Enterprise Applications Meet The Cloud For The First Time At Micro Focus World

Global forum on successful application modernisation to take place in Dallas in May 2009

NEWBURY, England, 6 August, 2008 – Micro Focus® (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernisation solutions, today announces that Micro Focus World, its annual forum to address the challenges and strategies for Enterprise Application Modernisation, will be taking place in Dallas, Texas, between 11 – 13 May. The event will be attended by customers and prospects from blue-chip organisations from across the globe and will comprise workshops and contributions from the analyst community.

Key to the leadership event will be talks and demonstrations on how the most forward thinking enterprise application managers, architects and developers will be able to position their applications at the heart of “cloud” initiatives in the coming years. COBOL, the most pervasive language in global IT infrastructures, will take its place at the forefront of this discussion. COBOL applications will become available as internet-based services, operating in the new cloud based paradigms in the very near future, bringing major implications for the developer community. Workshops and presentations will examine how organisations’ core systems can co-operate with Web 2.0 technologies, while at the same time increasing the responsiveness of information technology and reducing operating costs.

The ability to manage enterprise applications and implement effective modernisation strategies remains a key target for global organisations. Attendees of Micro Focus World will leave the event with the skills and knowledge to drive their modernisation initiatives forward, enabling their respective businesses to become more efficient, more productive and more cost-effective.

 “We are delighted to build on the success of last year’s Micro Focus World by hosting an even bigger event for customers, prospects, analysts and developers alike”, said Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Micro Focus. “Organisations’ core systems and their relationship with ‘cloud’ technologies will become a crucial topic of conversation for the IT world in the coming years. We are proud that we will be able to show over 750 delegates how, for the first time, these two previously disparate areas can now work in harmony to help businesses to become more responsive, more productive and ultimately more profitable.”

For more information, or to register to attend Micro Focus World, please go to www.microfocusworld.com

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com

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