[Vms.sig-hu] Press Release from Acucorp - OpenVMS Users Can now Run Critical COBOL Applications on HP Integrity Servers 3 of 3 (fwd)

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Feladó: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
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Tárgy: Press Release from Acucorp - OpenVMS Users Can now Run 
Critical COBOL Applications on HP Integrity Servers 3 of 3

OpenVMS Users Can Now Run Critical COBOL Applications on HP 
Integrity Servers

San Diego, CA - January 18, 2005 - Acucorp, Inc., an international 
developer of software solutions that revitalize COBOL applications, 
today announces its support for HP's OpenVMS 8.2 operating system 
for HP Integrity servers.  This support will enable organizations to run 
their critical COBOL business systems while taking advantage of the 
scalability and security of OpenVMS as well as the reliability and 
performance of the HP Integrity server platform, built on the Intel 
Itanium 2 architecture.
Acucorp was one of the first HP business partners to successfully port 
its extendŽ product suite to OpenVMS on the Integrity line.  In addition, 
extend also runs on earlier versions of OpenVMS for HP AlphaServer 
systems and VAX servers as well as on HP-UX, Linux and Windows 
Itanium 2-based systems via its COBOL Virtual Machine(tm).
"For more than 16 years, Acucorp has provided COBOL solutions for the 
VMS environment," explained Cameron Jenkins, Acucorp's vice 
president, strategic partnerships.  "By making our extend technologies 
available first on VAX/VMS, then on AlphaServer systems running 
OpenVMS and now on HP Integrity servers running OpenVMS, 
enterprise customers have a low-cost, low-risk way to quickly and 
painlessly modernize their trusted business-critical systems."
Included in Acucorp's extend are solutions that enable COBOL 
applications to:  interoperate with .NET, Java and XML; be deployed as 
Web services in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA); be accessible on 
the Internet or through a PDA; display a graphical user interface (GUI); 
access a relational database management system (RDBMS); benefit 
from streamlined processing via thin client architecture; or be migrated 
to more than 600 Linux, UNIX or Windows platforms.  Acucorp's robust 
COBOL development system, ACUCOBOL-GTŽ  runs, by default, in HP 
COBOL for OpenVMS compatibility mode.  This support makes it less 
costly and risky to modernize COBOL applications and maintain them 
running on trusted OpenVMS servers.  The Acucorp development 
system also takes advantage of the Record Management Services 
(RMS), and offers easy access to Digital Command Language (DCL) and 
many other facilities available with OpenVMS.
"Acucorp continues to demonstrate unwavering commitment and 
support for OpenVMS," said Mark Gorham, vice president, OpenVMS 
Systems at HP.  "As a result, enterprises, government end users and 
independent software vendors can maintain their existing legacy 
applications on the OpenVMS platform while taking advantage of the 
innovative technologies offered by Acucorp."
About Acucorp
Acucorp, Inc., an HP business partner, was founded in 1988.  The 
privately held company is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA 
with additional offices in France, Germany, Great Britain and the 
Netherlands.  Acucorp's products are distributed in more than 100 
countries throughout the world.  Its over 4,000 customers and 
1,000,000 end users include Ford Argentina, L'Oréal Mexico, Red Cross 
Belgium, Siemens, Sport Chalet, The Travelex Group (formerly Thomas 
Cook), Tower Records and Warner Music Group.  The Company designs, 
develops, and markets innovative solutions for extending the life of 
vital COBOL business systems.  Additional information about Acucorp is 
available at www.acucorp.com/hp.
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Acucorp, extend and ACUCOBOL-GT are registered trademarks of 
Acucorp, Inc.  The COBOL Virtual Machine is a trademark of Acucorp, 
Inc.   All other trademarks used are the property of their respective 
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