Celona Evolve Software with The Mastermind Group (TMG) delivers Real-time data migration for SERCO on behalf of the Victorian Department of Justice

Celona and TMG complete data migration for SERCO – Traffic Camera Services Division (TCS) to enable new traffic infringement management application to go live for the Victorian Department of Justice in Australia

London, UK, 1st September, 2009: Celona Technologies, the leader in real-time business-centric application data migration software, today announced that it has completed alongside Systems Integrator TMG a major project for SERCO to enable the Victorian Department of Justice to migrate to a new version of SERCO’s software application (EROS), which is used to process Victorian infringement data.

The programme utilised Celona’s new generation application data migration platform, Celona Evolve, which enabled the business to incrementally migrate data, people and processes to the new SERCO system with minimal risk and significantly reduced cost when compared to traditional ETL and scripting methods. With the business rules of the source system data constantly changing, Celona Evolve’s unique ability to process real-time data changes, exception handling, auditing and reporting, enabled the business to have total control and intelligence of the migration programme.

Charles Andrews, CEO of Celona commented: “The requirements for application data migration are significantly different to that of the old world of data warehousing and database replication. Today’s move from legacy to new application environments must be managed at the business level, with agility to manage change and ensue that the real-time requirements of today’s complex business applications and the processes they support are met. Celona Evolve software removes the issue of data migration from the critical path, by ensuring less risk, lower cost and total control through real-time reporting and change management managed through the Celona software platform.”

Fulvio Inserra, Managing Director, of TMG added: “ We are pleased to have partnered with Celona on this key program of work for SERCO. Our best in class System Integration skills alongside Celona’s software and deployment Method enabled us to deliver a complex project on time, which in turn enabled SERCO to focus on the successful delivery of their new software platform to their customer”.

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About Celona

Celona is the leading provider of Real-time Application Data Migration software specifically developed for organisations who are managing business change or who are upgrading their legacy systems and applications to optimise efficiency, customer focus and costs. Celona Evolve is the software platform of choice for organisations that require a business-centric application migration platform which delivers zero downtime and lower risk, enabling business evolution and transformation at lower costs and in the shortest timeframes.

Headquartered in London, and with offices in mainland Europe and Asia-Pacific, Celona was founded in 2005 and is privately held. For more information visit: www.celona.com.

About TMG
The Mastermind Group is a boutique IT Services privately owned company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Melbourne. They specialise in Data Intelligence initiatives by solving complex data design, migration and quality challenges. They also have specialist skills in asset management where they take a software compliance and license entitlement approach to managing software. In addition they deliver Service Management (ITSM) and End User computing solutions. Their Executive, Architecture, Technical Services (EATS) practice enable customers to have Just in Time access to trusted, senior expert IT advice and management experts specialising in Virtualisation, Storage, Backup & Disaster Recovery, Online, Network and Security areas.

For more information visit www.tmg100.com

For further information:

Nick Gregory

Celona Marketing

nick.gregory {at} celona(.)com

Tel: +44 7966 841688