Micro Focus announces mainframe migration tools

BANGALORE, INDIA: Micro Focus, provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announced the release of the newest versions of two mainframe migration tools, Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition (Studio EE) and Server Enterprise Edition (Server EE) v6.0.

Micro Focus Studio EE is a suite of graphical tools that allows users to migrate mainframe business applications to lower cost platforms and supports the entire applications development lifecycle. Micro Focus Server EE supports the deployment of the migrated applications on the new platform with virtually no application code changes, making application migration a low-risk, high-performance alternative to re-writes or rip-and-replace strategies said a press release.

New functionality includes a unique capability to migrate data to Microsoft SQL Server.

“Any mainframe shop faced with rising costs, skilled personnel retirement and lack of IT agility should consider these solutions as a way to begin the long-term modernization process,” said Dale Vecchio, research vice president at Gartner.

“Mainframe re-hosting solutions offer lower-cost and more immediate modernization results, with reduced IT spending within 12 to 36 months of the migration, and offer companies a way to leverage their COBOL and PL/I skill sets and modernize, as appropriate, on lower-cost platforms,” he added.

“We’ve seen phenomenal results in migrating our mission-critical applications from the mainframe to Windows, with cost savings of 70 percent and an improved experience for our staff,” said Jan Lehmann, CIO at TIB, one of Denmark’s largest trade unions.

According to the press release, Micro Focus Server EE and Studio EE v6.0 SP1 feature functionality native to Micro Focus that further enhances the migration and modernization of enterprise applications.

“Time and again we’re seeing companies turn to mainframe migration projects to achieve goals. Our new generation of modernization and migration tools will help companies complete their migration projects even faster with minimal changes to their applications," said Stuart McGill, CTO at Micro Focus.