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COBOL Product Strategy and
       Roadmap
    Ed Airey, Product Marketing Director
      Scot Nielsen, Product Manager
Agenda



  •   The COBOL story
  •   COBOL today
  •   A Global User community
  •   The Future of COBOL
  •   Why Micro Focus
  •   The COBOL Product Roadmap
The COBOL Story




    Future   Portability    Fit for   Ease of Use   Heritage
    Proof                  Purpose


     14         250            4          1          240




                           3
COBOL today
 $2 trillion
 investment in
 enterprise
 applications
   Running the world’s Lines of Code, and
                240 Billion
   economy…     counting...


  30 billion transactions every day
                             Now and intoBillion
                                  Enabling $45
          asdfasdfas
          dasdasdsd
                             the Future.
                                  of business
A global user community


  Distributed Platform Users   Mainframe Users

 Started in 1976 and           Micro Focus’ unique
 developed the first           approach for modernizing
 portable COBOL                mainframe applications
 for micro-                    using contemporary
 processors; Micro             platforms and technology
 Focus COBOL
 became the de-                Typically Fortune 1,000
 facto standard on             IBM Mainframe corporate
 leading industry              customers
 platforms

 Distributed
 computing
 corporate clients
 and Independent
 Software Vendors
Market Pressures

            Responsiveness
            to Rapid            Standardization of
            Technological       Development Tools and
            Change              Practices                           The
                             Leveraging                             Consumerization
                             Benefits of New        The             of IT
                             Technologies for                                  Business
 Faster Delivery of                                 Present IT                 Profitability
 New Business                the Business           Skills crisis              & Cost
 Services                                                                      Controls
The Future of COBOL
Effective, efficient and high quality development results with Visual COBOL
The Future of COBOL
Flexible, scalable, portable deployment choice with Visual COBOL




                         UNIX /                    JEE/
           Windows                    .NET                     Cloud   Mobile
                         Linux                     JVM
Why Micro Focus and Visual COBOL?



   Future-Proof your Business against change
   Re-use & extend your competitive advantage
   Rely on Technology Built for Performance, Designed for Business
   Reduce Your Development Time to Market and Deliver New Services to
    your customers today
   Maximize your development potential, address your skills challenge




   Take your applications into tomorrow with Visual COBOL



                               9
COBOL Product Roadmap
    Scot Nielsen, Product Manager
Platforms




   11
COBOL
  12
Roadmap Considerations



    Strategic Direction    User Experience




   Market Requirements     Customer Journey




                      13
Why .NET and JVM?
                         Apr-12   Apr-11   Programming Language
                            1       2                  C
                            2       1                Java
                            3       3                C++
                            4       8            Objective-C
                            5       4                 C#
   TIOBE Index              6       5                PHP
                            7       7           (Visual) Basic
  www.tiobe.com             8       6               Python
                            9       10            JavaScript
                           10       9                Perl
                           11       11               Ruby
                           12       24              PL/SQL
                           13       13      Delphi/Object Pascal
                           14       35        Visual Basic .NET
                           15       15               Lisp
                           16       17              Pascal
                           17       16               Ada
                           18       18          Transact-SQL
                           19       22               Logo
                           20       52              NXT-G


                    14
BLANK




Visual COBOL 2.0
          64-bit




     15
Visual COBOL 2.0


    Strategic Direction          User Experience
        Pure JVM runtime          Visual Studio 11 beta
           Azure EAP                   Eclipse 3.7
       Language evolution        Debugger enhancements




   Market Requirements           Customer Journey
          64-bit ESQL             ACU/RM compatibility
        Large codebases           Project import tooling
           150+ fixes               Upgrade Guides




                            16
Visual COBOL 2.1 and beyond


     Strategic Direction              User Experience
    JVM App Server deployment
                                          Visual Studio 11
       Native Web Services
                                       Code navigation tooling
       Language evolution




   Market Requirements                Customer Journey
      IDE support for INT/GNT          ACU/RM managed code
        Windows 8, z/Linux,           IDE Support for INT/GNT
      Oracle Linux, Solaris 11            Upgrade Guides
          Personal Edition              Community platform




                                 17
Release Schedule – Visual COBOL
                                              2012
 Jan    Feb    Mar      Apr       May     Jun     Jul       Aug       Sep       Oct   Nov   Dec

              Azure EAP

          Visual Studio 11 Beta                        Visual Studio 11 Beta2

                                                          Personal Edition


                        2.0             2.0 Update 1            2.1




                                                2013
  Jan   Feb     Mar      Apr      May      Jun     Jul       Aug      Sep       Oct   Nov   Dec

                 2.2                                            2.3


                                                          Personal Edition
                                                              Refresh
Release Schedule – Micro Focus, ACU, RM
                                            2012
Jan    Feb     Mar     Apr    May     Jun        Jul   Aug   Sep      Oct    Nov   Dec

Net Express, Server Express, Server for COBOL 5.1
                              WS 7                                    WS 8


ACUCOBOL Extend 9.0
       9.1.1                                                 9.1.2



