San Jose, February 4, 2003 - Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced the release of version 7 of its NetCOBOL for Windows product, which features enhancements to most of the product's components. The most significant are: the ability to convert COBOL data to and from XML, bringing legacy and Web applications closer together, and enhancements to the development environment in preparation for a NetCOBOL for SPARC® Architecture release later this year.

"The question we are being asked all the time is 'How do I take advantage of my rich legacy code and data on the Web?' " said Ron Langer, director of languages for Fujitsu Software Corporation. "That's why I am pleased to be able to provide another bridge between COBOL and Internet-based applications with our COBOL to XML data converter. It's these sorts of enhancements that make us the first choice for COBOL on Windows today."

Jordan Firfer, vice president of Affiliated Network Services, a healthcare benefits service and technology company, explained, "Having a tool to move our data between COBOL data files and XML is going to save us hours of writing and testing special programs for every different data structure we want to convert. This a great feature in Fujitsu's new release and one that reinforces the wisdom of our decision to use NetCOBOL for Windows."

NetCOBOL for Windows V7 incorporates many features requested by current NetCOBOL for Windows users, including: large file support; print preview for PowerFORM applications, the GUI report design and execution component of NetCOBOL; enhanced command line options for PowerBSORT; J adapter class generator support for JDK 1.4; list views added to Project Manager; and new lightweight controls added to PowerCOBOL.

For more details about NetCOBOL for Windows go to: http://www.netcobol.com/products/windows/cobol.htm

About Fujitsu Software Corporation
Fujitsu Software Corporation, based in San Jose, California, is part of the Fujitsu Limited family. Fujitsu Software Corporation leverages Fujitsu's international scope and expertise in developing and providing information technology solutions. Fujitsu Software Corporation's products include NetCOBOL and Interstage™, e-business infrastructure software. NetCOBOL is a COBOL development environment and suite of tools to build fast, mission-critical business systems on open platforms, including Microsoft's .NET Framework. For more information, visit http://www.fsw.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, high-reliability/performance computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts make Fujitsu uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the broadband Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5 trillion yen (about US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com/.

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