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San
Jose, April 22, 2003 - Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced
the immediate availability of a major upgrade to its COBOL compiler for
SPARC Architecture (for Sun’s Solaris™ Operating Environment)
systems. With this version of NetCOBOL for SPARC Architecture, developers
can use NetCOBOL for Windows to give them the ability to develop their
applications on their Windows desktops and test and deploy them on the
SPARC Architecture system – all from within the NetCOBOL for Windows
development environment. This is made possible by communication links
between the two products and enhancements to the interface in the NetCOBOL
for Windows Version 7 development environment (already released).
"By offering
Windows-based development for applications targeted for the Solaris operating
system, we are making it easy for VARs to target both platforms with one
set of code, and giving developers the option of using their user-friendly
Windows machines to develop COBOL applications for the Solaris operating
system," said Ron Langer, Director of Languages at Fujitsu Software
Corporation. "Because our products on both these platforms come from
a common base, we have been able to provide functions such as remote building
and debugging which would otherwise have been very challenging or error-prone
tasks to accomplish."
In addition to the
remote debugging ability, the Version 7.1 release of NetCOBOL for SPARC
Architecture contains several other important enhancements for application
developers:
§ Provides SAF
support for developing Netscape NSAPI Web applications through simple
subroutine interfaces. This adds another Web option to the similar CGI
subroutines that have already been part of the product.
- Compiler provides
Object-Oriented extensions to COBOL based on the 2002 ISO Standard –
important structures for COBOL programmers to learn as new technologies
assume OO ways of working.
- Supports Unicode
data, essential for today's international applications.
- Fujitsu's Data
Editor and Data Converter tools are now part of the Enterprise Edition
of the product, greatly easing the task of creating and maintaining
test data files.
For more details about
NetCOBOL for SPARC Architecture go to: http://www.netcobol.com/products/unix/sparc.html
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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