m2o Liberates Enterprise Applications and Data from the Straightjacket of Legacy Systems

Oxford, UK - February 13, 2004 - MOVE2OPEN (m2o), a leading provider of data migration and application conversion solutions, today announced the general availability of its automated suite of conversion tools under the m2o brand. m2o already has a client base, inherited from the Oxford-based company BITbyBIT. m2o was established to focus on legacy transformation, and in particular the needs of companies converting from CA-IDEAL to open languages such as COBOL and Java, and migrating from CA-DATACOM to open databases such as Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server. m2o brings a level of automation, platform cover and accuracy to the conversion process that is unmatched by any other product or service available today.

The need to maximize ROI from IT, and to increase systems flexibility to meet the demands of changing business processes, is leading to renewed interest in obtaining value from legacy systems. m2o solves many of the major issues associated with legacy applications, including high running costs and the scarcity of the skill set required to service them.

m2o offers companies the possibility to convert efficiently and accurately in a highly automated way, says Huw Price, Managing Director of m2o , "Companies have traditionally balked at the prospect of manual conversion or code re-writes. Projects are potentially open-ended, and the quality of converted code is often seen as questionable." m2o offers an alternate solution explains Huw, "m2o takes a low risk, modest investment approach, which is up to four times less costly than rewriting code, in situations where implementing a packaged application is simply out of the question as it doesn't meet critical business requirements."

m2o currently has 12 converted applications in production at major organizations around the world, which amounts to millions of lines of active converted code. Wide experience of source and target environments has enabled m2o to refine its automated solutions through use. m2o has been established by data management experts with over 30 years of application conversion experience collectively, to produce a conversion toolkit that reduces the risks and timeframes for converting legacy applications.

About m2o

m2o is a leading provider of data migration and application conversion solutions that unlock the value of relational databases and legacy systems. m2o specializes in transforming legacy applications, including automated conversions from CA-IDEAL to open languages such as COBOL and Java and migrations from CA-Datacom to open databases such as CA-Ingres, Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server. m2o provides automated conversion tools and migration services that offer wide platform coverage, exceptional accuracy and clear Return on Investment that are unmatched by any other vendor or solution. m2o has over ten years experience with a worldwide customer base of blue-chip organizations that benefit from its unique expertise and automated tools.
 

Contact Details:

Nick Jones (Sales Director)

m2o Limited
The Oxford Centre for Innovation
Mill Street
Oxford, OX2 0JX