Why care about COBOL - Micro Focus€¦ · Micro Focus has more than 40 years of COBOL experience,...

EVERYWHERE COBOL is 9 5 % of interactions are driven by COBOL systems 70% of business transaction processing is enabled by COBOL 85 % of all point-of-sale transactions rely on COBOL BILLION lines of active COBOL code support today’s mission critical business systems 2 4 0 COBOL ?! So why care about Isn’t it an outdated language from a bygone era? What use is a 50 year old programming language in today’s web and mobile world? Funny you should ask, because it turns out that day... In just one of ALL enterprise application code to be precise. 65% Right now, there are more active lines of application code written in COBOL than any other programming language, COBOL connects 500 MILLION mobile phones COBOL helps 5.5 MILLION home buyers move in COBOL programs manage 72,000 shipping containers 200x MORE transactions are processed via COBOL than all of the Google and YouTube searches COMBINED 60 MILLION Hospital patients receive care, thanks to COBOL apps 20,000 retirement plans are managed on COBOL based applications With COBOL serving as the foundation for so many businesses, how much does it get done in 24 hours? 96,000 vacations get booked using COBOL based software COBOL is everywhere—quietly powering the systems we rely on every day. What does this mean? For the aspiring developer, there’s a unique opportunity ahead—a growing corporate need for skilled programmers to support and maintain critical COBOL systems. But also a need to modernize these systems for the future using .NET, Java, and Cloud technologies. With the right skillset, a lasting and rewarding career awaits. In order to meet the need for more modern COBOL developers, Micro Focus created a free academic program to help educators teach this valuable skill and equip students to learn the ins and outs of COBOL within the familiar surroundings of a modern IDE such as Visual Studio or Eclipse. Micro Focus has more than 40 years of COBOL experience, servicing more than 15,000 customers and over a million licensed users with its technology. The Micro Focus COBOL Academic program currently supports over 400 global academic partners with a focus on creating greater engagement between educators, students and the business community. For more information or to join the Micro Focus COBOL Academic program, please visit: © 2017 Micro Focus Limited All rights reserved. MICRO FOCUS, the Micro Focus logo, among others, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Micro Focus Limited or its subsidiaries or aﬃliated companies in the United Kingdom, United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of the respective owners. *Data sourced from global research of Academic Partners, conducted by Micro Focus in 2013. 0 25 50 75 100

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Page 1: Why care about COBOL - Micro Focus€¦ · Micro Focus has more than 40 years of COBOL experience, servicing more than 15,000 customers and over a million licensed users with its

EVERYWHERECOBOLis

9 5 %of

interactions are driven by COBOL

systems

70%of business transaction

processing is enabled by

COBOL

85%

of all point-of-sale transactions

rely on COBOL

BILLIONlines of activeCOBOL code

support today’smission critical

business systems

2 4 0

COBOL?!

So why care about

Isn’t it an outdated language from a bygone era? What use is a 50 year old programming language in today’s web and mobile world?

Funny you should ask, because it turns out that

day...In just one

of ALL enterpriseapplication codeto be precise.65%Right now, there are more active lines of application code

written in COBOL than any other programming language,

COBOL connects

500MILLION

mobile phones

COBOL helps

5.5MILLION

home buyersmove in

COBOL programs manage

72,000shipping containers

200xMORE

transactions are processed via COBOLthan all of the Googleand YouTube searches

COMBINED

60MILLION

Hospital patientsreceive care, thanks

to COBOL apps

20,000retirement plans aremanaged on COBOLbased applications

With COBOL serving as the foundation for so many businesses, how much does it get done in 24 hours?

96,000vacations get booked using

COBOL based software

COBOL is everywhere—quietly powering the systems we rely on every day. What does this mean?

For the aspiring developer, there’s a unique opportunity ahead—a growing corporate need for skilled programmers to support and maintain critical COBOL systems. But also a need to modernize these systems for the future using .NET, Java, and Cloud technologies. With the right skillset, a lasting and rewarding career awaits.

In order to meet the need for more modern COBOL developers, Micro Focus created a free academic program to help educators teach this valuable skill and equip students to learn the ins and outs of COBOL within the familiar surroundings of a modern IDE such as Visual Studio or Eclipse.

Micro Focus has more than 40 years of COBOL experience, servicing more than 15,000 customers and over a million licensed users with its technology. The Micro Focus COBOL Academic program currently supports over 400 global academic partners with a focus on creating greater engagement between educators, students and the business community. For more information or to join the Micro Focus COBOL Academic program, please visit:

© 2017 Micro Focus LimitedAll rights reserved. MICRO FOCUS, the Micro Focus logo, among others, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Micro Focus Limited or its subsidiaries or a�liated companies in the United Kingdom, United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of the respective owners. *Data sourced from global research of Academic Partners, conducted by Micro Focus in 2013.

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