m2o and Tiburon Partnership Provides Automated Conversion Capability to Major US Organizations

Oxford, UK - April 13, 2004 - MOVE2OPEN (m2o), a leading provider of data migration and application conversion solutions, today announced a partnership with Tiburon Technologies, a leader in legacy systems support and modernization.

Leveraging on Tiburon's consulting expertise and strong client relationships, the partnership will deliver m2o's uniquely automated and accurate conversion technologies to the US market. This combination will ensure that clients benefit from a solution that matches their needs exactly, delivered in the shortest possible timeframe.

"m2o is focused on developing its industry-leading toolkit and needs a US consulting partner, with wide Datacom expertise, to make its automated technology available to major US organizations," says Huw Price, Managing Director of m2o . "Tiburon has a proven migration track record in this field, with excellent client relationships. It fits the bill nicely, giving m2o customers a dependable and expert support infrastructure in the US."

"m2o offers companies the possibility to convert efficiently and accurately and in a highly automated way," says Martin Tarr, CEO of Tiburon. "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, m2o is able to meet an organizations unique and critical business requirements."

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. The partnership between Tiburon and 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.

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