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Micro Focus has announced the general availability of Visual COBOL 8.0 and Enterprise Suite 8.0, building on four decades of providing flexible application, process and infrastructure modernization solutions for core business and mission-critical applications. These upgraded solutions assist IT teams to modernize COBOL and mainframe applications for cloud deployment at a time when enterprises are looking for new and cost-effective methods to deliver on IT strategy through continuous modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
Micro Focus Visual COBOL 8.0 and Enterprise Suite 8.0 deliver a proven avenue for expanding the value of your existing applications and increasing your competitive differentiation by leveraging the capabilities of cloud, mainframe or distributed platforms.
Neil Fowler, General Manager, VP of the Application Modernization and Connectivity business, Micro Focus, said, “Over the past four decades, Micro Focus has been a leader in modernizing COBOL and mainframe systems with its patented, innovative technology, efficiency and expertise, and Visual COBOL 8.0 and Enterprise Suite 8.0 continue that pedigree. These new releases of our proven solutions provide many options for organizations to modernize their long-standing core business systems for the cloud and ensure their continued value for many years to come.”
For organizations working with COBOL applications deployed on distributed platforms, Visual COBOL 8.0 delivers:
• Industry leading COBOL and mainframe application development tools integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, Visual Studio Code and Eclipse including new support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) based development.
• Modernization of COBOL applications using .NET 6.0 and deployment to Windows and Linux environments.
• New data modernization tools enabling COBOL and mainframe applications to rapidly adopt modern relational database access and move to scalable cloud architectures with low effort and risk.
• Cloud trials available through the most popular cloud vendor marketplaces — Azure, AWS and the Google Cloud.
For organizations working with Mainframe-based applications, Enterprise Suite 8.0 builds on functionality delivered with Visual COBOL 8.0 to also provide:
• A Linux based version of Enterprise Developer for Eclipse that enables development and deployment pipelines on all supported x86 Linux distributions.
• New Host Compatibility options for PostgreSQL to support faster deployment of Db2 data onto PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora giving additional choices of target database platforms.
• An embedded Host Access for the Cloud TN3270 emulator delivered with Enterprise Developer and Server products to provide a secured, browser-based, zero footprint client.
These latest releases also deliver Micro Focus customers the ability to stay current with modern technology trends while protecting valued intellectual property within core business systems. CGI is a Micro Focus customer and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) that is experiencing the benefits of COBOL modernization.
The release of Visual COBOL 8.0 and Enterprise Suite 8.0 today builds on the recently announced general availability of the AWS Mainframe Modernization service, confirming Micro Focus’ commitment to customers and their modernization journey. According to the most current Micro Focus COBOL Survey data, the market’s COBOL application footprint is expanding, and the Cloud remains the leading digital driver for individuals working with COBOL-based systems. Furthermore, modernization is the preferable road ahead for 72 percent of survey respondents, and the majority of survey respondents stated that they intend to modernize their applications and support the cloud by the end of the year.
A flexible and adaptive strategy targeted at enhancing results and accelerating time to value is required for successful core business system modernization. IT leaders can quickly map their present IT estate to their future business strategy, including cloud, using the Micro Focus Modernization Maturity Model.
