TRIRIGA, MREF and your next platform decision
Moving from TRIRIGA to MREF? Know your options.
IBM's route from TRIRIGA leads to IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities (MREF), within Maximo Application Suite (MAS). Compare a support bridge, the IBM route, and staged replacement using evidence about the estate you run.
Your options
Compare the route, the cost, and the responsibility.
The bridge protects continuity while a destination is selected and delivered. Both long-term routes need evidence of capability, cost, and operating fit.
01 / A temporary bridge
Buy time on TRIRIGA
Use eligible paid support and your current infrastructure while you select, fund, and deliver the next step.
Before committing
Confirm the support scope, infrastructure continuity, expiry dates, and transition budget. Give the bridge a purpose and an end date.
02 / The IBM route
Move to MREF within MAS
Follow IBM's designated route to Maximo Real Estate and Facilities, with a suitable customer-managed or IBM-managed deployment.
Before committing
Validate the target architecture, licence entitlement, customisations, integration work, and migration and test scope.
03 / An alternative destination
Replace capabilities in stages
Move the business capabilities you need to another platform. Plan coexistence and controlled cutover around the services that must keep running.
Before committing
Prove functional fit, data and integration handling, operating costs, recovery, and exit before expanding the commitment.
What changes with MREF
Plan the operating model alongside the application.
Infrastructure and operations
Customer-managed MREF runs on Red Hat OpenShift. IBM-managed deployment changes who operates the platform. Compare infrastructure, skills, monitoring, recovery, and responsibility.
IBM deployment optionsLicensing and users
MAS manages AppPoints, user access, and entitlements at suite level. Review your actual licence terms and user migration requirements alongside the technical plan.
IBM: what changes in MREFMigration and application upgrades
Moving from the TRIRIGA platform to MREF and updating the business application are distinct pieces of work. Agree the source, target, sequence, and validation for each.
IBM upgrade guidanceSupport and transition dates
Put the right dates in your plan.
The dates have different meanings. Check your product versions and purchased terms with IBM. Sources reviewed 2 October 2026.
30 September 2027
IBM base support dates
IBM base support for Platform 4.5 and Application 11.5 ended on 30 September 2026. Only Platform 5.0 / Application 11.6 still has base support, and that changes on 30 September 2027. After each date IBM offers Sustained Support, and paid Extended Support for the first 12 months.
IBM transition termsBuild a comparable business case
Compare three-year cost on the same basis.
Use the same business scope, service levels, and transition period for every option. An infrastructure estimate alone does not show the cost of running and changing the service.
| Cost area | Include | Ask for |
|---|---|---|
| Software | Licences, AppPoints or other usage metrics, growth, and non-production rights. | Current quotes and entitlement terms |
| Infrastructure and service | Servers, database, platform operations, monitoring, backup, recovery, and support. | Sizing and agreed service responsibilities |
| Migration and testing | Configuration, data, integrations, user migration, rehearsal, testing, and internal team time. | A delivery plan with explicit assumptions |
| Overlap | Paid support, dual running, parallel service, and the length of the transition. | Bridge terms and a funded timeline |
| Continuity and exit | Data export, decommissioning, transition assistance, and supplier continuity arrangements. | Recovery evidence and an agreed exit plan |
This is a comparison framework. Obtain current supplier quotes and confirm scope and commercial terms before making a cost or savings claim.
Where the tools help
Establish the facts about your current estate.
Use source-estate evidence to inform requirements, estimates, and the verification plan, whichever destination is under consideration.
Inventory the current estate
Identify the configuration, customisations, and integrations relevant to the decision, with source and environment context.
Trace the dependencies
Find related fields, workflows, forms, queries, and integration touchpoints. Record gaps that need specialist investigation.
Define what must be verified
Use the findings to agree test candidates, critical journeys, and the evidence the programme needs before accepting a target.
Guided start
Try the tools on one readiness question.
£3,950 fixed, plus VAT: set-up and four weeks in one non-production environment, with a close note at the end.
For the move itself, start with an Upgrade and MREF Readiness Review (£3,950, deliverable: your TRIRIGA Upgrade Map), then Get to 5.0.9 from £9,500 or a fixed-price MREF move plan, sold by AJAEX LTD.
MREF questions
Before you commit to a route.
Will TRIRIGA stop working in September 2027?
The published milestone changes support for the named versions; it is not a remote switch-off date. Continued use, paid coverage, and infrastructure still depend on your licence, support, and service terms. Confirm those terms while planning the destination.
Check IBM's lifecycle noticeDo we have to operate OpenShift ourselves?
Customer-managed MAS uses OpenShift. IBM also offers managed deployment options. Compare the supported arrangement for your environment and the responsibilities that remain with your organisation, including application configuration, data, users, and integrations.
Compare IBM deployment optionsHow long will the move take?
Your source version, configuration, integrations, target, and programme scope determine the plan. IBM notes that complex enterprise application upgrades can take 12 to 18 months. That is application-upgrade guidance, not a standard duration for every MREF platform migration.
Read IBM's upgrade planning guidanceCan the tools carry out the migration for us?
No. The tools build source-estate evidence and support readiness planning on TRIRIGA. They do not run IBM's platform migration, and automatic migration or workflow parity is not promised. The tools are tried and tested on TRIRIGA and MREF.
Does the guided start cover a complete options assessment or migration?
No. The guided start is four weeks in one non-production environment with the tools. The Upgrade and MREF Readiness Review (£3,950), Get to 5.0.9 (from £9,500), the MREF move plan (£14,500) and move delivery are AJAEX LTD offers; see our support page. IBM sizing or licensing is between you and IBM.