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IBM has released software that will reduce organizations' operating costs by enabling them to add mainframe business applications (running on System z mainframes) to function through mobile devices and on cloud infrastructures. The move allows companies that still utilize applications written in the COBOL programming language to improve performance and productivity.
“COBOL powers many of the critical systems people rely on every day,” explained IBM's Rational Chief Technology Officer Kevin Stoodley. “With this new software, IBM is helping companies reduce operating costs and processing time associated with these applications while delivering new capabilities to take advantage of cloud, web and mobile devices."
The new software, IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, improves the performance of business critical applications by 10%-20%. It supports Java 7, UTF-8 built-ins, and supports unbounded tables/groups. It also allows System Management Facilities (SMF) tracking, enabling users implementing sub-capacity tracking to lower administration costs. It also offers improved control over XML documents.
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