Serve your old data up. You dont need to start over! Zope makes it simple to put your existing data on the web. For example, Zope supports the retrieval of information stored in Oracle, Sybase, ODBC and other relational databases. Once you've set up a Zope database connection and a SQL query, you can create a searchable web interface to the data with a few mouse clicks.

Look into the future with XML. Zope deeply supports XML. This allows your Zope applications to interoperate via XML with almost any data source.