Micro Focus - Not only Cobol

Eclipse Day 2010 in Rome October 5th, 2010

Sales Account Manager ISV
Luca Devoti

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Micro Focus

• 30 years Leading Enterprise
Application Management and
Modernization Company

• Innovative software that evolve
IT assets for optimum business
benefit

• Significantly reducing cost
• Increasing productivity
• Enabling product innovation
• Improving time-to-market



Leader inEnterprise Application Modernization, Management & Testing

Financial solidity

• Stable
• FTSE250 member
• Capitalizaiion 1,3 Mld US $
• Acquisitions (November 2006 – July 2009):

• Hal • Acucorp Relativity
• NetManage • Liant
• Relativity • Compuware T&ASQ
• Borland
Micro Focus

FTSE 250

Techmark All Share

Techmark 100



Application Management & Modernization

• The re-use, extension and ongoing management of existing IT assets to
meet new challenges and support the business. A low-risk, high-return
alternative to re-write or replacement strategies

• Application Portfolio Management

• Application Modernization

• Application Quality Management

• Application Lifecycle Management

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Why Eclipse?

• Widely used IDE – millions of downloads
• Developed by developers for developers
• Rich client interface across all platforms
– GUI for UNIX/Linux
– Rich, consistent functionality on all platforms
• Strong plug-in infrastructure
– Choose the tools for the job
– Not vendor-dependent
• Consistent IDE for COBOL and non-COBOL apps
• Eclipse – a strategic platform for Micro Focus

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Luca Devoti


Application Analyzer™
• Problem: Global development
teams must understand the reality
of their core applications
• Solution: Detailed technical
reports and visualizations provide
understanding 70% faster
• Solution: Queries and analysis
cuts the cost and risk of
development actions by 20%
• Solution: Business-centric analysis
focuses effort on what matters
Combines deep technical insights into most (process, geography, etc.)
application portfolios with rich business
intelligence, reports, visualizations and • Solution: Central knowledgebase
gives ‘one source of truth’
Impact Analysis
improves collaboration by 40%

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Intelligent Code Browsing

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Flowchart diagram
MO V E "B A -D E C O D E -P O -N O"
T O E R R -P A R A -NME -T X

IF P O -N O = S P A C E S

EL SE

P O -NO = S P A C E S

G O T O B A -E X IT B A -E X IT C ON T IN U E

MOV E 0 T O W S -DC R

D C R -2 -P Y T L OC INS T -IDX B F -0 1 0

SET
D C R -2 -P Y T L OC INS T -IDX
DOW N B Y 1

MO V E P O -N O T O D H M-P O-NO

For most of these
MO V E
S P -IS 0 9 1 -C HN G -O F -C IR C S -D T
T O D H M-E F F -DA T E

diagrams, the code would
C A L L "DIS R P O X R E F "

IF DH M-R E S P O N S E -OK A N D

be displayed alongside in
R 2 1 3 4 -P O -E N D-DT =
999999
EL SE

DH M-R E S P O N S E -O K A N D R 2 1 3 4 -P O -E N D -D T = 9 9 9 9 9 9

a synchronised pane to
MO V E IF DH M-R E S P O N S E -OK A N D
R 2 1 3 4 -P O -A D D R -L N-1 T O
P O -N ME -T X
ELSE

DH M-R E S P O N S E -OK A N D
MO V E P O-NME -T X -R E F T O

aid navigation and
A P I-R E F E R E N C E MO V E 9 0 3 6 T O IF D H M-R E S P O NS E -O K A N D
E S E -E R R -MS G -C D E
EL SE

X Z -1 0 0 D H M-R E S P O N S E -O K A N D

understanding.
IF S P -P D C S -C O MP L IA NT
MO V E 6 0 0 5 T O IF D HM-R E S P ON S E -O K A ND
E S E -E R R -MS G -C DE
ELSE
MO V E
ELSE
R 2 1 3 4 -P O -A D D R -L N-2 T O
P O -A D D -L IN E -1 S P -P D C S -C OMP L IA N T
D H M-R E S P ON S E -O K A N D
MO V E MOV E P O -N O -R E F O F IF S P -P DC S -C O MP L IA N T
E S E -N X T -DIA -IN P -R E F T O IS 1 6 2 -B L O -R E F MOV E 6 0 0 5 T O IF D H M-R E C -NO T -F O U ND
MO V E P O-A D D -L INE -1 -R E F A P I-R E F E R E N C E E S E -E R R -MS G-C D E
EL SE
T O A P I-R E F E R E NC E
EL SE
S P -P D C S -C O MP L IA NT
Z D -1 0 0 Z D -1 0 0 DH M-R E C -N O T -F O U N D
MOV E MO V E P O -N O-R E F O F IF S P -P D C S -C O MP L IA N T
X Z -1 0 0 E S E -NX T -D IA -IN P -R E F T O IS 1 6 2 -B L O -R E F MO V E 6 0 0 4 T O IF N O T D HM-R E S P ON S E -O K
A P I-R E F E R E NC E E S E -E R R -MS G -C D E
ELSE
ELSE
MO V E S P -P DC S -C O MP L IA N T
R 2 1 3 4 -P O -A D D R -L N-3 T O V A -1 0 0 -B E G IN Z B -1 0 0 N O T D H M-R E S P O NS E -O K
P O -A D D -L IN E -2 MO V E MO V E P O -NO -R E F O F IF S P -P D C S -C O MP L IA NT
E S E -N X T -D IA -IN P -R E F T O IS 1 6 2 -B L O-R E F Z Z -1 0 0 C O N T INU E
A P I-R E F E R E N C E
EL SE
Z C -1 0 0 Z C -1 0 0
MO V E P O-A D D -L INE -2 -R E F
T O A P I-R E F E R E NC E S P -P D C S -C O MP L IA N T
V A -1 0 0 -B E G IN Z B -1 0 0
MO V E MOV E P O -N O -R E F O F
E S E -N X T -D IA -IN P -R E F T O IS 1 6 2 -B L O -R E F
A P I-R E F E R E N C E
X Z -1 0 0 Z C -1 0 0 Z C -1 0 0

