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Special Introductory Offer - Order
before December 31st, 2002 and save 48%.
MBF-UDACentral
is a Java-based set of tools for exploring
and administering multiple databases from
a central application adding to the reporting
and exploring capabilities available through
MBF-UDALink. It is a useful solution in
both planning and executing Migration
from the HP3000 Image and Allbase databases
to Oracle and other database formats.
<<Find
out more>>
Customer
Success Story
A private university at the leading edge
of marketing learned several lessons while
moving away from its home-grown HP3000 applications.
When Graceland University voted to move
away from HP e3000 applications written
in-house, the Director of Information didn't
have much researching to do in finding the
tool to migrate his data. <<Read
the full story>>
Q&A
with Birket Foster
Birket Foster has been heating up the
rare steak that is the HP 3000 community
on both sides this year. The last person
to win Hewlett-Packard's HP3000 Contributor
of the Year Award at HP World, Foster has
developed his company MB
Foster Associates into one of four HP
Platinum Migration Partners - at the
same time he sits on the board of directors
of OpenMPE Inc., dedicated to extending
the life of the HP 3000 beyond HP's planed
2006 exit. <<Lead
the way>>
HP
e3000 Transition Tour
Here's your opportunity to get to the
next level of detail about the many HP e3000
transition options - at a location near
you. HP and Platinum Partner experts will
be presenting and leading discussions about
HP e3000 transition considerations, technologies,
strategies and costs. This is information
that will benefit every HP3000 customer!
HP
e3000 Migration
Whether you're renovating your kitchen,
or migrating your IT platform, projects
that change your life need planning to succeed,
and planning starts with budgeting. The
season is now upon HP e3000 managers to
do the budgeting to create Migration
Plans. Making projects work is never
without costs, and estimating HP e3000 migration
costs involves both high-level planning
and detailed study.<<Lead
the way>>
Upgrade
ODBCLink/SE to MBF-UDALink
The creator's of ODBCLink/SE is offering
you a 'SWEETHEART' of a deal. Until February
14, 2003, HP e3000 sites using ODBCLink/SE
can save while extending the delivery of
mission-critical data with the latest release
of MBF-UDALink. HP's announcement of an
end of 3000 support means other platforms
will be hosting the 3000's data. MBF-UDALink
provides the means to move data between
different environments with full functionality.
<<Take
me there>>
MBF-UDALink
V7.00 Adds .NET Support
MB Foster is shipping version 7.00 of
its MBF-UDALink data connection suite, adding
enhancements that provide corporate customers
with support for Microsoft's .NET standards
to extend the reach of host-based applications.
The latest release of MBF-UDALink
secures ODBC
transactions over web-based e-business using
SSL technology. <<Read
the full story>>
JDBC
Level 2 Driver
Now you can preserve your business
logic no matter which path you take into
the future - Java or Microsoft's COM technologies.
MB Foster's UDALink gives developers a
choice of making objects ready for Microsoft's
.NET architecture or putting logic in
platform-neutral Java objects. <<More
Details>>
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