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May 1st 1997, New Canaan, CT: ReSoft International and TBS
Software Inc. announce that the general availability of the MIGRA/PS-Export
for the Lotus Domino Migration Engine will be on May 16, 1997. MIGRA/PS-Export
allows customers of IBM OfficeVision/MVS to easily migrate user definitions,
electronic mail and calendaring data to Lotus Notes/Domino.
In related IBM OfficeVision to Lotus Notes Migration Announcements, IBM and
Lotus announce that all users of the IBM OfficeVision family will have the
opportunity to migrate to Lotus Notes. IBM will provide the tools for the
VM and AS/400 platforms while TBS Software, an IBM business partner with
extensive experience developing OfficeVision/MVS related software, will provide
the tool for the MVS platform. All of these migration tools rely on the new
Lotus Domino Migration Engine. Each OfficeVision to Notes migration tool
will include one copy of the Lotus Domino Migration Engine.
Clive Horton, President of ReSoft International comments "Information
stored in OfficeVision Directories, In-Baskets, File Cabinets and Calendars
represents years of investment and is vital to the continued smooth operation
of the customer's business".
Dorian Hausman of TBS Software adds "Migrating OfficeVision users without
a specialized migration tool is tedious. Users have to disrupt their work
to manually migrate a copy of each item they want to keep. And the administrator
must define all migrating users to Notes, delete old users and their mail
from OfficeVision, update directories, and notify everyone of the migrating
users' new addresses. No one needs this extra work. Users want the migration
to be transparent. Administrators want it to be a simple, smooth
operation".
MIGRA/PS-Export together with the Lotus Domino Migration Engine will:
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define migrating users to Notes
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simplify migrations by leading administrators through the migration process
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let administrators migrate one user or group of users at a time
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estimate how much space migrated data will occupy at the destination, before
starting a migration
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reduce the volume of mail to be migrated by letting administrators pick exactly
what to export
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handle all the types of Personal Services directory information that you
need to migrate: user definitions, distribution lists, nicknames and other
personal address book information
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export users' mail and file it away on their behalf at the destination
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track all migrating users and mail, to ensure that nothing gets lost
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notify users that they have been migrated
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redirect new mail that is sent to migrated users' old OfficeVision/MVS user
IDs
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retain mail profile information, in order that:
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mail that was in an OfficeVision/MVS In-Basket goes to the corresponding
Notes Inbox
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tagged items from the OfficeVision/MVS File Cabinet go to corresponding Notes
folders
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the original send date/time and read/unread status are preserved
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users can reply to their migrated mail.
MIGRA/PS-Export migrates:
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user definitions
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Enterprise Address Book or Personal Services Address Book information
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nicknames and other personal address book information
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distribution lists
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In-Basket mail
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File Cabinet mail
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all mail types, including Notes, Messages, Editable, FFT, RFT and PC Files
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personal Calendar information.
MIGRA/PS-Export Requirements
o OfficeVision/MVS OR Personal Services/CICS Version 1, Release 3 (OfficeVision/MVS is required for Calendar migration.)
o TCP/IP for MVS (for FTP file transfer)
o APPC Application Suite (for AFTP file transfer)
o VS COBOL II Library
o DISOSS Version 3, Release 4 or Icom Solutions OfficePath/SNADS.
Pricing
MIGRA/PS-Export for Lotus Domino Migration Engine is offered in the United
States and Canada for a license fee ranging from US$6,000 to US$24,000
depending on the number of users to be migrated. This fee includes
a perpetual license to use the software, including the Domino Migration
Engine, and one year of maintenance and support services. Thereafter annual
maintenance and support is 15% of the then current license fee.
ReSoft International provides value-add tools to the larger users of messaging
systems to enable them to become more effective in the provision of the service
to their users. These tools address the issues of downsizing from and co-existing
between mainframe 'legacy' systems and the newer LAN/Client-Server systems.
ReSoft International is an authorized Sales and Marketing Agent for MIGRA.
TBS Software develops, markets and supports software products that solve
administrative problems confronted by organizations with large numbers of
electronic mail users. Established in 1986, TBS Software has achieved a worldwide
reputation for quality products and support services.
EDITORS NOTES:
IBM has made a related announcement concerning the Lotus Domino Migration
Engine Toolkit, as well migration from OfficeVision on the VM and AS/400
platforms. IBM's announcement is available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/ as document 297-117 (US) and A97-0045 (Canada).
For more information about migration to Lotus Notes, please reference the
IBM/Lotus integration centre at http://www.software.ibm.com/is/ibm-lotus/
on the World Wide Web.
More information on these products can be found at ReSoft International's
web site, http//:www.re-soft.com.
If publishing this article, we would appreciate you referencing our URL in
your coverage.
MIGRA and MIGRA/PS-Export are trademarks of TBS Software Inc. Other
brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective holders.
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