Micro Focus Appoints Owen Williams asVicePresident of Application Modernization

NEWBURY, England and SAN DIEGO, CA, November 17, 2008-- Micro Focus (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions, today announced the appointment of Owen Williams as Vice President of Application Modernization.  With over 20 years of experience in business development, Williams will manage and drive global application modernization efforts and initiatives to help Micro Focus customers reduce costs and fuel their migration to Service Oriented Architecture. He will report to Marc Andrews, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, and work closely with the product, services, sales and partner teams to develop and guide Micro Focus’ strategy for modernization solutions.

“Owen’s proven track record and expertise make him an ideal fit for Micro Focus as we look to further build momentum across our modernization initiatives,” said Marc Andrews, Executive Vice President, Micro Focus. “Micro Focus is well positioned to consolidate its leadership as the trusted advisor in modernization for our enterprise customers. Owen will play an important role in guiding the company and integrating knowledge and best practices across our product, service and partner landscapes to ensure our customers are able to develop unique and cost-effective modernization strategies.”

Before joining Micro Focus, Williams was a Senior Principal Consultant and Practice Manager at WIPRO Technologies, where he built up a SOA, Enterprise Architecture and Application Portfolio Management practice supporting customers such as Microsoft, Cisco and Apple. Prior to WIPRO, Williams was the Vice President of Corporate Development for Science Applications International Corporation, where he launched and implemented a legacy modernization blueprint and built the company’s .NET practice.  Williams also spent eight years with Microsoft, where he developed and directed the company’s largest enterprise accounts.

“I look forward to joining the team and working with our world class customer base to develop enterprise modernization strategies,” said Owen Williams. “In this tightening economy, modernization is emerging as a key enabler of major initiatives such as cloud computing, SOA, and right sourcing. Micro Focus is at the forefront thanks to its track record in empowering CIOs to deliver immediate results in their modernization journey.”

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com

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