V A -1 0 0 -B E GIN Z B -1 0 0

Z C -1 0 0 Z C -1 0 0

E n d o f B A -0 1 0 p a ra g ra p h

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Called Module Relationship diagram

CallsProgram
IS 0 0 DS
155 P CallsProgram
Pg
ro ram C M LM P
OA O
Pg
ro ram

CallsProgram
IS 1 0 1
U0 9 0 CallsProgram
CallsProgram IS 0 0
R1 B Pg
ro ram CallsProgram
IS 0 0
R1 Pg
ro ram CallsProgram IS 1 0 0
U0 9 4 IS 0 0 IV
154 P C M C DA E
O AT T
P gam
ro r CallsProgram Pg
ro ram CallsProgram Pg
ro ram Po ram
rg

CallsProgram
CallsProgram CallsProgram C M C RC
O ATE
IS 1
U0 5 CallsProgram Pg
ro ram
Pg
ro ram CallsProgram

CallsProgram
C M C GIR
O AT O
CallsProgram Pg
ro ram
IS 8 0 1
U0 9 0
IS 2 0 IV
203 P Pg
ro ram CallsProgram
Pg
ro ram CallsProgram CallsProgram

IS 8 0 0
U0 9 1
CallsProgram Pg
ro ram
CallsProgram

IS 0 0 IV
155 P
Pg
ro ram CallsProgram CallsProgram
C M A DP M
O C LC A T
Pg
ro ram
CallsProgram
CallsProgram
C M R P T HK
O P EYC
Pg
ro ram

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Program Structure diagram
ZZB-100
Z ZA- 1 0 0

ZZC-100
G-100

Z ZA- 1 0 0 -E XI T ( ¶ )
G -EXIT ( ¶ )

IS0 9112 IVP01

B-EXIT ( ¶ )
B-100

CO MBEG I N MS G
ZA- 1 0 0

S E TF O RM AT TRI BU TE
C O N T R O L- 1 0 0 C O N T R O L- E X I T

ZA-EXIT ( ¶ )
A- 1 0 0

A- EXI T ( ¶ )
ZZ-100

F-100 C O M C A LLA P I E R R O R

IS0 9112 IVP02

ZZ-EXIT ( ¶ )

I S0 9 1 CAP TO T

F -EXIT ( ¶ )

ZG -100

CO ME N D MSG

ZG -EXIT ( ¶ )

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Data Flow diagram

RNTNI-P.
C-X-DI..
SAE
PC mv
oe

mv
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RNTNI-OM.
C-X-DCM.. SAE
PC
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mv
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RNTNI-P.
C-X-DO.. W-X
STN
SAE
PC mv
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‘CRUD’ diagram
C U S T-R EF -R C D
N e tw o rk D a ta b a se R e co rd

Ins ert s N et w ork D at abas e R ec o rd
R e ads N et w ork Dat aba s e R ec ord
ZZBA D06
U pdat es N et w ork Dat aba s e R ec ord
P ro g ra m
D e le t e s N e t w o r k D a t a b a s e R e c o r d

A D D -A D D R E S S -R C D
Ins ert s N et w ork D at abas e R ec o rd N e tw o rk D a ta b a se R e co rd
D e le t e s N e t w o r k D a t a b a s e R e c o r d

D U E S -O U T-R C D

U pdat es N et w ork Dat aba s e R ec ord U N IT -A D D R E S S -R C D

U IN -IT S -R C D


D U E S -IN -IT E M -R C D

C O D E BO O K-R E F -R C D

O R D E R -D U E -IN -R C D

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Reports

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Modernization Workbench: Supported Environments
User Interface Languages

