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a technical community in transition

In addition to the issues of selecting a transition strategy, companies with HP3000's now have to grapple with important personnel and support questions:

1. What is the most cost effective way to migrate our HP3000 applications?
2. How do I support my existing HP3000-based applications throughout the transition?
3. How can I put off user requests for "enhancements" when the transition will take (pick a number) months?
4. How do I minimize the effects of transition on end users AND my staff?

cost effective migration

The components of any migration are the technology use to migrate code and data and the people who will plan and execute the migration.  One approach to bringing these components together is to engage a firm with both the technology and the tools on a fixed bid or project basis.  This approach has the advantages of acquiring the talents of people with specialized knowledge about migration and access to tools to expedite the migration process.  The most notable shortcoming of this method is that it is also the most expensive.  Why?

First, because it is virtually mpossible to identify all the possible causes for cost and time overruns a bid has to include enough "pad" to cover unforeseen problems.

Second, because the infrastructure of the bidding company has to be supported and you get to pay for it.

To provide clients with both the people and the tools necessary to execute a smooth and effective migration, that brings the cost under control, we offer an alternative: Individualized Migration Services.

Existing application support

Contracting for HP3000 qualified IT professionals is a reasonable alternative to taking your staff off of planning and managing the transition to whatever solution you ultimately choose.   An especially critical time is the period when the new system is in house but not open for business.  Your staff needs to be focused on tomorrow, but your users are focused on today!  Experienced HP3000 professionals from Cotter Kimbrough can get up to speed quickly and handle support! 

User requests for enhancements

It's already been over 2 years since you learned that the 3000 was going away and you've had to put off the user community for a long time.  As you get into the selection process and learn that it may be another year or two before the new system is slated to be operational, you know you can't put the users off for everything.  Some enhancements will probably have to be made.  Just as with the issue of providing day to day support for your applications, you're faced with the problem of allocating resources that should be focused on the future to work on today.  Today is important, but so is tomorrow.  Experienced HP3000 professionals from Cotter Kimbrough can get up to speed quickly and develop those enhancements! 

How do I minimize the effects of transition on my users AND my staff

The transition process is about to start and your staff is focused, as it should be, on making the process go smoothly.  And they are in training; for the new system and the new development environment.  Someone still has to field those calls from end users and modify those reports.  (Hopefully, the notion of new reports and new screens, has been put to rest by now.)   Experienced HP3000 professionals from Cotter Kimbrough can get up to speed quickly and handle support!

resources

Of course you should be concerned that you can get the skills and experience levels you need, when you need them, and at a rate that doesn't cause heartburn.  We unquestionably have the largest database of HP3000 qualified consultants in the U.S.; something in excess of 1,500 resumes.  The depth of our resources coupled with years of experience delivering HP3000 based services means that you can expect that we will deliver the talent you need with the skills you require. 

development and maintenance

We support virtually any development environment on the HP3000.  Languages we can support include:

In addition, we can provide consultants with experience in virtually any HP3000 based utility.  Examples are

SuprTool	DBGeneral
Adager	VPlus
Flexibase	Omnidex
VSoft

as well as most other HP3000 related development tools and related utilities.
In addition we are able to provide experienced personnel with knowledge of a wide range of HP3000-based applications such as:
 

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