RM/COBOL 12
               WS3



                                            2013

Net Express, Server Express, Server for COBOL 5.1
                              WS 9                                   WS 10


ACUCOBOL Extend 9.0
        9.x                                                  9.x



RM/COBOL 12
               WS4



                                            19
Call to action #1
               #3
               #2

 Visual COBOL Webinars
  1. Understanding Visual COBOL
  2. Getting started with Visual Studio 2010
  3. Getting started with Eclipse
       Join us on stage for the next user conference
  4. Visual COBOL: A developer's perspective - Windows & .Net
  5. Visual COBOL: A developer's perspective - Unix (Eclipse)
  6. The Visual COBOL licensing system
  7. Re-using COBOL business logic with .NET and Java
  8. UI Modernization for Net Express & Server Express
  9. Best Practices for Native & Managed Code Development




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Micro Focus COBOL Product Strategy & Roadmap

  • 1. COBOL Product Strategy and Roadmap Ed Airey, Product Marketing Director Scot Nielsen, Product Manager
  • 2. Agenda • The COBOL story • COBOL today • A Global User community • The Future of COBOL • Why Micro Focus • The COBOL Product Roadmap
  • 3. The COBOL Story Future Portability Fit for Ease of Use Heritage Proof Purpose 14 250 4 1 240 3
  • 4. COBOL today $2 trillion investment in enterprise applications Running the world’s Lines of Code, and 240 Billion economy… counting... 30 billion transactions every day Now and intoBillion Enabling $45 asdfasdfas dasdasdsd the Future. of business
  • 5. A global user community Distributed Platform Users Mainframe Users Started in 1976 and Micro Focus’ unique developed the first approach for modernizing portable COBOL mainframe applications for micro- using contemporary processors; Micro platforms and technology Focus COBOL became the de- Typically Fortune 1,000 facto standard on IBM Mainframe corporate leading industry customers platforms Distributed computing corporate clients and Independent Software Vendors
  • 6. Market Pressures Responsiveness to Rapid Standardization of Technological Development Tools and Change Practices The Leveraging Consumerization Benefits of New The of IT Technologies for Business Faster Delivery of Present IT Profitability New Business the Business Skills crisis & Cost Services Controls
  • 7. The Future of COBOL Effective, efficient and high quality development results with Visual COBOL
  • 8. The Future of COBOL Flexible, scalable, portable deployment choice with Visual COBOL UNIX / JEE/ Windows .NET Cloud Mobile Linux JVM
  • 9. Why Micro Focus and Visual COBOL?  Future-Proof your Business against change  Re-use & extend your competitive advantage  Rely on Technology Built for Performance, Designed for Business  Reduce Your Development Time to Market and Deliver New Services to your customers today  Maximize your development potential, address your skills challenge  Take your applications into tomorrow with Visual COBOL 9
  • 10. COBOL Product Roadmap Scot Nielsen, Product Manager
  • 11. Platforms 11
  • 13. Roadmap Considerations Strategic Direction User Experience Market Requirements Customer Journey 13
  • 14. Why .NET and JVM? Apr-12 Apr-11 Programming Language 1 2 C 2 1 Java 3 3 C++ 4 8 Objective-C 5 4 C# TIOBE Index 6 5 PHP 7 7 (Visual) Basic www.tiobe.com 8 6 Python 9 10 JavaScript 10 9 Perl 11 11 Ruby 12 24 PL/SQL 13 13 Delphi/Object Pascal 14 35 Visual Basic .NET 15 15 Lisp 16 17 Pascal 17 16 Ada 18 18 Transact-SQL 19 22 Logo 20 52 NXT-G 14
  • 16. Visual COBOL 2.0 Strategic Direction User Experience Pure JVM runtime Visual Studio 11 beta Azure EAP Eclipse 3.7 Language evolution Debugger enhancements Market Requirements Customer Journey 64-bit ESQL ACU/RM compatibility Large codebases Project import tooling 150+ fixes Upgrade Guides 16
  • 17. Visual COBOL 2.1 and beyond Strategic Direction User Experience JVM App Server deployment Visual Studio 11 Native Web Services Code navigation tooling Language evolution Market Requirements Customer Journey IDE support for INT/GNT ACU/RM managed code Windows 8, z/Linux, IDE Support for INT/GNT Oracle Linux, Solaris 11 Upgrade Guides Personal Edition Community platform 17
  • 18. Release Schedule – Visual COBOL 2012 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Azure EAP Visual Studio 11 Beta Visual Studio 11 Beta2 Personal Edition 2.0 2.0 Update 1 2.1 2013 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2.2 2.3 Personal Edition Refresh
  • 19. Release Schedule – Micro Focus, ACU, RM 2012 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Net Express, Server Express, Server for COBOL 5.1 WS 7 WS 8 ACUCOBOL Extend 9.0 9.1.1 9.1.2 RM/COBOL 12 WS3 2013 Net Express, Server Express, Server for COBOL 5.1 WS 9 WS 10 ACUCOBOL Extend 9.0 9.x 9.x RM/COBOL 12 WS4 19
  • 20. Call to action #1 #3 #2 Visual COBOL Webinars 1. Understanding Visual COBOL 2. Getting started with Visual Studio 2010 3. Getting started with Eclipse Join us on stage for the next user conference 4. Visual COBOL: A developer's perspective - Windows & .Net 5. Visual COBOL: A developer's perspective - Unix (Eclipse) 6. The Visual COBOL licensing system 7. Re-using COBOL business logic with .NET and Java 8. UI Modernization for Net Express & Server Express 9. Best Practices for Native & Managed Code Development 20
  • 22. Lunch …Don’t forget to visit our product demo stations

