The document discusses the capabilities and benefits of Visual COBOL, an advanced application development tool for COBOL. It allows for unified development across languages, supports modern application development techniques, and provides flexible deployment options for COBOL applications, including on-premise, cloud-based, and mobile access. This allows organizations to maximize their developer resources and accelerate application delivery while protecting legacy COBOL assets.

2. How it Works:
Under the Hood with
Visual COBOL
Michael Bleistein, Principal Architect

3. Core applications delivered 30% faster Capability
 Advanced app dev tooling for COBOL
 Unified environment offers efficient
collaboration
 Development integration across all
languages
Benefits
 Accelerate application delivery
 Reduce IT costs, maximize budget and
protect assets
 Meet variable application demand
 Access core applications from any
device
 Low cost delivery to new platforms
Development Efficiency

4. Demonstration
Modern IDE choices for COBOL

5. Capability
 Industry standard COBOL
development under Visual Studio
and Eclipse
 Consistent experience for .NET,
Java and COBOL developers
 Smart editing tools easier to learn
than ever
Benefits
 Maximize the developer skills pool
 Attract new developers
 Protect the value & importance of
your core apps
Skills & Organization
Maximize developer resource pool

6. COBOL is over here….
Common Perception
All the new stuff is over here...
• J2EE, JVM, or .NET
• SOAP
• Traditional Web Services – RPC,
Document
• Microsoft WCF in .NET
• REST – JSON, XML
• RDBMS – SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 LUW
• DB Design – Indexes, Relationships
• Data APIs – ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC, ESQL
• Stored Procedures
• Structured Programming
• Object Oriented design and concepts
• Browser – ASP.NET, JSP, HTML 5, Jquery
• Mobile – HTML 5
• User Interface Design
• Thick Client
• WPF (Windows Presentation
Foundation) / XAML and Winforms
• Java / Swing, AWT, etc.
• MQ Series
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. PB300SUB.
REMARKS. THIS PROGRAM CALCULATES A MONTHLY PAYMENT
AMOUNT BASED
TERM, PRINCIPAL, AND INTEREST RATE.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 RUN-LOG-RECORD.
03 RUN-MESSAGE PIC X(40).
03 RUN-DATE PIC X(8).
01 WORKFIELDS.
03 WRK-MESSAGE PIC X(40) VALUE "CALCULATING PAYMENT".
03 WRK-RATE PIC S9(9)V9(9) COMP-3.
03 WRK-PAYMENT PIC S9(9)V9(9) COMP-3.
03 WRK-PAYMENT-A PIC $$,$$$.99.
LINKAGE SECTION.
COPY LOANCOMM.
PROCEDURE DIVISION USING LOANINFO.
000-START-PROCESSING.
* CALL PROGRAMA
* CALL PROGRAMB
* ...AND MANY MORE CALLS TO OTHER COBOL MODULES THAT
PROVIDE
* CRITICAL PROCESSING ON A DAILY BASIS
MOVE WRK-MESSAGE TO RUN-MESSAGE
MOVE CURRENT-DATE TO RUN-DATE
Supported by: C#, Java, Visual Basic, C/C++

7. Visual COBOL supports modern application
• J2EE, JVM, or .NET
• SOAP
development…
• Traditional Web Services – RPC, Document
• Microsoft WCF in .NET
• REST – JSON, XML
• RDBMS – SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 LUW
• DB Design – Indexes, Relationships
• Data APIs – ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC, ESQL
• Stored Procedures
• Structured Programming
• Object Oriented design and concepts
• Browser – ASP.NET, JSP, HTML 5, Jquery
• Mobile – HTML 5
• User Interface Design
• Thick Client
• WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) /
XAML and Winforms
• Java / Swing, AWT, etc.
• MQ Series
Visual COBOL
…With COBOL

8. Demonstration
Visual COBOL - Maximize your resource pool

9. Capability
 On-premise COBOL app
deployment
 Supports Windows Azure SQL
Database
 Supports IaaS providers including
Amazon and Azure
Benefits
 Increased application reliability,
availability
and serviceability
 Achieve your Cloud strategy ROI
 Rapid service delivery – 25% faster
Cloud Deployment
Scalable, cost-effective application
deployment to the Cloud

10. Demonstration
Visual COBOL – Cloud Deployment

11. Mobile Access
Enhancing the End User Experience
with Visual COBOL Capability
 iPhone, Android, Windows 8
device access to COBOL apps
 Supports Web 2.0 & HTML 5
applications
 Build SOA-enabled systems
Benefits
 Build vibrant user interfaces.
Deliver a better user experience
 Respond to consumer service
demands
 Get ahead of the competition

12. Demonstration
BYOD to Visual COBOL

13. Architecture
Portable, agile, core application deployment
Capability
 Enterprise portability of COBOL
business apps
 Supports 50+ platforms - Windows,
Unix, Linux, z/Linux, .NET, and JVM.
 Integration with XML, SOA, Web
Services, and Relational Databases
Benefits
 Reduce Time to Delivery by up to 50%
 Flexible application deployment choice
 Build once: Deploy anywhere!

14. Demonstration
Visual COBOL - Flexible application architecture