Tranxition Corporation Announces Migration Support for Windows 2000.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 PC Transition Tool Eases Migration Hardship, Preserves Corporate Investment in PC Customization Tranxition Corporation, a leading developer of innovative PC migration technology, today announced support for Windows 2000 - facilitating robust cross-Windows migration functionality between Windows 95/98/NT Refers to all 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000. It implies Windows ME and Windows 2000. It specifically excludes Windows 3.x. See Windows. . Tranxition is the first company to provide broad, Windows-based solutions to address computer personality preservation. Scheduled to ship in early March, Tranxition's Personality Tranxport(TM) Professional (PT Pro) enables organizations to capture and move Computer Personalities - data and customized configurations - from one PC to another. "We recognize the immense time-consuming task IT departments face as they plan for rapid adoption of Windows 2000," states Ken Mackin, Tranxition President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We provide the most important new tool to make that challenge less daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin . The unique proposition of our technology is that it helps end-users and IT at the same time." "Studies show it will cost as much as $2,050/desktop to migrate from NT and $3,100/desktop to migrate from Win 9x to Windows 2000," adds Mackin. "PT Pro will simplify and accelerate this migration process at a considerable cost savings." PT Pro has been used extensively in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the by over 25 companies with a combined total potential of more than 200,000 seats. One of these, Freightliner, sees key benefits in addition to cost savings. "We replace many computers each year and find the task not only time-consuming but often unsatisfying for the end user because it means they have to recreate their computer work environment. We feel that a tool like Tranxition's Personality Tranxport Professional will greatly improve our IS department productivity, and, equally important, improve end user satisfaction," said Bryan Paxson, Desktop Support Manager for Freightliner. PT Pro significantly cuts time and cost from the typical PC migration process, storing and transferring desktop configurations, network connectivity, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the settings and accounts, application settings and datafiles, Internet favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. and bookmarks, email folders and address books, custom dictionaries, and much more. The reconstruction of configuration and personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. that normally takes an average of six hours can be accomplished in less than 10 minutes. Application Upgrade Support Because an update to Windows 2000 will normally include several application upgrades, PT Pro supports the migration of datafiles and settings from older versions of applications to newer ones. Examples of supported migration paths include Office 97 to Office 2000, and Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. 4 to Internet Explorer 5. In addition to reducing the costs associated with migrating to Windows 2000, PT Pro preserves the user's Computer Personality, which is a significant corporate asset. About Tranxition Corporation Tranxition Corporation, with headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley. As of May 2006, its population is estimated to be 84,270,[1] 9.1% more than the 2000 census figure of 76,129. , is the leading developer of cross-Windows platform PC transition solutions. Founded on the realization of the value of preserving computer personality, Tranxition's products enable IT service providers and corporations to transition individual user personalities from one PC to another. By developing the software tools to capture data and configurations, save them, and load them onto new systems, Tranxition preserves organizational investment in PC personalization, and reduces downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. and user frustration. For more information, visit www.tranxition.com. |
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