Editor's Notes

  1. Future proof – how much R&D do we invest in each year... 12% of revenue ploughed back into R&DPortability - # of platforms we’ve ever ported to.... Must be hundreds... “we’ve lost count!” But it’s over 250 platformsFitness – how much more reliable than Java. X 4 according to CAST reportEase of use- how long Nationwide said a Java guy could pick up COBOLHeritage - # lines of code in the world
  2. # of COBOL Developers?# of Mainframes?
  3. Focus on 5 key themes for Visual COBOL:SkillsAddressing the skills crisis – the technical answer. Providing better quality tooling and collate ration to the Enterprise App Dev CommunityProductivityAllowing all within that organization to communicate using the same language and toolset Improving the efforts in mixed language development projects.CostsReducing the cost of ongoing development and maintenance of enterprise application through re-use. COBOL maintenance of application per line was quoted at $1.26/line as compared to Java at $5.46 per line per Computer world study. Allowing organization to continue selective re-use of key competitive assets ensure lower cost development projects and maximization of internal resources.QualityThrough joint development, organizations can reduce their time to market, but in parallel, improve the quality of solutions they bring to market. When all teams use the same toolset- efficiencies are gained, errors are reduced, and collaboration increases.Innovation- Providing your organization with choice for the future. Allowing your iT organization to respond to future needs and initiatives by the business to support continued growth. Visual COBOL provides the toolset to deliver those services to your business and your customers.
  4. Themes:ChoiceFreedomPortabilityReach
  5. Just one thing stands between you and lunchVisual COBOL 2ndBrithday
  6. Supported platforms of the past. Anything missing?
  7. Remember that small list of platformsActually, I think things are as complicated as ever for all of usLet me congratulate you on choosing such a homogeneous language for such a heterogeneous IT landscape. A great choice.Ed, we should start thinking about sponsorship…
  8. The contextStrategic DirectionNew IDEsCloudPortabiliityApplication reuseManaged codeNew platformsReusing existing assetsCustomer Driven Enhancements155 customer fixes delivered in 2.0Some bugs, many enhancements Developer Experience#1 development experience for COBOL programmersOnly competition, us, existing toolset.Also about the wider developer community – non-COBOL developers today… bridge the gapCustomer JourneyCompatibilityAutomated toolingTraining and DocumentationAdvice on moving to standard executable formatsAdvice on moving to .NETJourney of business alignment with IT
  9. http://www.dotnetpowered.com/languages.aspx
  10. Overlay 4 themes – bullet top 3 things Java – pure JVM allowing deployment on any platform with a standard JRENet Express import wizards for Eclipse and Visual Studio – getting you started more easilyCOBOL Language – take advantage of new environments. It has taken 50 years but COBOL now has Local variables!Eclipse – 3.7 Indigo. Latest version.45 million lines of code, 62 projects. Just about any aspect of ALM is available to you.CloudConference will help demystify CloudIf planning new applications think about:UI – web and HTML5Multi-tenancy Good stead for mobile as wellHow many making money from Cloud today?Expecting many more 5 years from nowHow many using virtualization 5 years ago?
  11. The contextStrategic DirectionNew IDEsCloudPortabiliityApplication reuseManaged codeNew platformsReusing existing assetsCustomer Driven Enhancements155 customer fixes delivered in 2.0Some bugs, many enhancements Developer Experience#1 development experience for COBOL programmersOnly competition, us, existing toolset.Also about the wider developer community – non-COBOL developers today… bridge the gapCustomer JourneyCompatibilityAutomated toolingTraining and DocumentationAdvice on moving to standard executable formatsAdvice on moving to .NETJourney of business alignment with IT
  12. The contextStrategic DirectionNew IDEsCloudPortabiliityApplication reuseManaged codeNew platformsReusing existing assetsCustomer Driven Enhancements155 customer fixes delivered in 2.0Some bugs, many enhancements Developer Experience#1 development experience for COBOL programmersOnly competition, us, existing toolset.Also about the wider developer community – non-COBOL developers today… bridge the gapCustomer JourneyCompatibilityAutomated toolingTraining and DocumentationAdvice on moving to standard executable formatsAdvice on moving to .NETJourney of business alignment with IT
  13. If you haven’t already, join the 8000 people who downloaded Visual COBOL.Get up on stage next year