Mertech Data Systems leading provider of ISAM to SQL Database Connectivity (ISDBC) solutions has been notified by EziBuy, New Zealand's largest international fashion retail chain that Mertech's BTR2SQL and Flex2SLQ products were successfully deployed and are now powering EziBuy's ERP system with MS SQL Server.
Developed as a plug-in middle-ware migration solution, the use of BTR2SQL eliminated the costly need to re-engineer existing database applications and retained full data integrity.
EziBuy's transition to MS SQL Server was driven by the need to consolidate corporate data into a single robust and scalable database management system. “For the past 15 years we had been using a family of databases,” stated John Ward, Information Technology Supervisor for EziBuy. “First with DataFlex, then to Btrieve which became Pervasive.SQL, this created many challenges for us, especially in the area of reporting."
Our move to MS SQL Server was largely driven by our need for timely availability of data for use in reporting and ease of integration with other systems. Using Mertech's middleware solutions, we are able to run our existing application with MS SQL Server without changing our source base.
"Moreover, our transaction throughput has increased by up to 5 times, allowing for greater scalability to accommodate our business expansion. We achieved our objectives of high-data availability and scalability at a fraction of the cost of rewriting applications.”