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Micro Focus is delighted to announce a NEW set of data modernization solutions for COBOL applications—Relativity and Database Connectors. These add-on solutions to the Micro Focus COBOL portfolio enable you to unlock the value of business data—without cost and risk.

Database Connectors simplify the transition from traditional COBOL data files to relational database management systems. The new data modernization solution solves the complex challenge in modifying COBOL source code to utilize SQL syntax by automatically translating the existing data file syntax within COBOL source code into SQL instructions operating against a modern relational database. This approach delivers a bridge between RDBMS and COBOL removing any need for an application rewrite.

Database Connectors helps analysts and developers:

• Leverage the benefits of SQL and RDBMS without significant re-engineering
• Increase application reliability, availability, and scalability using modern RDBMS technology
• Improve application up-time and recoverability following a system failure
• Preserve traditional COBOL file-IO semantics for faster application reuse
• Expand application usage while managing RDBMS infrastructure costs

For ACUCOBOL users, Micro Focus also offers a similar database connectivity solution—Acu4GL.

More information on Relativity can be found here. Additional details on Database Connectors can be found here.

For Net Express, Server Express, extend™, RM/COBOL, and Visual COBOL customers, we encourage you to learn more about these innovative solutions for COBOL data modernization. Contact your Micro Focus account manager to schedule a Value Profile Meeting and begin unlocking the value of your business data today.

Micro Focus is delighted to announce a NEW set of data modernization solutions for COBOL applications—Relativity and Database Connectors. These add-on solutions to the Micro Focus COBOL portfolio enable you to unlock the value of business data—without cost and risk.

Relativity delivers the benefits of relational database access to COBOL systems by making COBOL data files available to virtually any ODBC or JDBC enabled toolset, such as Microsoft Excel. For Net Express^®, Server Express™, RM/COBOL^®, and Visual COBOL^® users, Relativity enables you to take full advantage of modern analytics and reporting tools by presenting COBOL data as a relational data source—preserving the performance of COBOL data files with the added flexibility of RDBMS access—all without code or application infrastructure change.

Relativity helps analysts and developers:

• Create custom user-defined reports for business and technical audiences
• Analyze data using Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access. Microsoft Excel, or other ODBC- or JDBC-enabled reporting tools
• Access and integrate with COBOL data using Java, C#, VB.NET, and C++ languages
• Deliver secure, real-time data access and analytics for data warehousing, ETL, business intelligence, and data archival needs

For ACUCOBOL users, Micro Focus also offers a similar relational data access solution—AcuXDBC.

For Net Express, Server Express, extend™, RM/COBOL, and Visual COBOL customers, we encourage you to learn more about these innovative solutions for COBOL data modernization. Contact your Micro Focus account manager to schedule a Value Profile Meeting and begin unlocking the value of your business data today.

Registration for the Micro Focus Developer Conference is now open.

Register today >>> www.microfocus.com/devcon2013 

This year, we're taking the conference to two locations:

• San Francisco - April 3/4 2013
• New York - April 9/10 2013

We recently launched a webinar series aimed primarily for Net Express and Server Express users to introduce the Visual COBOL product line, its capabilities and the benefits it can bring to your application development team and your business organization.

The first webinar in the series, Visual COBOL – understanding the basics is now available to download.

Watch the webinar recording

This webinar recording was jointly presented by Product Manager, Scot Nielsen and Product Marketing Director, Ed Airey. They introduce the Visual COBOL product line, give a brief demonstration of the product in action and answered questions from the audience in a live Q & A.

Watch this webinar to understand:

• What is Visual COBOL?
• The Key Benefits and Capabilities offered through Visual COBOL 
• Its significance to current & future COBOL application development 
• The benefits it offers to Net Express and Server Express users seeking to upgrade