Fujitsu Software Corporation Shows Government Agencies How To Preserve Investment in COBOL While Migrating From Host Mainframe Environments.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FOSE 2004

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2004

Fujitsu Software Corporation will join Microsoft in Booth 3003 at

FOSE to demonstrate how government customers can cut

mainframe hardware and software maintenance costs

In Booth 3003 at FOSE, March 23-25, Fujitsu Software Corporation will demonstrate how its NetCOBOL(R) for Windows, NetCOBOL for .NET, NetKicks(TM) and zBatch(TM) products can help government customers cut mainframe hardware and software maintenance costs and maintain their investment in COBOL while migrating from host mainframe environments.

"Fujitsu Software is fully committed to enabling government customers realize the benefits of legacy transformation as a way to modernize applications and reduce total cost of ownership," said Ron Langer, Senior Director, Languages, Fujitsu Software Corporation. "Those who visit us at FOSE will have an opportunity to see first hand how modernizing their applications will reduce costs and pave the way for future enhancements."

NetCOBOL for Windows is a complete COBOL development environment that allows customers to create standalone COBOL applications and/or COBOL components for use with Microsoft(R) visual tools. NetCOBOL for Windows Version 7 runs on Windows(R) 98/Me/2000/NT/XP. NetCOBOL for Windows comes in two editions: Professional and Enterprise

Fujitsu NetCOBOL for .NET is a COBOL compiler and development environment created specifically for the Microsoft .NET Framework. This means that it:

-- Produces Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) that executes

under the Common Language Runtime (CLR). This language-neutral

environment enables COBOL code to be mixed with any other

.NET-supporting language (such as C# and VB .NET).

-- Supports Object-Oriented COBOL syntax, and supports

.NET-specific extensions, so that COBOL programs can be

written to take full advantage of .NET Framework classes.

-- Enables COBOL as an ASP.NET scripting language.

-- Is fully integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003,

including advanced features such as IntelliSense, COBOL

language-specific editing, debugging, and support of the

ASP.NET Web and Windows Forms designer that allow users to

graphically design user interface applications.

-- Includes Visual Studio Premier Partner Edition which is a

special packaging of Visual Studio .NET 2003 for products like

NetCOBOL for .NET that are integrated tightly with this

award-winning development environment.

These features allow customers to bring COBOL fully into the world of Internet applications including XML Web Services, ASP.NET Web pages, and to integrate that code with code written in other languages. The .NET Framework gives access to the latest technology and NetCOBOL for .NET ensures this is immediately available to COBOL programmers. COBOL-85 code can also be compiled and run as-is in the .NET environment so that customers can leverage current COBOL assets.

NetKicks takes advantage of the similarities between CICS and ASP.NET (pseudo-conversational, transactional, stateless) to provide a straightforward migration for CICS applications to the .NET environment. This approach can breathe new life into CICS applications by giving them graphical, Web-browser style interfaces, providing access to the extensive object library of the Microsoft .NET Framework, and offering the ability to use the CICS applications as Web Services. At the same time, it can yield significant cost savings.

The NetKicks solution provides support for migrating CICS COBOL applications to ASP.NET and supporting production deployment of the migrated applications. The solution includes a BMS map to ASP.NET converter that converts CICS character mode screen descriptions to ASP.NET equivalents, an EXEC CICS program translator, and a "CICS Executive" run-time to emulate CICS functions using ASP.NET.

zBatch complements NetCOBOL and NetKicks migration solutions. zBatch is a mainframe MVS JCL executor that is designed for production use in Microsoft Windows environments. It greatly simplifies the task of migrating systems off mainframes to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 by allowing JCL to be executed with virtually no changes.

zBatch is tightly integrated with NetCOBOL for Windows and includes support for important features such as Generation Data Groups (a means of cycling data files automatically), utilities like IEBGENR, IEFBR14, IKJEFT01 and print spooling services that preserve the layout of mainframe report files while delivering them in PC and Web-compatible formats.

For more information, please visit www.netcobol.com.

About Fujitsu Software Corporation

Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is part of the Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) family. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu's international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions. Fujitsu Software Corporation's products include NetCOBOL(R) and Interstage(R) Suite. NetCOBOL is a COBOL development environment and suite of tools to build fast, mission-critical business systems on open platforms, including Microsoft's .NET Framework. For more information, visit http://www.fsw.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Limited

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com/

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zBatch is a trademark of zBatch, LLC 

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