Software AG Announces Certified Adapters for Integrating COBOL and PL/I Applications with SAP NetWeaver(R).RESTON, Va. -- Software AG Opens SAP(R) NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (XI) to Full Bi-Directional Communication with a Majority of the World's Business Applications Software AG, Inc. today announced that it has extended its Legacy Integrator family of adapters to enable 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. and PL/I (Programming Language 1) A high-level IBM programming language introduced in 1964 with the System/360 series. It was designed to combine features of and eventually supplant COBOL and FORTRAN, which never happened. users to easily integrate their legacy systems with the SAP NetWeaver(R) open application, integration and composition platform. COBOL remains the most widely deployed programming language in big business, according to Gary Barnett, Research Director of Ovum, and accounts for 75% of all computer transactions, with over 200 billion lines of code The statements and instructions that a programmer writes when creating a program. One line of this "source code" may generate one machine instruction or several depending on the programming language. A line of code in assembly language is typically turned into one machine instruction. in production and growing at 3% to 5% annually. These applications - along with those written in PL/I and Natural 2006, Software AG's application development platform - can now communicate bi-directionally with SAP NetWeaver. All adapters have been certified by SAP, allowing customers to transparently link applications into their SAP(R) solution-based environment. Software AG's objective is to fully address the integration requirements of companies with legacy investments. The SAP NetWeaver XI adapters for COBOL, PL/I, Natural and EntireX are fully integrated into the SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (SAP NetWeaver XI), an essential component of the SAP NetWeaver platform - helping assure central configuration, administration and monitoring. All adapters support synchronous and asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. bi-directional communication. Communication can be initiated by legacy applications or by an SAP process. The adapters are available from Software AG worldwide as part of the Legacy Integrator family for SAP NetWeaver. The adapters offer fast integration of existing legacy applications and acceleration of business processes through real-time data exchange. They can fully leverage applications running on mainframes, iSeries or UNIX systems, incorporating them into SAP NetWeaver XI. SAP NetWeaver customers can now benefit from Software AG's legacy integration capabilities and experience. Leading companies, such as Volkswagen Financial Services AG and ZDF ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen ZDF Z-Firm Document Folder ZDF Zone Definition File in Germany as well as ThyssenKrupp in Italy, are using Software AG's SAP NetWeaver XI Adapters to streamline business processes and reduce infrastructure complexity. According to Sonia Bertocco, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , ThyssenKrupp AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , "ThyssenKrupp AST has chosen Legacy Integrator for SAP NetWeaver because of its broad capabilities - ensuring that not only our current but also our future legacy integration requirements will be met. Our pilot project confirmed that we made the right choice: besides the high stability and performance of the adapters we also found that they were extremely well integrated into SAP NetWeaver XI - an important aspect if you aim for reduced complexity and reduced TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ." "We are pleased to announce the expansion of our range of adapters to include COBOL and PL/I applications, and more fully address the integration requirements of legacy users," said Dr. Peter Kuerpick, Member of the Board responsible for crossvision R&D and Marketing. "A major part of business software and data resides on mainframes, and at Software AG we are committed to providing technology allowing enterprises to fully utilize these assets." The Legacy Integrator family for SAP NetWeaver now includes the SAP NetWeaver XI Adapter for COBOL, the SAP NetWeaver XI Adapter for PL/I, the SAP NetWeaver XI Adapter for Natural and the SAP NetWeaver XI Adapter for EntireX. About Software AG, Inc. (North America) Software AG, Inc. is based in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area and provides enterprise-class data management and integration solutions to customers in sectors such as local, state and federal government, insurance and public retirement. Software AG, Inc.'s customers include American Fidelity Assurance Company, National Gypsum Company, The California State Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS), New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Department of Buildings, Export Development Canada Export Development Canada (EDC) is Canada's export credit agency and a Crown corporation that provides financing and risk management services to Canadian exporters and investors in up to 200 markets worldwide. and the US Export-Import Bank Export-import Bank (Ex-IM Bank) The U.S. federal government agency that extends trade credits to U.S. companies to facilitate the financing of U.S. exports. . Software AG, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, provides a full range of products and services to deliver a service-oriented architecture (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. ) IT infrastructure, based on over thirty-five years experience in high-performance databases, application development tools and integration technologies. Its technology offers process driven integration through legacy modernization and SOA based integration. Software AG helps its customers to achieve a competitive advantage through flexible and adaptive business processes based on fast and easy integration of existing IT assets. It supports the mission-critical systems of over 3,000 customers globally. Software AG is represented in around 70 countries with more than 2,700 employees. It is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. (TecDAX, ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. DE 0003304002 / SOW). In 2005 Software AG posted 438 million Euros in total revenue. www.softwareag.com. SAP, SAP NetWeaver and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world. All other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective companies. Software AG and/or all Software AG products are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Software AG. 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