Versora Ships Progression Web Supporting Migration from Microsoft Windows IIS Web Servers to Apache Web Servers in Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Servers

Business Wire, July 6, 2004

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Versora Announced Today the Availability of Progression Web, Enabling Automated Migration of Microsoft IIS Web Servers to Apache Web Servers and Easing the Move to Linux and Open Source for Enterprises

With the availability of Progression Web, Versora provides an automated method for moving Microsoft's proprietary web server platform of IIS to the industry leading open source web server platform of Apache. Progression Web provides a simple to use graphical user interface as well as command line functionality for more advanced users. The product drastically reduces the cost to migrate a web site to Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server.

"Progression Web provides companies an automated method of quickly and accurately moving their websites to the highly stable and secure Apache environment," said Jon Walker, Versora CTO. "A huge cost savings can be realized when companies move from IIS to Apache. What was a major project involving several days of manual reconfiguration and programming is reduced to a few hours when using Progression Web."

"Businesses running Apache web servers included in Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server benefit from its proven reliability and security," said Oliver Nachtrab, Director Product Management, SUSE LINUX for Novell. "Migration tools like Progression Web provide customers a smooth way to migrate their data to Linux, and contribute to the value of Novell's offerings."

Progression Web moves web site documents, database connections, configuration settings (such as Virtual Directories, Virtual Servers), security (passwords, authorization, authentication, NTLM, etc.) and error messages. When replacing their Microsoft IIS web server, a company can save up to $18,000 per server on hardware and software fees alone.

About Versora

Versora is a leading provider of Windows to Linux migration solutions. Versora offers software and professional services that enable and accelerate enterprise Linux adoption. Some of the solutions that Versora offers are Linux mail and collaboration migration from Microsoft Exchange servers, Linux database migration from Microsoft SQL servers, and Apache web server migration from Microsoft IIS web servers. For more information about Versora, visit www.versora.com.