Information for ISV's

Here are some suggestions to find out more about how the Micro Focus COBOL Technology can help you

  • deliver new product versions with contemporary functionality faster than your competitors
  • maximize opportunities and revenue by making your packages available on all popular Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms from a single source code base 
  • exploit Web services to improve integration with other systems 

  • Take a look at the Common Challenges with COBOL applications and How Micro Focus can help
  • Browse the information within the Next Steps section to ensure you have a complete picture of how and when COBOL re-use makes sense. 
  • Have a look at the information on our other solutions to understand the complete breadth of capabilities Micro Focus offers to help you add new features faster and deliver on a wider breadth of platforms cost effectively       
  • If you are an architecture, technology or development specialist you may find it useful to review the data sheets or white papers related to the different Micro Focus products       

The following table identifies the Micro Focus development tools that according to where the development is done and the target application deployment:

Platform for Development

 

For Deployment on...

 
 

Windows

Windows, Unix and Linux

IBM z/OS

Windows

Net Express

 Studio for ISVs

 Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition

UNIX or Linux

 Studio for ISVs

 Studio for ISVs

 N/A



Notes: Studio for ISVs includes all Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms to enable ISVs to target all platforms.

The following table identifies the Micro Focus deployment products accoding to the platform and deployment architecture:

Platform for Deployment

 

Type of Deployment

 
 

Deploying within .NET

Open platform deployment

Deploying COBOL Web services or Java/COBOL transactions

Windows

Server for .NET

Server for COBOL

 Server for SOA

UNIX or Linux

 N/A

Server for COBOL

 Server for SOA