BluePhoenix Solutions Completes Platform Migration for the Port of Felixstowe, Largest Container Port Facility in the UK

BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX), the leader in enterprise IT modernization, today announced that it has completed its Bull Mainframe to HP Server platform migration project with the Port of Felixstowe, a member of the Hutchison Ports Holding Group (HPH) and the largest container port in the UK.

HPH is the world's leading port investor, developer and operator as well as an industry leader in the application of technologies to strengthen the entire transportation and logistics chain. It operates 3 ports in the UK and a further 41 other ports in 22 countries around the world. The Port of Felixstowe determined that moving its central container tracking system to a modern environment was critical, since the aging Bull environment was difficult to maintain and enhance and did not enable the incorporation of cutting edge technologies such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), which it wanted to implement in order to maintain leadership in its field.

According to Andy Free, head of IT for the Port of Felixstowe, "A well-designed transformation plan was vital, since with over 4,000 container trucks delivering cargo each day, we could not afford a poorly executed transition between the legacy and the new system. In fact, the BluePhoenix migrated system was brought up live by the Port's IT team in only five hours, with no disruption to port operations. Since then, no bugs or other issues have negatively impacted the port's business."

The BluePhoenix-led project included the migration of the Port of Felixstowe's entire Container Handling System (CHARTS) from a Bull mainframe environment to a Windows/SQL Server environment using Tuxedo and Micro Focus Net Express, running on HP servers.

The in-house developed CHARTS application processes over one million online transactions daily and functions in a true 24x7 fail-safe environment. CHARTS is the central management and control system for the Ports' container and Roll-On-Roll-Off (RO-RO) shipping terminals, providing information on location, status and availability of cargo. This system currently supports three major shipping terminals.

With the new system in place, the Port of Felixstowe is now testing RFID-based Container tracking systems that will provide essential information to key parties in the logistics chain. Those business critical systems could not easily be implemented within its legacy environment.

"New software packages and development tools are no longer being developed for aging platforms, so companies worldwide are migrating existing applications to new open environments, thus getting them ready to meet both planned and anticipated future business needs," said Yoram Sadan, director of sales for the UK and Ireland at BluePhoenix. "In the Port of Felixstowe's case, the move to a modern environment will enable it to meet its business needs. The Port of Felixstowe has an enhanced leading-edge technology which is used to better serve its customer's needs. Forward-thinking companies such as the Port of Felixstowe can easily manage the enhancement of their system with our low risk, automated modernization tools."

About the Port of Felixstowe (http://www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk)

The Port of Felixstowe, located near Ipswich, is the largest container port in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. The Port of Felixstowe is a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group, a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL). HPH is the world's leading port investor, developer and operator, with interests in 22 countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Today, HPH operates a total of 255 berths in 44 ports, together with a number of transportation-related service companies. With industry-recognised core competence in the effective and efficient management and operation of ports, the HPH Group handled 51.8 million TEU (Twenty foot Equivalent container Units) in 2005.

About BluePhoenix Solutions (http://www.bphx.com)

BluePhoenix (NASDAQ: BPHX) is a leading global provider of modernization solutions for legacy information systems. Its unique suite of automated tools and services helps customers grow revenue, reduce costs, shorten time to market, and extend the ROI of their existing legacy systems. BluePhoenix is unique in addressing the full range of IT modernization through automated migration solutions that mitigate risk, minimize IT downtime, and preserve application business logic.

BluePhoenix offerings help firms effectively plan and carry out strategic projects that enable business growth such as database, application, and platform migrations; SOA enablement; field transformations; system standardizations; application development; transformation of COBOL applications business rules to OO Java; and legacy application's maintenance.

Its solutions serve companies from numerous, diverse industries, such as automotive, banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Among its prestigious customers are: Aflac, DaimlerChrysler, Lawson Products, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, Merrill Lynch, RSI, SDC Udvikling, and TEMENOS. BluePhoenix has 12 offices in the USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, Romania, Cyprus and Israel.

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