The current market preference is for Java/J2EE based Web/Thin Client applications. Already many medium and large enterprises have adopted J2EE as the most preferred architecture for building scalable enterprise Information Systems.

Since around the year 2000, Oracle has recognized the market push towards Web based user interface for building client side. Only since the year 2002 Oracle has openly published its preference for Web based client side (i.e. Thin Client) and announced withdrawal of support for client side Forms product (i.e. Thick Client, Client/Server mode architecture).

However, a majority of the customers are continuing with Oracle Forms based Thick Client applications. All of these applications are either "Be-spoke” applications or products from ISVs, with necessary site-specific customization.

To provide a "transition path" to its customers who have invested in Oracle Forms based client applications, Oracle has come out with a migration path through Server side Forms service utilizing its application server product Oracle Application Server (Oracle 9iAS).

The Oracle migration path using server side Forms service discontinues support for over 200 essential features that are currently available in the Oracle Forms client. These features range from the CRITICAL ones like client Operating System Specific Item Types (like windows controls) to dropping certain styles of triggers, changing data types, all the way through to cosmetic features like the font set not being supported in its entirety.

Customers with current assets in Oracle Forms based Thick client applications have multiple options to migrate:

Intertec has developed a specialized tool-set and methodology to handle all of the above solution options. Intertec is the only company in the market, which can offer solutions for such a divergence of source environments and target solution options.