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March 2008

Welcome to Application Provider In Focus, the regular online round-up of news, views and events from Micro Focus.

In this edition, discover how Cegeka were able to reduce operating costs by more than €1 million per year and Phil Murphy from Forrester talks about the lack of visibility in IT around budgets and costs and the resulting negative impact. There's news on our new Online Training Programme covering some of our most popular coursesplus updates on the latest product releases and much more.

Cegeka
The heart of your Application Rationalization Program
Phil Murphy, Principal Analyst, Forrester talks about the lack of visibility in IT around budgets and costs and the negative impact that it has
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Storm warning: Time to take the top down
Gartner believes there’s a storm coming. And not just any storm. In a recent web seminar, the industry analyst stated that numerous factors impacting business and enterprise IT today are creating what is increasingly referred to as a ‘perfect storm’ scenario, making 2008 a pivotal time for business – and in particular those businesses reliant on a complex and deeply-entwined IT infrastructure
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Micro Focus launches new online training programme
In Focus catches up with Micro Focus’ global Vice President of technical services, Peter Gadd, to get the inside track on the newly-launched online training initiative
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Coming soon - Acucorp's version 8.1 of extend® featuring over 40 enhancements and over 100 corrections
Significant improvements are ahead for the first point release of extend8, Acucorp’s suite of advanced COBOL development products for extending and modernizing business-critical COBOL applications
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Unlocking the benefits of SOA
Is SOA just another three letter acronym or the key to unlocking a range of real business benefits from your legacy? Craig Marble, Senior Solution Engineer investigates
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What's new in MFEEE 3.1?
Micro Focus Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition is the leading PC-based development environment for IBM mainframe applications
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Getting your arms around your applications
Derek Britton, Senior Product Director at Micro Focus, explains why you need to take an ‘Enterprise View’ in order to get a true and complete picture of your applications
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New release news, March 2008 - Micro Focus Enterprise View™ 5.6
Enterprise View is the cornerstone of the Micro Focus APM solution, in helping customers make more informed decisions in relation to the management of their enterprise IT assets...
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Micro Focus goes French
We are delighted to announce the launch of our first French website - www.microfocus.fr
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More support, training and fun with Micro Focus User Groups
The Micro Focus User Groups are here. Don’t miss the opportunity to lead or join a group in your area
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News from Customer Care
Every month thousands of our customers get all the latest news on Micro Focus products delivered directly to their desktops – as part of their Customer Care support program
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Key highlights:
Webcasts
Migrate and manage data in an ever changing world, 20th March
Join us for this Micro Focus User Group sponsored webcast
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Project "Meld" Update Webcast, 26th March
Join us at 8am PST for Project “Meld” Update - ACUCOBOL-GT in the Micro Focus Environment. Hosted by former Acucorp Founder Drake Coker and current Micro Focus’ Chief Technology Officer for COBOL Solutions as well as Gary Crook, Micro Focus’ Vice President of Development
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Events
Application Testing Seminar & Workshop - 3rd April, Norway
You are invited to find out how to ensure compliance with data privacy legislation, reduce costs associated with testing and increase testers’ productivity
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Micro Focus Congress: ALM, SOA & BPM - 26th March, Netherlands
Join us at this Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management Congress for IT management. Find out how you can adapt to ALM successfully in your organization and attend the "best practice" sessions
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Talk to the experts
Learn more about our products and services at French, North American and other Global events
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In the Press
CIOs urged to adopt portfolio management tools
Enterprise software management vendor Micro Focus has launched a new version of its Enterprise View product, 5.6, that is intended to help with application portfolio management and other areas
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Confessions of a Cobol programmer
Don't laugh. Intrepid young programmers are using dusty old Cobol to boost their careers. Some of them even like it
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