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DALLAS, TX October 15, 2007 ATERAS, a leading provider of 100% automated solutions for legacy migration and modernization, announced today that the company has signed a new contract with IBM Global Services for the conversion of certain CA-IDMS applications to COBOL CICS DB2. ATERAS will perform the migration as a sub-contractor to IBM for the benefit of an agency of a state government. This is the third contract for the same customer. IBM chose ATERAS for its proven conversion technology and continued successes. The first conversion was deployed successfully and has been running in production for 2 years. The second conversion project for this customer was completed ahead of schedule. This third migration will include the conversion of 80 IDMS schema record types, more than 150 LRF subschemas and more than 300 ADS/Online dialogs to COBOL/CICS DB2.

ATERAS will provide a turn-key solution that will include the conversion of the data, databases, and application software. The conversion will include 100% automated assessment and conversion with no required code freeze. In addition, the applications and databases will be 100% functionally equivalent including the retention of all business rules. No proprietary libraries, third party libraries or other software is required to run, use or maintain the applications after the conversion. Due to the high level of automation, ATERAS rules-based conversions meet the technical and business requirements of the customer with dramatically shorter conversion times. The end result is a quality solution with an n-tier architecture that is easy to maintain, SOA enablement and high performance in the new applications.

ATERAS is an Advanced Partner Member with IBM and is recognized for its automated conversion solutions from IDMS, IMS and ADABAS to DB2. The company also celebrates its seven year of partnering with IBM in assessing, migrating and modernizing legacy databases and applications and enabling Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in business-critical applications. ATERAS has successfully demonstrated that the company's automated solutions for legacy migration and modernization were implemented at customer sites running on approved IBM hardware with a significant commitment to IBM technologies. Many of the migrations of mission critical systems included customers in the following markets: state governments, insurance, healthcare and universities.

"We are extremely pleased to partner with IBM Global Services on this account and are very excited to have the repeat business with this same customer, therefore validating our technology and delivery methodology. Our partnership with IBM has continued to strengthen over the last 7 years. We look forward to many more joint successes. Our versatile DB-Shuttle automation technology is not limited to IDMS conversions. We are currently completing migration projects converting Adabas and IMS to IBM's DB2." Scott Miller, CEO President ATERAS.

About ATERAS
ATERAS has supported global enterprises for over 20 years offering state of the art services to our clients by modernizing legacy systems to the most current IT environments. The patent pending DB-Shuttle™ automation technology provides everything from comprehensive assessments of IT environments to fully automated conversions. DB-Shuttle offers a complete and automated method for organizations to protect legacy assets, reduce maintenance costs, provide agility and flexibility, and enable Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) of business-critical applications.

For more information on ATERAS’ solutions visit www.ateras.com.