County of Marin Collects on IT Investments with Tax System Upgrade.Micro Focus and Tiburon Technologies prepare County of Marin for migration of mission critical property tax applications NEWBURY, England, & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Micro Focus (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor .MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions, and Tiburon Technologies, a partner and provider of a comprehensive suite of automated tools, today announced an agreement with the County of Marin that will enable the county to migrate its property tax system off the mainframe and onto a Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. / .NET platform. With the support of Tiburon Technologies' automated tools and methodology, the County of Marin will deploy Micro Focus solutions to ensure the fast, accurate and affordable transition of its COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. applications into a .NET environment. As a result, the County of Marin will benefit from a more agile environment, lower costs and the ability to quickly and easily leverage additional features currently available on the network environment. County of Marin's property tax system took 10 years to create, with five people working full time on development. While well written, County of Marin's sophisticated COBOL applications have experienced integration challenges with today's technology. Implementing Micro Focus' Net Express[R] COBOL Compiler will allow the County of Marin to take full advantage of Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , Geographic Information Systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) and a host of other modern services that were not previously available. "Our business logic is encapsulated in COBOL and we need to protect this asset as best we can," said David Hill David Hill may refer to one of a number of people with this name:
(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , County of Marin. "While other counties are pouring tens of millions of dollars into 'rip-and-replace projects,' we decided to take a step back and evaluate how we could leverage the IT assets we already have. Our choice to modernize our existing mainframe application allows us to extract and migrate a very complex system, with very little risk. This will enable us to take advantage of a plethora of services we would otherwise not have been able to utilize." Finalized See finalization. earlier this year, County of Marin chose Tiburon Technologies' automated conversion process for its pilot migration project that allowed the complex, back-end COBOL-based property tax applications to integrate with services already existing on the .NET platform, such as job scheduling In a large computer, establishing a job queue to run a sequence of programs over any period of time such as a single shift, a full day, etc. and print distribution software. The 100 percent accuracy and success of the pilot showcased the immediate return on investment benefits County of Marin can expect, and also allowed for the creation of a realistic timeline for deployment and the construction of a strategy for implementation. "The County of Marin is strategically approaching its modernization initiative in order to reap the greatest overall business benefits for the lowest total cost," said Kevin Moultrup, President, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Operations, Micro Focus. "Micro Focus is thrilled the County of Marin has chosen to utilize the suite of Micro Focus products in its transition off the mainframe into a .NET world on SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. , and looks forward to working with Tiburon Technologies throughout the county's modernization initiative." Electing to modernize its existing COBOL-based property tax applications, as opposed to a complete systems overhaul, sets County of Marin apart as an early adopter of application migration initiatives. Micro Focus Net Express[R] COBOL Compiler was selected for its ability to preserve the business logic locked inside County of Marin's sophisticated COBOL applications, while making them relevant and compatible with modern IT services. About Micro Focus Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. 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 About Tiburon Technologies Tiburon Technologies (Tiburon) is a national leader in legacy systems modernization and support, located in Independence, OH. Tiburon offers a comprehensive suite of tools to automate the conversion of legacy systems as a turnkey solution. Tiburon's automation allows customers to leverage their global IT assets and protect key business rules and functions. Tiburon provides complimentary support solutions to maintain current applications and databases. We provide new development services to promote business applications and to further their competitive advantage in the market. Tiburon is a leading provider of solutions to the education, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , government, aerospace & defense, manufacturing, retail and utility industries. www.tiburontech.com All product names are registered trademarks of Micro Focus. Other products mentioned in this announcement are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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