ChangeBASE AOK, a leader in automated application and virtualisation compatibility software, has announced a new suite of plug-ins that test for and fix compatibility issues between an application estate and the new Windows 7 platform.
Gallium (an EOH company) recently announced a strategic partnership with ChangeBASE AOK to deliver its solutions for automated application compatibility to the South African market.
Haydn Pinnell, MD of Gallium, says ChangeBASE AOK forms an integral part of Gallium's technology and service offerings in the application compliance, performance, availability and testing domain. “ChangeBASE's technology, combined with its industry thought leadership in the adoption of and migration to Windows 7, ensures that organisations can effectively assess and remediate application compatibility issues and migrate to Windows 7 as seamlessly and as cost-effectively as possible.”
ChangeBASE has also released a white paper with detailed information on the compatibility challenges organisations will face when looking to get applications to work with Windows 7, based on the results of testing AOK with multiple applications in their Application Compatibility Lab. Highlights from this paper include:
* Between 60% and 80% of applications running on XP or earlier operating systems will need some remediation to meet the requirements to be deployable to the new OS.
* Eight percent of applications will be affected by the additional requirements necessary to comply with Windows 7, above and beyond those application issues apparent with Vista, based on the current beta release and published documentation.
* AOK automates remediation of the application to address these issues where possible. For the remainder, organisations will need to revert to the vendors for upgrades or work with the in-house development teams to remediate the problems.
A partner programme has also been launched to help organisations with assessment and remediation work using AOK. ChangeBASE is a Microsoft Gold partner and is supported by Microsoft on the Windows 7 adoption programme.
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EOH
EOH is a business and technology solutions provider, creating lifelong partnerships by developing business and IT strategies, supplying and implementing solutions and managing enterprise-wide business systems and processes for medium to large clients.
EOH operates in the following three clusters of business units as a fully integrated business:
Technology - Through a number of subsidiary companies, EOH is able to sell, implement and support a range of world-class business applications, including ERP, CRM, business intelligence, advanced planning and scheduling, e-commerce and manufacturing execution systems (MES).
Consulting - Concentrated under the EOH Consulting brand are business units offering services ranging from strategic and business process consulting, project services, change management, supply chain optimisation and education.
Outsourcing - EOH offers comprehensive maintenance and support of client's IT infrastructure and applications through the rendering of full IT outsourcing, application hosting and managed services. In addition, EOH offers full business process outsourcing (BPO) services.
EOH has a presence in all major centres in South Africa and operates in the rest of Africa.
Gallium
Gallium, a member of the EOH group of companies, supplies business technology optimisation solutions from HP Software, specialised technology-based professional services, training, managed services, test factory solutions and ad hoc quality and performance testing services.
ChangeBASE AOK
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, England, ChangeBASE AOK is the provider and developer of AOK, software that automates the compatibility assessment, remediation, management and upgrade of applications in a Microsoft operating system or virtual environment. ChangeBASE AOK counts Dimension Data, SCC, Satyam, Getronics, Symantec, and Microsoft as its partners and Irish Life, Astra Zeneca and Old Mutual among its enterprise customers. For more information, contact John Tate, Managing Director on john.tate@changebase.com.
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