BluePhoenix Solutions To Provide Platform Migration For The Port Of Felixstowe, The Largest Port Facility In The UK.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CARY, N.C. & HERZELIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2003 Complex Migration Will Provide Felixstowe with Added Flexibility and Facilitate Sharing of Data and Application Systems Following up on the previous large-scale Bull migration project signed with Barmenia in 2002, BluePhoenix Solutions (Nasdaq:BPHX), today announced that the Port of Felixstowe, the largest port facility in the UK, has chosen it to perform a similar project. The project will include the migration of Felixstowe's entire CHARTS application system from a Bull GCOS (General Comprehensive OS) An operating system from Bull that, originally used in its minis and mainframes, has migrated to its Intel-based servers. GCOS was originally developed by GE in the early 1970s as GECOS (GE Comprehensive OS), then changed to General 7/IDS-II platform environment to an open Windows2000/SQL Server environment using Tuxedo, Micro Focus Net Express and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. . BluePhoenix's US Solution Center will carry out the project management, testing and delivery, and the migration is planned to be completed by the end of May 2004. The CHARTS application processes over 1 million online transactions daily and functions in a true 24x7 fail-soft environment. CHARTS is a management control and planning system See spreadsheet and financial planning system. for container and Roll-On-Roll-Off (RO-RO) shipping terminals, providing information on location, status and availability of cargo. This system currently supports three major shipping terminals with a fourth now under construction. "In order to maintain a competitive edge, companies must make immediate changes to their computer platforms," said Robert Ruetz, BluePhoenix's VP North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Services and Delivery. "New software packages and development tools are no longer being developed for the aging platforms, so companies worldwide are migrating existing applications to new open environments, thus getting them ready to meet both planned and anticipated future business needs. BluePhoenix provides a full spectrum of platform migration tools and services, delivered by highly experienced teams who have worked on many mission-critical systems, while still maintaining the flexibility to meet every client's specific needs and desired results." About the Port of Felixstowe The Port of Felixstowe (Felixstowe), located near Ipswich, is the largest container port in the UK and the fourth largest in Europe. Felixstowe is a member of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH HPH Health Promoting Hospitals HPH Haiphong Catbi (airport code, Vietnam) HPH Highland Park Hospital HpH Helix Pomatia Hemocyanin HPH High Performance Helicopter HPH Hodge Podge Hardware HPH Hutchinson Port Holdings, Ltd. ), an independent port investor, developer and operator with operations in Asia, Europe and the Americas. HPH operates 175 berths in 31 ports along with a number of transportation related companies. About BluePhoenix Solutions BluePhoenix Solutions (Nasdaq:BPHX) develops and markets cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. Enterprise IT Modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, solutions that enable clients to extend the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). of their existing systems through integrated Understanding, Migration, Transformation and Development tools and services. The company has 11 offices throughout the world, five of them full-service delivery centers, including the US, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Israel, Cyprus and Romania. BluePhoenix Solutions' major shareholder is the Formula Group (NASDAQ:FORTY), an international Information Technology company principally engaged in providing software products, solutions and services in various vertical markets. For more information, please visit our web site at www.bphx.com. SAFE HARBOR Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. : Certain statements contained in this release may be deemed forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , with respect to plans, projections, or future performance of the Company, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual plans to differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: market demand for the Company's tools, successful implementation of the Company's tools, competitive factors, the ability to manage the Company's growth, the ability to recruit and retrain re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train additional software personnel, and the ability to develop new business lines. This press release is also available at www.bphx.com. All names and trademarks are their owners' property. |
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