Technology

ColdFusion & CFML Migration
so a licence renewal stops being the deadline.

ColdFusion is still sold by Adobe. The versions actually running Australian business applications are usually 9, 10 or 11, all long out of support, on licences nobody wants to renew.

You get the .cfm templates read, the logic documented and the application rebuilt on something you can hire for. We do this for businesses in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, at a fixed price.

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  • Independent No licence commission, no reseller agenda
  • 18+ yrs Building business software
  • Fixed Price scopes, no surprises
  • AU NZ UK US Perth-based, working remotely
Australian owned and operated

Built here. Your data stays here.

  • No offshore development. Everything is written by our own team in Australia. Nothing is subcontracted overseas.
  • Your data stays onshore. Hosted in Australia, on infrastructure you own, under Australian law.
  • Every state, not just ours. Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and everywhere between.
Where we fit

A big licence bill and nobody to hire

ColdFusion made database-driven websites straightforward years before that was normal, and a lot of intranets, member portals and booking systems were built with it. The applications are typically .cfm pages with .cfc components, and they usually still work.

What brings people to us is a combination of three things: the licence renewal is substantial, the version in production stopped receiving security updates years ago, and CFML developers are increasingly hard to find at any price.

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What the work actually is

Drop the licence, or drop the language altogether

There are two honest options and they suit different situations. Lucee is an open-source CFML engine that removes the licence while keeping the code. A rebuild removes the language problem entirely. We will tell you which fits.

What you have now

  • .cfm pages and .cfc components
  • An unsupported ColdFusion 9, 10 or 11 server
  • A significant annual licence
  • SQL Server or Oracle behind it
What we build

Rebuild it somewhere you can hire for, or move to Lucee

There are two honest options and they suit different situations. Lucee is an open-source CFML engine that removes the licence while keeping the code. A rebuild removes the language problem entirely. We will tell you which fits.

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What you end up with

  • The application rebuilt on a stack you can hire for
  • No per-server licence to renew
  • Security patches available again
What we do

Only the ColdFusion work you actually need

Most engagements are some combination of these, and most start with the first.

  1. Assess the application

    How much CFML there is, how much sits in .cfc components, and how much is tangled into the pages. That ratio decides the approach.

  2. Consider Lucee first

    An open-source CFML engine can remove the licence cost while keeping the code running. It is the cheapest option when it works, and we check it before proposing a rebuild.

  3. Rebuild where that is right

    Where the real problem is hiring rather than licensing, the application is rebuilt on a mainstream stack.

  4. Keep the database

    SQL Server or Oracle behind it usually stays, which keeps the reconciliation simple.

  5. Clear the security debt

    Unsupported ColdFusion versions have known published vulnerabilities. If the application is internet-facing this is the urgent part, not the licence.

Meet the person

From ColdFusion & CFML to your new system, one seamless process

Your ColdFusion & CFML Migration, handled by the founder from start to end.

HELLO PEOPLE designs, builds and looks after AI, software, app and data solutions for Australian businesses, with senior expertise on every project and a scope agreed before work starts. For a migration, that means every balance is proven before the old system is switched off.

Since 2007, HELLO PEOPLE has delivered more than 100 projects from Perth for small and medium businesses across Australia: custom software and apps, system integrations, data migrations, reporting and dashboards, and AI that works inside the systems a business already runs.

I lead every engagement myself. I trained in accounting before moving into IT, hold accounting and IT professional qualifications and an MBA, and bring more than 20 years of experience across sales, service delivery, inventory and compliance. I am also a PhD candidate in AI at Curtin University, researching retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), so the technology is always judged by what it does for the business.

  • An old-fashioned service

    Small and boutique. The person who scopes your migration is the person who moves your data, and the same person is there on cutover weekend.

  • Quick responses

    No ticket queue and no account manager in between. You hear back within one business day, usually sooner.

  • A long-term partner

    The migration is the start, not the end. When you need the next system, integration or report, you call the same person, who already knows your business.

Where you are now

It works, and nobody will touch it

  • Running on ColdFusion 9, 10 or 11 with no security updates
  • A substantial licence to renew every year
  • CFML developers increasingly hard to find
  • Internet-facing on a version with published vulnerabilities

After

Supported, documented and yours

  • No proprietary licence, or no CFML at all
  • A stack with a normal hiring market
  • Security patches available again
  • The same database and the same data

Scoped and quoted before you commit. You own the code, the documentation and the credentials at the end of it.

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Common questions

What people ask us about ColdFusion

Is Lucee a real alternative to Adobe ColdFusion?

For many applications, yes. It is an open-source CFML engine, and moving to it can remove the licence cost without rewriting the application. It is not identical, so compatibility gets tested before anything is promised.

Should we rebuild or move to Lucee?

If the problem is licence cost, Lucee. If the problem is that nobody will maintain CFML, a rebuild. If both, rebuild. We would rather propose the cheaper one when it genuinely solves the problem.

Is an old ColdFusion server a security risk?

Yes, and this is the part worth acting on quickly. Unsupported versions have published vulnerabilities, and if the application is reachable from the internet the licence is not your most pressing problem.

Can it be migrated in stages?

Yes. Page by page behind the same address is normal, so you are not running a single high-risk cutover on an application the business depends on.

What happens to our database?

It generally stays. Changing the application and the database at once makes verification much harder, so we separate them.

Tell us what your ColdFusion system does

What the system does, roughly how old it is, and what is forcing the question. We will come back with a straight answer and a fixed-price scope, even if the answer is to leave it alone.

Prefer a quick chat? Call 0425 531 127. We answer the phone in Perth.