2009年12月16日星期三

Metrixware - Metrixware unveils the Cobos Projet, the Open Source addition to bartering Mainframe solutions

Store this angel in big sizeWith the Cobos Projet, Metrixware proposes an ergonomic plan ambiance for Cobol developers, economical and reliable, complete with an chip compiler and not forgetting: the above appraisal accoutrement and added casework of Metrixware

Nanterre, 06 April 2009 | Metrixware, editor of software solutions committed to regaining knowledge, to managing and valorising appliance assets, unveils the Cobos Project, an Open Source action committed to Cobol Mainframe applications beneath Eclipse, a absolute addition to absolute Mainframe bartering solutions.

Ergonomics and abundance in Cobol development

Initiated by Metrixware, Cobos is an Open Source activity backed by its customers, decidedly those in the allowance sector, and is accessible for chargeless download. The abridgement of a amount tag is in no way a absorption of the built-in qualities both of its abstruse architectonics (Ingres abstracts model) and its development interface.

Integrated with Eclipse, and its adult ergonomic graphical environment, and convenient to Cobol developers (especially the youngest, not consistently agog about the accent admitting its robustness and believability and still growing use).

As in assertive bartering Mainframe solutions begin in the market, but generally at a dissuasive price, Cobos enables developers to plan locally: the appropriate antecedent files are downloaded on Eclipse again reloaded on the mainframe afterward the action of the developer, who can plan absolutely apart on an economical workstation.

Mainframes, a ample economical claiming for IT management

Today, according to the Gartner Group, 70% to 80% of centralized applications common are accounting in Cobol. Representing, according to the admiration of eWeek, about 200 billion curve of Cobol, added every year by about 5 billion curve produced by about two actor breath Cobol programmers.

A ample and advancing bazaar that can calculation on alone two solutions today: the mainframe terminal not convenient and actual ambitious on mainframe resources; and bartering mainframe solutions, added ergonomic acknowledgment to their graphical interface and beneath ambitious on mainframe assets but with a prohibitive amount in authorization fees.

Open antecedent and chip into the Eclipse development environment, Cobos combines abridgement and affluence of use, whilst appreciably reducing, by accouterment a bounded alive environment, the amount of mainframe assets appropriate to body applications.


A association project, with commutual accoutrement and services

Built on a freeware model, the Cobos activity makes its antecedent cipher accessible to users, who can acclimate it to accommodated their own requirements. Any adaptations, changes and enhancements they accomplish can be proposed to Metrixware to be integrated, if advised pertinent by Metrixware for the majority of users, to the accepted project.


In addition, Metrixware proposes to accompany Cobos with its own affection development and specific abutment services, as able-bodied as its plug-in: Cobol SC for Eclipse, advised to appraisal the acclimation and above of developments, and be anon chip into the developers workstation for a around-the-clock ascendancy from the ancient point and throughout the life-cycle of the tool.


The Cobos project, in brief

Derived from the IDE Cobol project, Cobos proposes the use of the Eclipse ambiance to advance Cobol applications locally, with a advice interface based on SSH, (applications for host connection, affiliation advice configuration, automated connection/disconnection, limited beheading of commands, book transfer), attached to the austere minimum the exchanges with the operational platform. Natively, Cobos integrates a bounded compiler, aggressive by the OpenCobol project, to which Metrixware has added article bearing beneath Windows with Visual Studio, CICS and DB2 abutment as able-bodied as the amplification of the Cobol Copy clauses.

Price & availability

- The Cobos activity is accessible for chargeless downloading from 15 April 2009.
- For Metrixware associated casework and products: amuse acquaintance us.

Inscription for a columnist web-seminar presenting Cobos
-Phone: +33 1 55 69 32 24
-Internet : Corporate WebSite of Metrixware

» About metrixware

Software band-aid editor committed to regaining knowledge, managing and optimizing appliance assets, Metrixware is present in the Application Asset Management and IT Governance markets back 1995.

Through its articles and services, Metrixware replies to the challenges against IT managers apropos the optimum administration of their IT assets in a ambience of IT addition (TPM, migration, action optimization, maintenance, etc). The corner-stone of our offer, System Code is an Application Portfolio Management (APM) band-aid enabling IT managers to accept a affluent eyes of the accompaniment of their appliance assets, acceptance them to analyze strengths and weaknesses, and to accomplish abreast administration decisions.

Among its clients, Metrixware includes a amount of companies in the cyberbanking area (BNP Paribas, Société Générale, LCL, Caisse d'Épargne), in allowance (CNP Assurances, Generali), the accessible area (Ministère de l'Écologie, EDF) and telecommunication casework (Logica, Orange).

Contact:

Zineb AMRANI | METRIXWARE
Operational Marketing
zineb.amrani@metrixware.com
Tél : +33 1 55 69 32 20

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