Software AG has extended its Legacy Integrator family of adapters to enable Cobol and PL/I users to easily integrate their legacy systems with the SAP NetWeaver open application, integration and composition platform.
According to Ovum, Cobol remains the most widely deployed programming language in big business and accounts for 75% of all computer transactions, with over 200 billion lines of code in production and growing at 3% to 5% annually.
Devon Dalbock, Director of Software AG South Africa, says: "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 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 bidirectional 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.
"We are pleased to announce the expansion of our range of adapters to include Cobol and PL/1 applications and more fully address the integration requirements of legacy users," Dalbock says. "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 utilise 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.
Software AG provides a full range of products and services to deliver a service-oriented architecture (SOA) IT infrastructure, based on over 35 years' experience in high-performance databases, application development tools and integration technologies. Its technology offers process-driven integration through legacy modernisation and SOA-based integration. Software AG helps its customers 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 60 countries with more than 2 700 employees. It is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW). In 2005 Software AG posted EUR438 million in total revenue (unaudited). www.softwareag.com.
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