BluePhoenix Successfully Reaches Final Stage of Major Legacy Application Migration Project at the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CARY, N.C. & HERZLIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2004 Using the VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) An IBM access method for storing data, widely used in IBM mainframes. It uses the B+tree method for organizing data. VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method Version of the Automated BluePhoenix(TM) DBMSMigrator Tool BluePhoenix Solutions (Nasdaq:BPHX), the leader in 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, , today announced that after successfully completing the first two stages of converting the IRIS system (Integrated Retirement Information System) at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA LACERA Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association ), it has started the third and final phase. This project started with a detailed planning period during which the BluePhoenix(TM) IT Discovery tool was used to perform comprehensive impact analyses. Following the analysis, the batch part of the IRIS software inventory was migrated from COBOL/VSAM to COBOL/DB2 using the automated BluePhoenix(TM) DBMSMigrator tool. The first step of converting LACERA's online Millennium system Millennium™ system Dentistry An erbium laser system that uses high-speed water particles to cut hard and soft tissues, as an alternative to a conventional dental drill and surgical scalpel. See Dentistry. to COBOL/CICS/DB2 was then successfully completed using the same DBMSMigrator software tool. This proved once again the ability of BluePhoenix to quickly adapt its DBMSMigrator tool to new environments - this time to Millennium. The last stage of the project will deal with a different set of screens that will also be converted to COBOL/CICS/DB2. "We decided to modernize our legacy applications in order to improve production efficiency and reduce maintenance and operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . Conversion of our Millennium-based programs, most written in the 1980s, was a particular challenge due to the proprietary nature of the software and the lack of a GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. development component," said Robert Whitten, Chief Technology Officer at LACERA. "Our work with BluePhoenix and their team so far assures us that we will meet our objectives on time and within budget. Additionally, our day-to-day work has not been interrupted as we continue to modify our code base as necessary during the conversion process." "BluePhoenix produced optimal results for LACERA by using a combination of our automated software tools and proven Modernization methodology," added Eran Frank, vice president of business development at BluePhoenix Solutions. "The process of migrating the IRIS VSAM- based system was very efficient thanks to our repository driven and rule-based software tools." About LACERA One of the largest county retirement associations in the U.S. with over 140,000 members, LACERA administers and manages the retirement fund for the County of Los Angeles. They have been providing retirement, disability, and death benefits to eligible County employees, retirees, and their beneficiaries since 1938 and administering a healthcare benefits program since 1971. About BluePhoenix Solutions BluePhoenix Solutions leads the IT Modernization market by developing unique solutions that enable companies to automate the process of modernizing and upgrading their mainframe and distributed IT infrastructure, thus quickly and cost-effectively extending 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 IT systems. The company's comprehensive suite of tools and services, (including technology for Understanding, Migration, Transformation and Redevelopment), reduces the cost of renovation and speeds up the renewal process. BluePhoenix has 11 offices throughout the world, including locations in the US, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Israel. The company's major shareholder is Formula Systems (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. 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