Posted by Mike on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 361 views
Dating back to the 1960s, the idea behind PL/I was that it would provide a common programming language for business and scientific applications, allowing it to replace COBOL and FORTRAN. The language is largely, though not exclusively, associated with IBM mainframes.
While COBOL was commonly used to write commercial programs, some companies did adopt PL/I. The language is still offered by IBM, with support for z/OS®, VM, VSE/ESA, AIX, and Windows.
Micro Focus – perhaps best known for its COBOL compilers – has now released Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition for PL/I to migrate IBM mainframe PL/I applications to Windows Server, Linux or Unix with minimal changes. The company claims a potential reduction in operating costs of up to 70%, without the risks involved in rewriting or replacing applications.
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 379 views
Cobol software supplier Micro Focus has lost nearly one-third of its value as it warns that its full year figures will be disappointing.
Revenues in the three months to January 2011 were below expectations and the shortfall will not be made up this year. A number of deals were deferred or lost. The business is still cash generative. Net debt is $5.5m.
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Posted by Mike on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 297 views
COBOL, one of the oldest programming languages created, is often thought to be as dead as Latin. Yet, as we reported in October, COBOL remains a consistently in-demand skill for enterprise developers. Why? Maybe because, according to an announcement from application modernization company Micro Focus, there are still 220 billion lines of COBOL code in active use in enterprise applications today. Micro Focus claims that COBOL still powers 70% of the world’s businesses. READ MORE
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Posted by Mike on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 353 views
Micro Focus International PLC (MCRO.LN), a provider of enterprise application management solutions, Wednesday said it expected to achieve improved half-year revenue of $216 million and added that selective acquisitions will continue to be part of its growth strategy in future.
The Group’s Cobol Development, Modernization and Migration lines of business are expected to report revenues of $146 million which on a constant currency basis will show a year on year increase of 3.7%.
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Posted by Mike on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 217 views
New Micro Focus tools for moving mainframe data to Microsoft SQL Server and migrating PL/I applications
Staunchly holding onto its position in the enterprise application modernization market, Micro Focus has launched what it describes as a two new “next generation” mainframe migration tools. The company says that Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition (Studio EE) and Server Enterprise Edition (Server EE) v6.0 SP1 will deliver enhanced mainframe migration capabilities to companies looking to simplify their IT infrastructures.
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 250 views
New Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition and Server Enterprise Edition releases enable users to move data to Microsoft SQL Server, migrate PL/I applications
ROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Micro Focus® (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announced the release of the newest versions of two mainframe migration tools. Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition (Studio EE) and Server Enterprise Edition (Server EE) v6.0 SP1 deliver enhanced mainframe migration capabilities to companies looking to simplify their IT infrastructures, reduce risk, lower IT costs and deliver more innovative products and services.
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Posted by Mike on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 205 views
Micro Focus International warns its first-quarter performance is below management expectations following transaction delays.
As a result of weaker license revenue, the group now expects to deliver low single-digit like for like revenue growth for 2011 instead of mid single-digit growth.
However it expects no change to current EBITDA guidance for the full year as a result of cost management initiatives.
Revenue for the three months to July grew by 40% year on year but excluding the impact of the Borland and Compuware acquisitions was flat.
The group said its performance was below management expectations and caused by the delayed timing of a number of significant transactions beyond the end of the first quarter.
It also pointed to continued weakness in higher-volume, low-value deals across all three lines of business (COBOL Development, Modernization & Migration and AMQ).
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 280 views
Micro Focus, the provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, has released a new ‘managed code’ version of the company’s mainframe migration and application modernization solution for the Microsoft Application Platform including Azure. This new release is aimed at helping large organizations mitigate risk and dramatically reduce costs by migrating their Cobol, CICS (Customer Information and Control System) and DB2 applications to the Microsoft Application Platform.
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