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Kadaster Migrates to HP-UX Platform

The Netherlands, November 5, 2009 – After large ICT service providers phased out development and support of Kadaster’s existing platform, the company, which registers property in the Netherlands, has migrated to an entirely new platform. This new HP-UX platform can handle the SAP environment and all the applications. HP carried out the project and Gen-specialist COOLProfs was enlisted to handle the Gen-application work.

Kadaster’s system is unique; it is the only one in the Netherlands that allows for large-scale geodetic or surveying information to be coupled with administrative information. With this unique attribute in mind, Kadaster has made sure its knowledge and experience remains at a level that makes it balanced and able to react adequately and quickly when necessary to deal with external parties if support is required to better prevent and solve problems.  

This became necessary when Kadaster decided to migrate its existing Tru64-platform to a new one. A migration became more necessary as talk of software providers such as Oracle, HP, SAP, BEA Systems and CA phasing out the support of Kadaster’s platform became louder.

The solution was found in a direct migration to a new platform, HP-UX, the SAP environment and all applications. HP received the assignment to carry out the migration. After HP had implemented the new hardware line and carried out the SAP migration, Kadaster began with the application migration. A portion of the applications were composed, more or less, from Gen. The fact that Gen for the new platform was available in a 32-bit version while Kadaster ran everything on 64-bits created problems.   

In order to solve these problems, COOLProfs, a true Gen-specialist was called on to help.  Despite the fact that Kadaster had been forced by outside circumstances to move to a new platform, and despite the Gen-problem, the project was recently finished with good results.

Hans van Oijen, project manager at Kadaster, reflects on the project: “I am happy that COOLProfs solved the 32-bits problem. If we look back at the Gen project, in the end it all came out well. The project was completed and delivered within the new time frame and budget.”

An expanded article with all the ‘in’s and out’s” about Kadaster’s migration will appear in the Novermber issue of AppWorks magazine; The industry magazine that covers the world of applications.

About Kadaster
The Kadaster registers and provides the location of property and real estate in the Netherlands as well as the related rights such as ownership and mortgage. That includes ships, aircraft and underground networks. This legal task ensures rights certainty: who owns what and where the limits lie. Also, Kadaster provides information about energy labels and about the location of cables and pipes. Every year about 20 million information products are delivered to notaries, real-estate agencies, government and financial institutions, the geo-sector and private individuals. The delivery of products and information is done primarily online. Kadaster manages and delivers digital cadastral and topographic basis-maps, and manages the reference system for geographic positioning. It acts as independent advisor for property development and spatial planning issues. Internationally, Kadaster operates as advisor for the adjustment of European geo-information and the setting up of cadastral registrations. The personnel management holds development of talent and knowledge central and strives to have 32% women in management positions by 2012. In order to reach this goal, Kadaster has signed the Charter, ‘Talent to the Top.’ Kadaster is an independent, non-profit organization. It recorded a turnover in 2008 of 204 million euros. There are 2000 employees spread over 9 offices in the Netherlands. Kadaster’s headquarters are in Apeldoorn.

About COOLProfs
COOLProfs is a specialist in the building and managing of company-critical, custom systems, which contain the central processes of an organization. Examples include the ABN AMRO system for loans to the MKB, the Schuitema store information system and the DaanAuctions website for inventory auctions. The company distinguishes itself with an approach that makes the human factor central to IT. In this way, the employees think like the client and ensure the right balance is struck between desired functionality, timeframe and costs. The clients know definitively what they are getting and when. They value the involvement of COOLProfs and its employees’ understanding of various situations. Among COOLProfs’ clients are Delta Lloyd, ABN AMRO, TNT, Schuitema,  DaanAuctions, Rijkswaterstaat, KLM, Triodos Bank and Fortis.

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