Pembroke Pines, FL – November 1, 2006 – Mertech Data Systems, a leading provider of ISAM to SQL Database Connectivity (ISDBC) solutions has been notified by EziBuy, New Zealand’s largest international fashion retail chain that Mertech’s BTR2SQL® and Flex2SLQ® products were successfully deployed and are now powering Ezibuy’s ERP system with MS SQL Server. Developed as a plug-in middle-ware migration solution, the use of Btr2SQL eliminated the costly need to re-engineer existing database applications and retained full data integrity.

Ezibuy’s transition to MS SQL Server was driven by the need to consolidate corporate data into a single robust and scalable database management system. “For the past 15 years we had been using a family of databases,” stated John Ward, Information Technology Supervisor for EziBuy. “First with DataFlex®, then to Btrieve® which became Pervasive.SQL®, this created many challenges for us, especially in the area of reporting. Our move to MS SQL Server was largely driven by our need to for timely availability of data for reporting and ease of integration with other systems. Using Mertech’s middleware solutions, we are able to run our existing application with MS SQL Server without changing our source base. Moreover, our transaction throughput has increased by up to 5 times, allowing for greater scalability to accommodate our business expansion We achieved our objectives of high-data availability and scalability at a fraction of the cost of rewriting applications.”

Mertech offers a family of high-performance ISAM to SQL database connectivity drivers that allow companies using record oriented file-based databases to switch to relational databases without source level changes. The product bundle includes an easy to use GUI database migration tool for creating tables, indices and copying data, along with tools for validating data migration and data definitions.

About EziBuy (www.ezibuy.co.nz)
Established in 1978, EziBuy is Australasia's largest fashion clothing and home catalogue company. The company makes its core fashion and homeware collections available through catalogues and via its website. It also has retail stores in New Zealand.. In 1992, the company expanded its operation to Australia.

About Mertech Data Systems, Inc. (www.mertechdata.com)
Since 1996, Mertech Data Systems, Inc. has developed a growing family of trusted, powerful ISDBC data connectivity drivers. Headquartered in Pembroke Pines, FL and with offices in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Mertech maintains strategic partnerships with Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and MySQL. Leading Fortune 500 and 1000 companies such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), General Electric (NYSE: GE), and Structure Products (NYSE: KTKL) are Mertech client’s.

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