SCO and CrossWorks announce agreement to jointly offer migration package

SCO and CrossWorks, recently announced an agreement to provide powerful, low-cost migration tools to customers who wish to migrate their AS/400 proprietary applications and data to the award-winning UnixWare7 platform.

As part of the agreement, CrossWorks, a leader in the development and marketing of software compilers and development tools, will utilize its Cross400 migration and application development suite to ensure complete compatibility for proprietary AS/400 applications to run on UnixWare 7. SCO, the worlds leading supplier of UNIX servers, will provide SCO Professional Services to provide a smooth transition to its UnixWare 7 platform.

"The scalability and reliability of UnixWare7, combined with the expertise of SCO Professional Services, provide a strong incentive for AS/400 users to move their enterprise level applications to UnixWare 7 using the Cross400 migration suite," said Gary Deaner, president and CEO, CrossWorks. "We are delighted that SCO has agreed to partner with us as we work toward moving proprietary applications to an open-systems environment. We're confident that our two companies can leverage each other's strengths to provide our customers with an exciting new solution."

"This agreement will bear fruit almost immediately," said David McCrabb, vice president, worldwide sales and field operations, SCO. "We're excited about the Cross400 migration suite and the ability to move customers from their proprietary applications to UnixWare 7 with incredible ease and little cost. We believe we have a strong message to convey to any enterprise looking at alternatives to their proprietary systems."

Customer Benefits

This migration package provides AS/400 customers with server consolidation, as well as high performance at a lower price - without sacrificing the reliability and scalability they are accustomed to. The Cross400 suite will be able to seamlessly rehost RPG applications on to UnixWare7, allowing those customers who wish to maintain RPG code the ability to do so on their new platforms.