OpenVMS users can now run critical COBOL applications on HP Integrity servers.Acucorp, Inc., an international developer of software solutions that revitalize COBOL applications, has announced its support for HP's OpenVMS 8.2 operating system for HP Integrity servers. This support will enable organizations to run their critical COBOL business systems while taking advantage of the scalability and security of OpenVMS as well as the reliability and performance of the HP Integrity server platform, built on the Intel Itanium 2 architecture. Acucorp was one of the first HP business partners to successfully port its extend product suite to OpenVMS on the Integrity line. In addition, extend also runs on earlier versions of OpenVMS for HP AlphaServer systems and VAX servers as well as on HP-UX, Linux and Windows Itanium 2-based systems via its COBOL Virtual Machine. "For more than 16 years, Acucorp has provided COBOL solutions for the VMS environment," explained Cameron Jenkins, Acucorp's vice president, strategic partnerships. "By making our extend technologies available first on VAX/VMS, then on AlphaServer systems running OpenVMS and now on HP Integrity servers running OpenVMS, enterprise customers have a low-cost, low-risk way to quickly and painlessly modernize their trusted business-critical systems." Included in Acucorp's extend are solutions that enable COBOL applications to: interoperate with .NET, Java and XML; be deployed as Web services in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA); be accessible on the Internet or through a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). ; display a graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI); access a relational database management system relational database management system - relational database (RDBMS); benefit from streamlined processing via thin client architecture; or be migrated to more than 600 Linux, 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). or Windows platforms. Acucorp's robust COBOL development system, ACUCOBOL-GT runs, by default, in HP COBOL for OpenVMS compatibility mode. This support makes it less costly and risky to modernize COBOL applications and maintain them running on trusted OpenVMS servers. The Acucorp development system also takes advantage of the Record Management Services (operating system) Record Management Services - (RMS) Procedures in the VMS operating system that programs call to process files and records within files. RMS allows programs to issue GET and PUT requests at the record level (record I/O) as well as read and write blocks (block I/O). (RMS), and offers easy access to Digital Command Language DCL, the DIGITAL Command Language, is the standard command language adopted by most of the operating systems that were sold by the former Digital Equipment Corporation (which has since been acquired by Compaq which itself was acquired by Hewlett-Packard). (DCL) and many other facilities available with OpenVMS. "Acucorp continues to demonstrate unwavering commitment and support for OpenVMS," said Mark Gorham, vice president, OpenVMS Systems at HP. "As a result, enterprises, government end users and independent software vendors can maintain their existing legacy applications on the OpenVMS platform while taking advantage of the innovative technologies offered by Acucorp." About Acucorp Acucorp, Inc., an HP business partner, was founded in 1988. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. , USA with additional offices in France, Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands. Acucorp's products are distributed in more than 100 countries throughout the world. Its over 4,000 customers and 1,000,000 end users include Ford Argentina, L'Oreal Mexico, Red Cross Belgium, Siemens, Sport Chalet, The Travelex Group (formerly Thomas Cook), Tower Records and Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. . The Company designs, develops, and markets innovative solutions for extending the life of vital COBOL business systems. |
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