If you’re running Rocket UniVerse, UniData, jBASE, or D3, October 1, 2026 is a date you cannot afford to ignore.

Rocket Software’s new MultiValue Product Lifecycle Policy is taking effect and if your organization is running an older version, you’re staring down a ticking financial clock if you don’t act.

The Hidden Costs of Doing Nothing

Think your legacy MV version is “good enough”? Here’s what that complacency is actually costing you.

Starting October 1, 2026, versions in Limited Support will carry a 20% legacy version surcharge on top of your existing maintenance fees. Versions in Upgrade Support jump to 25%. These aren’t one-time fees. These fees compound every renewal cycle until you upgrade or fall off the support cliff entirely into End of Version Life, where you receive no support, no patches, and no protection whatsoever.

And that’s before the real risks hit. Every day you run an unsupported version, you’re operating without security patches in an increasingly hostile threat environment. One unpatched vulnerability. One compliance audit. One catastrophic failure at 2 AM with no support to call. Could your business survive it?

The AI Threat Is Making This Dramatically Worse

If the fee structure alone isn’t enough to worry you, consider what’s happening in the broader security landscape right now.

Security researchers are warning of what they’re calling the “vulnpocalypse”, a scenario where AI tools can discover vulnerabilities in legacy software faster than human teams can possibly respond.

According to Veracode’s April 2026 analysis, AI is compressing attack timelines from months to minutes, rapidly surfacing vulnerabilities that have been dormant in codebases for years. What used to take a skilled attacker weeks to find can now be identified in minutes.

The implications for unpatched MV systems are alarming. When your platform is no longer receiving security fixes, every vulnerability becomes a permanent open door. And now those doors are being found and catalogued by AI at machine speed.

Industries like manufacturing, distribution, and healthcare, core MV customer segments, are already the most targeted by ransomware. That threat just got significantly more dangerous. Your legacy MV version, sitting without patches and outside of vendor support, is exactly the kind of target that AI-powered attackers are now hunting at scale.

Running an unsupported version isn’t just a financial risk or an operational inconvenience. In 2026, it’s a security liability that AI is actively making more dangerous every single day.

The Complexity Nobody Warns You About

MV upgrades aren’t like patching a SaaS app. Years of customization, embedded BASIC logic, third-party integrations, and institutional knowledge baked into your system can make this genuinely hard. Attempting this without deep MV expertise isn’t just risky, it’s a gamble with your core business operations.

Most internal IT teams simply don’t have the specialized knowledge or time and resources to pull this off cleanly.

There’s a Better Way

MultiValue Central has been doing exactly this for MV platforms for years. With 325+ combined years of MultiValue experience, 15+ expert consultants, and over 100 successful global engagements, we are The

MultiValue Experts for MultiValue People.

We’ve helped organizations across manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, and financial services navigate MV upgrades without disruption to their operations. We know where the landmines are because we’ve already helped others through them.

The transition deadline of December 31, 2029 isn’t as far away as it sounds, especially when upgrade projects can take up to 12–18 months.
Don’t wait until the surcharges stack up or a crisis forces your hand.
Start your upgrade planning today with MultiValue Central

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