When applications mean business

Micro Focus bridges the old and the new, enabling customers to unlock the value in their core business applications

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Cloud 40+ years of innovation has delivered incredible returns but at the cost of huge levels of complexity

Your business logic & data remain your competitive advantage, the key is unlocking this value to exploit the latest technology innovation

Micro Focus helps bridge the old to the new

Exploit advances

in technology

such as virtualization, cloud

and mobile without the cost

and risk of starting again

with the application suite

by enabling you to:

Protect prior

investments

in their data and

business logic whilst

unlocking new

opportunities

& use cases

Execute

with a balance

of speed, flexibility

and risk, that

is right for their

business

Optimize

how they build, test

and deploy business

critical applications

Micro Focus’ portability delivers future investment savings

Protect prior investments

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COBOL applications written yesterday run on today’s modern platforms

COBOL applications written today will run on tomorrow’s leading platforms

COBOL is already part of the next generation of platforms

Micro Focus is investing today so that business applications can support your business for the coming generations

Bridging the old and the new in the enterprise

Accelerate application delivery

Reduce IT costs, maximize budget and protect assets

Achieve better ROI from IT

Access core applications from any device

Low cost delivery to new platforms

Drivers for change

Majority of IT spend 'keeping the lights on'...

Bridging the old and the new in the enterprise

The barriers to change

…leaving insufficient room for innovation

The Application is Key

Skills & Organization

Development efficiency

Mobile

Cloud

New architecture

Development EfficiencyCore applications delivered 30% faster

Capability Advanced app dev tooling for COBOL Unified environment offers efficient

collaboration Development integration across all

languages

Benefits Accelerate application delivery Reduce IT costs, maximize budget

and protect assets Meet variable application demand Access core applications from any

device Low cost delivery to new platforms

Capability Industry standard COBOL

development under Visual Studio and Eclipse

Consistent experience for .NET, Java and COBOL developers

Smart editing tools easier to learn than ever

Benefits Maximize the developer skills pool Attract new developers Protect the value & importance of

your core apps

Skills & OrganizationMaximize developer resource pool

Capability On-premise COBOL app

deployment Supports Windows Azure SQL

Database Supports IaaS providers including

Amazon and Azure

Benefits Increased application reliability,

availability and serviceability

Achieve your Cloud strategy ROI Rapid service delivery – 25% faster

Cloud DeploymentScalable, cost-effective application deployment to the Cloud

Mobile AccessEnhancing the End User Experience with Visual COBOL

Capability iPhone, Android, Windows 8

device accessto COBOL apps

Supports Web 2.0 & HTML 5 applications

Build SOA-enabled systems

Benefits Build vibrant user interfaces.

Deliver a better user experience Respond to consumer service

demands Get ahead of the competition

ArchitecturePortable, agile, core application deployment

Capability Enterprise portability of COBOL

business apps Supports 50+ platforms - Windows,

Unix, Linux, z/Linux, z/OS, .NET, and JVM.

Integration with XML, SOA, Web Services, and Relational Databases

Benefits Reduce Time to Delivery by up to

50% Flexible application deployment

choice Build once: Deploy anywhere!

Your strategic advantage - COBOL

Future

Proofed:

$60M annual

investment

Fit for Purpose:

4 times cheaper

to maintain

than Java

Heritage:

240 billion

lines of code

Portable:

500 platforms

and rising

Easy to Read:

Cross-train in

1 hour

Applications mean businessAddressing 'drivers for change' require an innovative approach

For enterprise COBOL applications,the solution is Micro Focus

Our next step

Value Profile meeting

Outline survey of key application stakeholders

Micro Focus / Client meeting

Discussion of current situation, strategy, criteria, priority

Review and outline proposal within days

General InformationOverall Summary – App Totals, Developer Totals, Outline Application Summary, Indicative Costs

Application OverviewApplication by Application key data - value, cost, composition, function, deployment characteristics

Technical ReviewDetailed Application Information - Languages, Data Volumes, Interfaces, Subsystems

Strategy FitOutline of IT strategy and key considerations

Micro Focus’ enterprise COBOL solutionsStreamlining the enterprise IT journey to deliver more value, faster

DeployKnowledge UX Develop Quality

Enterprise Developer•IBM mainframe COBOL application development

•Supporting z/OS application development and deployment

Visual COBOL•Enterprise COBOL

application development•Supporting Windows, UNIX

and LINUX development and deployment

Product Topology Micro Focus’ Application Development technology

The Products – Visual COBOL

Windows .NET

Windows, Unix, Linux JVM Distributed Unix Development

Development

COBOL Server

Visual COBOL for Visual Studio Visual COBOL for Eclipse

Deployment

Distributed Development using Developer Hub

BuildDebug

Test

Source code

Test Data

3rd Party Apps

BuildDebug

Single Unix EnvironmentMultiple developers

Visual COBOL Developer Hub

State of the art development for IBM Mainframe ApplicationsThe Products – Enterprise Developer

Future-proofed – today’s core applications have a robust and flexible future path

Flexible – enables instant mainframe connection or fully detached, distributed environment

Distributed

Virtualized

Mainframe

Unified – Standardized IDE provides highly productive enterprise development

• Enterprise Developer for zEnterprise• Enterprise Developer Connect

Supported Platforms

Windows• Windows XP 64 bit SP2• Windows XP 32-bit SP3• Windows Vista SP1 32/64-bit, • Windows 7, 8, 8.1 32/64-bit• Windows Server 2003 SP2 32/64-bit• Windows Server 2003 R2 32/64-bit• Windows Server 2008 SP2 32/64-bit• Windows Server 2008 R2 32/64-bit• Windows Server 2012 32/64bit• Windows Azure

Linux x86• Red Hat 5.x 6.x• SUSE 11 SP1• Oracle Linux

Unix• AIX 6.1/7.1

Power PC• HPUX 11.31

Itanium• Solaris 10 , 11

SPARC and INTEL

JVM Deployment• Windows• Linux• AIX

z/Linux

Micro Focus: Enterprise Portability

Native Code Generator Native

code

MSILcode

Bytecode

COBOL source

INT code

Micro Focuscompiler

Micro Focus delivers unique application portability – the fastest path for .NET or Java

Improving your app dev journey

Choose your development

platform

Build your application as you do today

Embrace the IDEs

Modernize your apps

Cloud and Mobile

Delivering More Value

Resources Available for You

Where to Start…Book a Value Profile Meeting!