How it all began: Merger AUVESY and MDT
octoplant is much more than a successor solution to versiondog and AutoSave, the version control platform combines the best of both products and also offers new features. This offer is the result of the merger of AUVESY and MDT Software, two leading providers of software and services for industrial production. Under the name AUVESY-MDT, we operate under a common brand. Our customers benefit from the advantages of this merger. They get a common roadmap and all tools for the digitization of production in one solution. This reduces downtime, supports compliance, and reduces cyber risks.
Why is the development of versiondog coming to an end?
We want to continue to develop outstanding products and offer a uniform solution for production. We have therefore decided to focus our energy and resources on continuously improving our new solution octoplant. In this way, we can best meet the needs of our customers.
Here's what's next
The End-of-Life Roadmap for versiondog and AutoSave
We offer our existing customers full operational and investment security for versiondog and AutoSave. Until the end of 2025, you will continue to receive full support for existing installations. As part of this support, we will continue to provide module updates and new editors. You will also continue to receive security fixes and, if possible, functional feature releases. The latter are primarily intended for octoplant and will not in all cases also be introduced in versiondog or AutoSave.
End-of-life Phase for Parallel Server and eOS-Client
Starting immediately, the Parallel Server and eOS-Client are no longer part of the versiondog offering, and new or additional licenses for these products will not be available.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF IT & OT MANAGEMENT
SWITCH TO OCTOPLANT
The change from versiondog and AutoSave to the successor solution octoplant is a smooth transition and is similar to a software upgrade: All existing data – from jobs, to users, to individual settings – is retained. Thus, you benefit from the additional functions and the future-proof development with almost no effort. Our team of experts will assist you with the transfer of data and configurations to ensure that the transition is seamless and without interruptions. For detailed instructions on how to make the switch, contact our experts or read the knowledgebase.
Our changeover offer
We would like to guarantee you the same quality of our products and services in the future and make the switch as easy as possible.
For this reason, we are offering you three switchover options.
Frequently asked questions
To give you enough lead time to prepare for the EoL of AutoSave and versiondog, we have set the “Full End-of-Life” date for both products to December 31, 2025. This means that we will no longer be able to provide code work or support services for AutoSave and versiondog after January 1, 2026, with the exception of paid consulting services. To benefit from AUVESY-MDT’s continuous innovations and to have a long-term planning horizon, we strongly recommend our customers to switch to our new product octoplant.
To ensure that our customers can prepare for the discontinuation of AutoSave and versiondog, we will be phasing out the products and associated services.
This means:
- from April 1, 2023, only existing customers will be able to purchase additional installations of versiondog and AutoSave.
- from January 1, 2025, AutoSave and versiondog will no longer be sold.
All customers with a perpetual license can use AutoSave and versiondog beyond the EoL date. However, they cannot purchase additional licenses (for example, additional versiondog servers) and will not receive update and support services. Code work ends with the EoL date. This also means that future vulnerabilities will not be fixed and no new devices or editors will be integrated.
We strongly recommend all our customers to switch to octoplant to benefit from our latest product innovations and security updates in the long run.
As of January 1, 2023, we are focusing our development resources on octoplant to further improve product quality. This means that unfortunately there can be no further integration of new devices and editors into AutoSave and versiondog. To benefit from AUVESY-MDT’s continuous innovations, we strongly recommend our customers to switch to our new core product octoplant.
To ensure that our customers have sufficient lead time to prepare for the EoL of AutoSave and versiondog, we are offering updates for already integrated editors until January 1, 2025. From then on, integration of new devices and editors will initially be in octoplant. To benefit from AUVESY-MDT’s continuous innovations, we strongly recommend our customers to switch to our new core product octoplant.