Hello Friends:

Dave Darnell asks how his customer might put information into a
Oracle database but maintain the 3000 application's ability to access
the data.

I heard about a new middleware solution in Europe from CSL called
Linkway BridgeMaster. It promises to allow an HP 3000 program access
to any external data source as though it were resident on the HP
3000. Oracle is included in the list of supported databases.

I'm not sure if Speedware apps are supported -- I didn't ask when I
talked to CSL about it during the "Let's Go e!" seminar in Amsterdam
this month.

Contact Robin Foley at CSL: [log in to unmask]

>I have a customer who is interested in moving TurboImage data under
>Speedware (7.04.02) to Oracle databases on Solaris or NT, but retaining the
>Speedware apps on the 3K until the resources to migrate them become
>unavailable.
>
>They have maybe 8 Gig in the TurboImage databases, but only see about 80
>concurrent users.  Their processors are modern, but their disc drives are a
>little older and are starting to fail.  Budgeteers will not pay for upgrade
>to RAID technology, and the users have a cost of ownership concern.  They
>are in "lean times" and don't have the resources to convert the applications
>at this time.
>
>On the other hand, they have a site license for Oracle DB, and plenty of
>new, high-availability real-estate on Solaris and NT boxes.

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Ron Seybold, Editor In Chief
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