Micro Focus and m2o Help Tulane University Unlock Vital System from IBM Mainframe

Oxford, UK - June 17, 2004 - MOVE2OPEN (m2o), a leading provider of data migration and application conversion solutions, today announced that Tulane University, a premier research-based academic institution located in New Orleans, has gone live on one of its vital systems following the full implementation of an m2o migration project from the IBM mainframe.

Tulane's Budget Development System (BDS), which is used by every department to build budgets for the upcoming financial year, both salary and non-salary related elements, is critical to the university's operations. Similar to many institutions, Tulane was experiencing a period of limited resources and the continued sky-high annual maintenance fees for its mainframe software reduced the level of flexibility of its financial systems.

The university knew a change was in order. Facing a fast approaching deadline for its maintenance contract renewal, as well as a looming due date for 2004 budget submissions, Tulane had to act fast and smart to come up with a solution. A language conversion, database migration and a move to Windows proved to be the answer.

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