Cost-conscious Government Agencies Turn to Micro Focus for IT Modernization.

3,200 state and local agencies currently updating existing IT infrastructures

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Micro Focus (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions, today announced more than 3,200 state and local government agencies across 50 states currently rely on Micro Focus to reduce operational costs while modernizing existing IT assets. Recently awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70 Contract, Micro Focus is committed to providing the federal market easy access to application modernization solutions.

"In the current economy, both the federal and commercial sectors are under immense pressure to reduce costs and do more with less. To deliver on promises to taxpayers while also meeting budget goals, the government sector must achieve a balance of cost cutting and IT innovation - this is no small feat," said Bill Errico, Vice President, Federal Sales & Marketing, Micro Focus. "We enable customers to extract continued business value from their existing IT assets by connecting them to modern architectures, rather than the costly alternative of replacing systems altogether."

Micro Focus boasts a 92 percent renewal rate across its state and local government customer base. As agency departments begin to take advantage of newer IT architectures such as Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures, the benefits of eliminating redundant services and automating certain applications are quickly realized by the larger organization. This creates a more streamlined, efficient agency that can respond rapidly to changes in regulation or process.

For example, by working with Micro Focus, the County of Marin in California has reduced mainframe operating and personnel costs by 91 percent. The County has reused proven COBOL business applications within its tax system to mitigate risk and significantly streamline the development processes of its IT team.

"The migration of our critical property tax system to a low cost .NET platform allows us to provide improved levels of service to our taxpayers," said David Hill, CIO, County of Marin. "It is of utmost importance that our use of taxpayer resources have clear benefits for the county, and ultimately, for the families within Marin. With Micro Focus solutions, we were able to securely modernize the tax system without risking the loss of any sensitive information."

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers' business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com

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