isCOBOL 2009 to bridge COBOL with Java

PHOENIX, USA: Veryant, the COBOL and Java technology innovator has announced a new software release to help organizations lower operational costs by modernizing COBOL assets.

This latest version of Veryant’s isCOBOL Application Platform Suite (APS) simplifies COBOL and Java integration, enhances the Eclipse-based development environment, and includes several improvements to make moving to isCOBOL from alternative platforms even easier.

Alfredo Iglesias, vice president of Veryant said, “Many businesses rely on a combination of language environments and want greater value from their existing COBOL investments.”

“Our newest release makes it easy to expose core applications and data to SOA, Web Services, and other initiatives without sacrificing functionality, retraining staff, or adding complexity,” added Iglesias.

Organizations have reduced licensing costs by as much as 80 percent and gained important business benefits by moving to Veryant. Ron Turley Associates (RTA), a pacesetter in fleet management solutions, chose Veryant’s technology to protect its COBOL application investments, enhance graphical user interfaces, and expand into new markets, added the press release.

“Veryant’s isCOBOL technology opens new markets for us because of its pure Java deployment model and the foreign language localization capabilities,” said Larry Turley, president of RTA. “It makes us more competitive and will help expand our business.”

isCOBOL APS blends the optimized, business-oriented nature of COBOL with the openness, portability, and power of the Java platform. This feature enhances productivity and eases integration between legacy and new application environments.

The isCOBOL Runtime Environment is 100 percent Java, so COBOL applications can be deployed across multiple platforms using a single code base. The same flexibility is delivered with isCOBOL’s Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE).

Users can leverage one development environment across multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and UNIX and switch between development projects when integrating COBOL with programming languages such as Java.