CICS BMS VS COBOL II AS/400 COBOL
Unisys DPS OS/390 COBOL Tandem Screen COBOL
IMS/MFS Siemens COBOL Natural
AS/400 Screen ICL COBOL PL/I
Micro Focus COBOL JCL
AcuCorp AcuCOBOL ECL
Unisys 2200 UCS COBOL AS/400 CL
Unisys 2200 ASCII COBOL WFL
Data Unisys MCP COBOL 74/85 Micro Focus APS
UTS 4000 COBOL RPG
HP COBOL (II/XL) Assembler
Fujitsu COBOL (OS IV MSP & OS IV OpenROAD
Program data definitions
XSP systems) Java
VSAM and flat file definitions
VB 6
SQL, including ANSI standard and DB2; plus exports to Oracle
Easytrieve
and MS SQL Server
C
Natural Adabas
C++
Unisys DMS, DMS II
PowerBuilder
AS/400 DDS
IMS DB
CA-IDMS

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COBOL support in Eclipse

• Focussed on developer’s typical needs
– COBOL Perspective, COBOL Projects
– Editor
– Debugger
– Build
– Interface mapping
– Consolidated Trace Facility
– Remote Development Option = Cloud Computing

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COBOL Debug Perspective

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Interface Mapping Toolkit

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CTF Viewer

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Eclipse

Key Benefits

•Fully integrated, COBOL sensitive development environment
quickly ramps the productivity and skill sets of COBOL and non-
COBOL developers

•Standard Eclipse functionality allows the re-use of existing Eclipse
skills and enables non-COBOL developers to quickly develop and
modernize existing COBOL assets

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The traditional application lifecycle
Defect Cost Correction Rate (per defect)
1x 3x 7x 51x 101x
$139 $455 $ 977 $7,136 $14,102
Number of Defects

Performance Defects

Functional Defects

Business Defects

Requirements Design Development Testing Production
Source: B. Boehm and V. Basili, “Software Defect Reduction Top 10 List”, IEEE Computer

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What if we could…
Number of Defects

Requirements Design Development / Testing Production

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SilkTest supports True functional Test Automation by offering
Test creation
Test execution
Test execution analysis
Extensibility

SilkTest supports testers and developers by offering a robust and powerful tool
that
best supports testing of state-of-the-art application technologies
best reduces the cost of test automation maintenance by providing the strongest
object recognition techniques and failure-detection techniques in the industry
best increases confidence in quality by providing the most robust and reliable
replay synchronization techniques
best maximizes test coverage by providing the fastest replay for enterprise
application
best improves test automation effectiveness by allowing different stakeholders to
build true test automation frameworks

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What is StarTeam ?

• A Version Control System
– Centralised repository
– Basic VCS operations
– Containers, fine-grained security

• An SCM System
– File/non-file artifact types
– Visual branching/merging
– Change tracking, process rules ..

• ST supports enterprise ALM
– Collaboration (topics, push notifications, tasks, requirements)
– Customisation (workflow, forms), SDKs, wizards
– Geographically distributed development
– Traceability

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What Makes StarTeam Unique ?

StarTeam provides…
• Unified repository for all enterprise assets
– Integrates all key lifecycle assets in one repository
– Supports full lifecycle traceability and impact analysis
• Highly optimized client-server interaction
– Enables scalable, highly efficient communication
– Supports true multi-cast and event-based transactions
• Customizable workflow and forms
– Requires little, if any, programming skill
– Managed at the server so no client deployment issues
– Workflow objects are versioned with all other assets
– Enables workflow and forms definition for all asset types

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Unified Repository For All Assets

StarTeam’s unique Project
and View definitions provide
unlimited flexibility for
sharing/restricting assets

All asset types are stored
within the same project
and folder structures

StarTeam provides a single, integrated
interface for managing files, change
requests, requirements, tasks, and topics

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Automated File Status Tracking

Real-time file status
indicates how working
folders compare to latest
server versions

“Group By” options let
developers perform bulk
operations quickly

History view shows all
revisions and identifies
which revision working
version is based on

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Integrated Change Management

Change requests record
defects, enhancements,
Change requests are native suggestions, etc.
objects that the StarTeam
Server understands

Change requests definitions
can easily be customized
Change requests can be entered with custom fields and forms
in StarTeam or synchronized from
other defect tracking sources

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Integrated Requirements Management

Requirements are native
objects that the StarTeam
Server understands

Requirements can be entered
in StarTeam or synchronized
from CaliberRM

Requirement definitions are
exposed to StarTeam users
without needing CaliberRM

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Integrated Task Management

Tasks are native objects
that the StarTeam Server
understands

Tasks can be entered in
StarTeam or synchronized
from Microsoft Project
Work records can be added by
StarTeam users to identify actual
time spent performing task and
are synchronized back into
Microsoft Project

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Native BI Capabilities

Allows simple trending and
charting from within the StarTeam
client

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StarTeam - View Compare

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StarTeam Datamart Dashboards

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Luca Devoti
luca.devoti@microfocus.com

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