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Upgrade your Keystone Professional database to Oracle 8.1.7 or Oracle 9.2 in one month and improve the robustness, scalability and availability of your systems!

Benefits to your firm:

• Retain full support from Oracle as support for versions 7.3.4 and 8.1.6 are considerably reduced;
• Prepare your system for the imminent Keystone Professional 2001 or 2002 upgrade;
• Take advantage of the new performance features in Oracle versions 8.1.7 or Oracle 9.2; and
• Improve system robustness, scalability and availability.

Oracle is currently reducing support for superceded versions such as 7.3.4, and 8.1.6. No further patches are being released, and Oracle technical support has been greatly reduced for these versions. The approach that Oracle has adopted is to suggest an upgrade before they investigate problems. Although this may not have affected your site as yet, this imposes a risk that can be easily avoided via an upgrade. An effective risk minimisation strategy is to upgrade now, before the Keystone upgrade to ensure a seamless transition.

Keystone Professional 2001 will only run on Oracle 8.1.7 or higher. MGA are experienced at installing Oracle 9.2 at Keystone Professional 2002 sites.

Oracle has included many new features in versions 8.1.7 and 9.2, such as major enhancements to the cost optimizer. MGA is recognised as a leader in this field and will configure Oracle at your site to take advantage of the full performance potential.

MGA will also design a solution to increase the robustness, scalability and availability of your system. MGA's experience in these areas will ensure that you keep your support costs to a minimum.

Upgrade Methodology

MGA will deliver this service through its own proven methodology.

• ANALYSIS: Develop complete requirements
• DESIGN: Project plan & system architecture
• PILOT: Test technical solution
• TEST: Test business functions
• DOCUMENT and TRAIN: Document the solution and train your staff
• IMPLEMENT: The planned and tested procedure
• MONITOR: During and after the upgrade

MGA can perform all tasks if required, or work in partnership with your in-house DBA's to provide you with the most cost effective solution.

Contact MGA

The MGA DBA support team has extensive experience in performing Oracle 8i upgrades. For more information on the MGA Keystone Professional Database Upgrade Service please contact us directly or through your Keystone account representative.