Carrollton,
TX, Newport Beach, CA - June 27th, 2002 —
Strategy 7 Corporation, a world wide leader in
database management and mobile computing solutions
with over 400,000 users, announced today that
TransX Canada has chosen Strategy 7 to migrate
its legacy transportation applications and data
to IBM's DB2 Universal Database Server. Key to
the decision was Strategy 7's ability to address
both technical and practical business issues and
provide a comprehensive plan for the migration
of all key components. DB2 will displace Oracle
as TransX's enterprise relational database technology.
For the application and data migration, Strategy
7 will utilize technology from jBASE Software,
Inc. (www.jbase.com). Using jBASE's jEDI database
abstraction technology, the data that resides
in the hashed files can become resident in normalized
relational tables without affecting the legacy
application code. The technology and the techniques
have been proven in large-scale legacy migrations
throughout the world and have been demonstrated
to yield increased data resilience and, in many
cases, application performance improvements.
After extensive research, Strategy 7 was selected
over a competitive proposal based on Oracle technology.
Both technical as well as compelling business
reasons were cited as the basis of the decision.
Bill Karras, Director of Information Systems
for TransX, said "Strategy 7 was able to
bring together hardware, software, database, support
and maintenance and professional services into
a comprehensive solution that will allow us to
reach our business goals using proven, open technology
from solid and reputable vendors. Their understanding
of the practical business impact of such an undertaking
was a key determining factor in our decision".
The move to DB2 will provide a normalized data
platform that will be the foundation for an application
re-write in Microsoft Visual BASIC. Strategy 7's
professional services team was able to leverage
their knowledge of the TransX legacy environment
to derive the project scope and specification
necessary to fix-bid this element of the project.
"Because Strategy 7 is a certified reseller
for IBMs DB2, HP Hardware, jBASE and because of
our extensive professional service expertise and
support network, we are able to offer comprehensive,
practical and cost-effective solutions to the
market. This is one of the key reasons why we
are now the preferred SI for so many large and
small companies across the nation" said Joseph
Rodriguez, President of Strategy 7.
"As part of this project, we are also supplying
TransX with new wireless application technology
that will allow their field workers to access
both the legacy applications and new applications
anywhere, anytime with any device. TransX is staying
ahead of the curve with innovative programs that
preserve their legacy investments while giving
them access to the latest technologies."
added Rodriguez.
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OR TO SET UP AN INTERVIEW,
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