Visual COBOL for developers and ISVs

With Visual COBOL, you get the freedom to use the technology that best fits your requirements and to build applications with true portability – from Windows and .NET to UNIX, Linux and the cloud.

Whatever technology or language you use, Visual COBOL helps you innovate and create exciting applications that challenge the limits of today’s technology and prepare your business for tomorrow. With a choice of VS2010 or Eclipse, you can build composite applications and real time business services, integrating technologies to create new applications and new experiences for your users.

Visual COBOL is based on standard industry development tools. You gain the ability to maintain and enhance existing COBOL applications by integrating modern technologies for optimal advantage. It is easy to use, career-enhancing and exciting.  With Visual COBOL you can deliver tangible benefits to the business and make a genuine and valued contribution by building applications that power the enterprise.

Visual COBOL delivers the freedom and choice that your business needs to flourish and expand. It enables you to take advantage of new technology ahead of the competition – building products with true portability, from Windows and .NET to UNIX, Linux, JVM and the cloud.

Visual COBOL provides access to the most comprehensive COBOL development and deployment toolset available on the market. Now you can extend COBOL using the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) best suited to the deployment platform your customers need – whether that’s Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2010 for Windows and .NET applications or Eclipse for Windows, UNIX or Linux or the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) platform.

With Visual COBOL helping you modernize your development process you can respond to market demands much faster, and get your products to market ahead of the competition – and expand your market by delivering modern applications on the latest platforms, including the mobility and the cloud.