Ispirer Systems, LLC

Today, November 5, at 10:00 AM EST, we’re answering a question that comes up in almost every first call with a client: how do we actually work together? 🎯

Join our live session on migration engagement models. In 35 minutes you’ll get a decision matrix for choosing between DIY, License + Expert and Full Turnkey, plus an open Q&A at the end.

🎁 Attendees get a special offer on SQLWays project licenses, and we’ll share how to claim it during the session.

You still have some tme to join! Save your seat and learn the details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc0KyxvtzzY

Register and get the recording: https://forms.gle/hY9icR8mkJVX7LjZ8

Moving off an outdated database gets easier when automation and delivery experience work side by side.

That is the idea behind Ispirer and Path Infotech Ltd. teaming up on database migration 🤝

Together, we combine migration expertise with automated conversion to move data, schemas and database logic across platforms.

Here is what the combination covers:

🔹 Automated conversion of schemas, data, stored procedures, functions, triggers and views
🔹 Assessment before ex*****on, so the roadmap is clear before the full program starts
🔹 Validation and production readiness, including data reconciliation and testing of the target environment
🔹 Migrations to Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, DB2, Snowflake, AWS and Azure

Planning a migration? Tell us your source database and target platform, and we will help you find the right approach.

👉 Learn more about how we combine migration expertise: https://www.pathinfotech.com/global-alliances/ispirer

What if scaling your database meant adding nodes instead of rewriting your application?

Yugabyte is now an official migration target in the Ispirer Ecosystem! Schema, SQL code and data are converted automatically to distributed PostgreSQL.

Four source platforms are available from day one:

🔹 Oracle: PL/SQL converted to PL/pgSQL
🔹 Sybase ASE: T-SQL rebuilt against the YSQL API
🔹 IBM Db2: LUW, AS/400 and z/OS sources
🔹 Microsoft SQL Server: T-SQL converted to PL/pgSQL

What it means for your business:

✅ Growth becomes a matter of adding capacity, since YugabyteDB distributes and replicates data across nodes
✅ Your team keeps the PostgreSQL syntax, drivers and tooling it already knows
✅ Moving off a proprietary engine removes licensing and support costs, and YugabyteDB runs fully managed, self-managed or open source under Apache 2.0
✅ Replication and geo-distribution are built in, so high availability comes with the platform

Read the news: https://www.ispirer.com/blog/yugabytedb-conversion

Your AI converted your Oracle code to PostgreSQL, and everything seems to work fine. 🤖

How sure are you that it behaves exactly like the original?

AI gets you most of the way there. The last stretch is where migrations quietly break:

🔎 Logic that changed meaning during conversion
🧹 Oracle syntax that slipped through into PostgreSQL code
🐛 Bugs that compile cleanly and only show up in production

We just released a free Ispirer migration validation skill that compares each PL/pgSQL object against its Oracle original and flags what the conversion missed. It works without any database connection, and the download includes a step-by-step guide.

Your AI did a good job. This skill helps you make it even better.

Available now for Oracle → PostgreSQL. More directions are on the way!

🧩 Learn more: https://www.ispirer.com/blog/ai-skill-release
👉 Download the free skill: https://www.ispirer.com/

Repost if your team is migrating from Oracle right now ♻️

Every company has one haunted database that everyone is afraid to touch🎃

It runs on software from another century, nobody remembers who designed the schema, and the only documentation is a sticky note that says “please do not restart.”

Our team spends its days exorcising exactly these systems and moving them safely to modern platforms🦇

This Halloween, we would love to hear your stories about the spookiest database you have ever worked with.

Happy Halloween from the people who are not afraid of outdated data 👻

Planning a migration budget and need numbers your stakeholders will trust?

Our webinar “Database Migration Assessment: How to Estimate Scope and Cost in hours” starts today at 10:00 AM EST! In 30 minutes you will learn how to get a self-assessment in hours and a refined estimate in days.

You will leave knowing how to:

✅ Run InsightWays in two different ways
✅ Read the Standard, Extended, and Advanced reports
✅ Understand complexity scores and automation percentage
✅ Prepare an estimate for your sponsor, architect, and procurement team

We will also answer typical client questions live, so bring yours.

🎁 Everyone who registers gets an extended 4-week trial for the Ispirer Toolkit, just drop our speaker ([email protected]) an email!

Register here: https://forms.gle/fed6RuHFFJ9QnKZ79
See you on the Ispirer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvgROGyw2D0

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What if you could assess a large database in hours instead of weeks?

Manual assessment is slow and hard to repeat. AI-only estimation is fast, but hard to defend in front of a sponsor. Our next webinar explains how to combine the strengths of both.

Here is what we will cover:
🔍 Why purely manual and purely AI-based estimates both fall short
🛠️ InsightWays, a free offline assessment tool, and the principles behind it
📊 Three report levels: Standard, Extended, and Advanced
🧮 How complexity is calculated and what the automation percentage really means
👩‍💻 How expert review turns a raw report into a refined, actionable estimate

Because the tool works offline, your data stays inside your environment while you get the numbers you need.

📅 October 29, 10:00 AM EST
🎁 Bonus for every registered participant: an extended 4-week trial for the Ispirer Toolkit

Register here: https://forms.gle/fed6RuHFFJ9QnKZ79

Join us on the Ispirer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvgROGyw2D0

How much will your Azure migration actually cost?

The number comes from an assessment, not from a pricing calculator.

SQL Server 2016 reached end of support on July 14, and teams on Oracle, Sybase ASE, Informix and DB2 face similar deadlines. A proper Azure migration assessment measures four things:

📏 Scope: object counts and lines of SQL code
🔄 Compatibility: what converts automatically and what needs rework
🔌 Integrations: apps, ETL flows, BI reports and jobs that touch the database
⏱️ Effort: days of work by stage, mapped to people

Azure Migrate sizes the target for SQL Server. InsightWays counts the code in Oracle, Sybase, DB2, Informix, Teradata and more, for free and with read-only access.

Read our blog post to see what a full assessment delivers: https://www.ispirer.com/blog/azure-migration-assessment

The AWS Migration Readiness Assessment does a great job of evaluating your organization, but it does not look inside your database, and that is where many migrations go over budget.

The MRA covers business drivers, team readiness, security and governance. A database-layer assessment adds the details that decide whether a project takes five months or twenty:

🔹 Thousands of stored procedures, each with its own conversion complexity
🔹 Embedded SQL in COBOL, PowerBuilder, Delphi and other application code
🔹 Cross-database dependencies that nobody documented
🔹 The AWS target service that truly fits your source environment, from Aurora PostgreSQL to Redshift
🔹 A risk register that names every blocker before the budget is approved

In our new article, we walk through the six dimensions a complete AWS assessment must cover, explain why the 7 R's need real technical data, and show how Ispirer InsightWays produces a full report in under five minutes for free.

Read the full article and see what your migration plan might be missing: https://www.ispirer.com/blog/aws-migration-readiness-assessment