transformation.
- Analyzed their existing Codebase and provided a report for what can be re-used and what needs to be deleted.
- Moved their JSP code into sightly and sling models.
- Created UI.
- Analyzed their existing infra and proposed what is required.
- Created editable templates for clients.
- Created New components and OSGi Services.
- Created Approval workflow for the client.
- We performed search optimization for the exiting search queries.
- Created custom transport handler for flushing cache for Cloudfront CDN.
- Created Utility for showing right rendition on right device only on the basis of author approval.
Results
- Modernized platform with long-term supportability
- Unified brand and UX across digital properties
- Reduced technical debt and improved maintainability
- Improved performance and operational efficiency