Micro Focus Provides Partners Who Have Investments in COBOL with the Latest in Core System Development Tools.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. Developers Can Now Create and Deploy to Multiple Platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. without Risky Alterations to Stable, Proven Core Infrastructure ROCKVILLE, Md. and NEWBURY, England -- Micro Focus[R] (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :MCRO.L), a leading provider of core system application development and deployment solutions, today announces general availability of Micro Focus Studio[TM] for COBOL Developers and Micro Focus Studio for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). These latest editions of the Micro Focus COBOL suite of tools target both Corporate and Public Sector end users who have large existing investments in critical COBOL applications, as well as ISVs who create, sell and embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. applications in COBOL. Today's announcement builds on recent updates to the company's COBOL product line1, completing the newest suite of core Micro Focus system development and deployment solutions. This product line ensures continued cost-effective support for core applications while making risky rip-and-replace modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, strategies obsolete. Micro Focus Studio for COBOL Developers integrates key Micro Focus technology to provide enterprises with a comprehensive COBOL development environment for Windows, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Linux. Applications can be developed on one platform and deployed (cross-platform) to another seamlessly while also being integrated into the latest .NET or JEE technologies. They also can be extended as 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. , as part of a comprehensive move to a Service-Oriented Architecture See SOA. (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ). Micro Focus Studio for ISVs, powered by the same key technology as Studio for COBOL developers, is available to the application provider community and gives them powerful cross-platform Windows, UNIX and Linux development solutions. Both Studio for COBOL Developers and Studio for ISVs support new platforms, including Intel x-64 architecture on Windows, UNIX and Linux. By supporting development for all the supported Micro Focus platforms, Studio for ISVs enables application vendors to get the most out of their core applications on the widest array of platforms. "Over 99% of our customers' applications are written in COBOL and one indisputable fact remains clear - these applications run the business," said Sandy Allinson, chief executive officer of Inglenet Business Solutions, a leading provider of legacy mainframe application transformation services. "To expand their business through technology, their COBOL applications must have the ability to operate efficiently on multiple platforms and take advantage of the infrastructures available there. Micro Focus Studio allows just this." "Micro Focus is excited about offering our first product targeted specifically to the ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. community," said Stuart McGill, vice president of worldwide marketing at Micro Focus. "By combining integration capabilities and the ability to leverage COBOL assets in a SOA with cross-platform portability and performance, we are delivering to these partners a compelling proposition for ISVs seeking to build and sell products that meet end-user needs." About Micro Focus Micro Focus provides innovative software that helps companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization software enables customers' business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For more information please visit www.microfocus.com. Micro Focus is a registered trademark and Micro Focus Studio is a trademark of Micro Focus. All other products mentioned in this announcement are trademarks of their respective owners. 1 EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : You can find recent product announcements for COBOL at: http://www.microfocus.com/AboutMicroFocus/pressroom/releases/ pr20061030130000.asp and http://www.microfocus.com/AboutMicroFocus/pressroom/releases/ pr2006110813300000.asp (Due to their lengths, these URLs may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) |
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