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Migration Specialties is a leader in the development of VAX and Alpha hardware virtualization software and specialized migration tools.

Alpha Virtualization

Migration Specialties Avanti Virtual Alpha and FreeAXP products virtualize legacy Digital, Compaq, and HP Alpha hardware, hosting it under Microsoft Windows® with no changes to the Alpha software. Avanti improves the reliability of legacy OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX applications while reducing their operating footprint. The Windows host environment can be fully virtualized under products such as VMware®. Alpha source code is not necessary and recompilation is not required.

VAX Virtualization

Migration Specialties provides VAX Virtualization solutions for DEC VAX hardware using SimH VAX hosted on Microsoft Windows. Like our virtual Alpha solutions, SimH VAX allows VAX VMS applications to be fully virtualized under products such as VMware® with no changes to the legacy applications. Source code and recompiles are not required.

"Hardware virtualization saves time and money. Application ports using hardware emulation can be completed in days. Contrast that with application migration, which at best is a matter of months, or application replacement, which can take years."