Micro Focus Net Express and Enterprise Server now delivers a complete development and deployment environment that includes direct COBOL Web services, J2EE connectivity and XML support, allowing COBOL to integrate with all popular deployment technologies and participate fully in today`s Web-based world.
Innovative enhancements to its Net Express development and deployment environment will provide clients with increased business agility and lower total cost of ownership for their enterprise applications.
Micro Focus Net Express and Enterprise Server will help clients find the balance between the legacy systems running mission-critical applications and the need to extend and deploy these applications with new and emerging technologies, such as Web services.
Net Express allows the billions of lines of COBOL code still used in today`s mainframe systems to continue delivering business value by transforming the code into direct COBOL Web services and platform-independent applications for immediate availability on the Web and through the enterprise.
Its direct Web services functionality allows a program to be developed, deployed and consumed in COBOL to expand business across the Internet and reduce roll-out costs across an intranet.
With Web services, Java and .NET can be used to access COBOL, which can pool enterprise assets created with appropriate standards-based technology - regardless of language and platform.
Net Express
Net Express 4.0 enables organisations to realise additional value from their existing COBOL applications by extending them to Windows and Unix environments. The enhancements to Net Express include direct COBOL Web services, J2EE connectivity and XML support, which help organisations re-use and integrate COBOL assets within strategic architectures.
The announcement builds on Micro Focus` previous success at extending the value of COBOL applications and delivers on its commitment to making COBOL the platform of choice for organisations that value the importance of flexibility in their IT decision-making.
One can quickly construct enterprise components and services from existing business logic and use them to develop new Web or client/server applications across a distributed enterprise. Net Express provides an environment to build new applications and leverage proven business logic, data and programming resources, thereby reducing the development cycle and accelerating deployment of contemporary business applications.
The new enhancements in Net Express assist organisations with existing COBOL assets to integrate these applications onto newer platforms, migrate applications easily and effectively from older, burning platforms and allow for re-use and extension of these assets. In addition, Net Express helps organisations address critical skills issues by enabling collaboration among developers with differing expertise.
Enterprise Server
Micro Focus has also introduced Enterprise Server, a new deployment option for Net Express. Enterprise Server elevates COBOL to an independent platform with its highly scalable, reliable and transactional COBOL deployment environment for two-tier client/server and three-tier composite COBOL applications developed using Net Express. Enterprise Server incorporates support for direct Web services and a COBOL resource adapter for J2EE connections, allowing COBOL to integrate with all popular deployment technologies and participate fully in today`s Web-based world.
Micro Focus Enterprise Server has proved to be a high-performance, scalable and reliable platform for the deployment of COBOL applications, which is more cost-effective and has less risk to critical business operations than a `replace/re-write` approach. The re-use of existing applications and infrastructure, facilitated by Micro Focus, allows clients to move strategically in support of business requirements.
Enterprise Server, together with Net Express, also permits cost-effective new development and deployment of enterprise applications, with the most contemporary technologies, while re-using existing business processes and skills.
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