DENVER, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelr8 Technology Corporation
(Nasdaq: ACLY) announced today the availability of its MIGR8 OpenVMS
conversion toolset on Linux, the increasingly popular low-cost alternative to
other more expensive operating platforms.
Accelr8 has sold and delivered its first release of its Linux migration
tools to Lordacs Software, Inc., a provider of job cost accounting and
inventory control software applications sold to the electrical, plumbing and
HVAC contracting industry.
Don B. Mohler, President of Lordacs, a Fort Myers, Florida company,
recently described his end user market as a "One billion dollar opportunity
where old business processes are in dire need of modernization to new economy
strategies that feature web access of data as well as real time billing and
inventory utilization updates from remote locations."
Mohler went on to describe the desirability of running his applications on
Linux because of lower licensing and maintenance costs and the trend towards
COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software packages being developed for the
Linux operating environment.
While Accelr8 has witnessed a trend towards Linux by many customers, it is
only recently that hardware vendors such as IBM and Compaq have started
marketing lower cost platforms that feature the Linux operating option.
Thomas Geimer, CEO of Accelr8, noted that the increasing preference by
corporations to implement the operating system has encouraged Accelr8 to
devote part of its development budget to providing migration solutions to
Linux. "We see Linux as a growing operating system choice by large IT
environments as they try to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership," Geimer
stated.
Mohler pointed out that his original 4 million lines of source code could
not be rewritten soon enough to meet market demand so he engaged Accelr8's
expertise in migration as a cost-effective "time to market" strategy. The
improvement in performance was dramatic according to Mohler, "A 400-person
payroll program that took 4.5 hours to run before Accelr8's conversion to
Linux now runs in under 27 minutes!" That will make quite an impression to
the end users according to Mohler.
Accelr8 expects other business sectors such as consumer products
distributors, automobile dealers and any business with multiple locations or
field personnel to see the advantages of this low cost, high speed method of
keeping track of costs and inventory on a real time basis.
Accelr8 Technology, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, offers a full suite
of systems modernization solutions, including migration tools, training, and
software integration services. Contact Accelr8 at http://www.accelr8.com or Lordacs
at http://www.lordacs.com.
SOURCE Accelr8 Technology Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.accelr8.com
CONTACT:
Tom Geimer of Accelr8 Technology Corporation,
303-863-8088
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