Already, Oracle is offering low cost migration for Sybase customers as an indication of its ability to compete. This is a move that is bound to cost the company money and is not guaranteed to win over concerned business managers.
It is better for the incumbents to start managing the inevitable migration of services to next-generation platforms - and learn about providing and managing SLAs in the process - than to pretend that it isn't going to happen.
There would be a smooth migration with no impact on users and complete interoperability between the two environments. Having a single platform or operating system means we will be free to move our workloads around to virtualised server platforms...
It has a track record of successfully integrating cross-border businesses, migrating IT platforms and delivering revenue accretion," the document said. The exchange operator, which runs the stock exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris...
Despite the rampant pre-launch rumours, the release came as a surprise to many Apple commentators who argued that the low-end Mac would cannibalise sales of its traditionally high-end computers. A few months later came the big surprise of 2005...
Again, this migration has bred large shanty towns and/or low cost, low quality housing for the people who thought that the cities would provide them with wealth - but find that if they can find a job, the wages paid do not make up for the increase...