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Social Media Release: Announcing Micro Focus Live, May 11-13 – 100% Online, 100% Free; Online Event Content to be Determined by Attendees

 Micro Focus Opens Voting Period for Annual User Conference Agenda

 Highlights / Key Facts:

  • Micro Focus moves annual user conference online providing free and convenient access to industry and Micro Focus experts, analysts and essential resources for business success.

  • The online conference platform will provide networking opportunities enabling users to interact with peers and experts from around the world on a scale and comfort unlike ever before.

  • The Micro Focus Live (MFL) '09 agenda will be determined by attendees and will focus on key issues for developers, business managers and ISVs. Voting for session topics is open now through April 6.

  • MFL '09 site will release pre-recorded sessions and downloadable resources available on-demand as of May 1, which audience can preview and post questions against. The live event will take place May 11-13, 2009.

  • The live event will consist of keynotes and discussion panels, which will address product roadmaps, customer ROI and the questions that were raised by the audience against the on-demand content pre-released.

  • Through a mix of on-demand materials, live Q&As and interactive forums, attendees will gain insight to effective ways to cut costs, improve developer productivity and drive modernization and migration initiatives.

Quotes:

  • Stephen Kelly, CEO, Micro Focus: "As an online event, Micro Focus Live is 100 percent free and the content is tailor-made for today’s challenging business environment. As the recession continues to bite, intelligent CIOs can still deliver innovation while cutting costs from IT budgets, and so avoid employee redundancies. Micro Focus Live will directly address the worldwide need to balance IT cost cutting with business improvement, thanks to innovative modernization initiatives.”

 

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ExpressIT Graphic Design Competition:

  • Micro Focus congratulates Alexandru Calin of Bucharest for winning the first annual ExpressIT Graphic Design Competition.

  • http://www.microfocuslive.com/Interact/index.asp        

  • Alexandru received an Apple LED Cinema display along with acknowledgement and recognition on the event Website.

  • With this first annual competition, contestants were challenged to create a graphic and/or slogan hitting upon at least one of the following themes: The importance of Enterprise IT (eIT) systems in the business world today, The relevance and importance of COBOL in the world today, or Business 2.0 – On the web. In the Cloud. On the Move.

 eIT Winner

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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

Media Contact:

Mari Melguizo
LEWIS PR
617-226-8895
marim@lewispr.com

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