ACUCOBOL - Product Strategy and Roadmap
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Dominique SACRÉ presentation from #DevDay Copenhagen April 2017. The extend® portfolio enables developers to build and deploy ACUCOBOL® applications across desktop, web and mobile platforms using AcuBench®, the COBOL Virtual Machine and a full suite of application modernization solutions. For ISVs or corporations, the latest version of extend offers even greater platform support, new performance optimizations, Unicode internationalization support and a new capability for instant UI transformation for web and mobile access—AcuToWeb. Whether you're maintaining mission critical applications or moving into new markets, the latest version of extend offers new solutions to keep you up-to-date and ready for innovation.
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ACUCOBOL - Product Strategy and Roadmap
- 1. Dominique SACRÉ Product Director ACUCOBOL Product Strategy and Roadmap Copenhagen April 2017
- 4. Micro Focus is a global software company with 40 years of experience in delivering and supporting enterprise software solutions
- 5. What year was Acucorp Inc founded and what was the current version of the product? 1988 Version 1.2 1988 Version 1.3 1988 Version 1.0 1988 Version 1.1 1988 Version 1.3
- 6. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 CompuWare Application Testing AccuRev Agile Software Delivery NetManage Connectivity Liant COBOL and PL/I development Orbix CORBA Novell, NetIQ, Attachmate Identity, Access, Security Connectivity Collaboration Performance Monitoring Disaster Recovery Borland Application Lifecycle Management & Testing Acquisitions in Brief Authasas Advanced Authentication Serena ALM & DevOps AcuCorp ACUCOBOL
- 7. About Micro Focus CUSTOMERS 20,000+ EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE 4,500 PARTNERS 5,000+ ANNUAL REVENUE $1.4BILLION 15* IDC WORLDWIDE SOFTWARE 2012-2016 FORECAST; PROFORMA THE ATTACHMATE GROUP TOP* WORLDWIDE SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE VENDOR 30+COUNTRIES ↑$4.5 ↑18,000
- 8. Our product portfolio is focused on three primary capabilities: to build, operate and secure critical business applications and infrastructure Business Innovation
- 9. COBOL Application Development Trends and the IT Landscape
- 10. Build the Right Business Applications
- 11. Mainframe COBOL and Mainframe Solutions Distributed COBOL Enterprise Developer COBOL, PL/I, CICS, JCL, IMS Visual COBOL ACUCOBOL RM/COBOL Windows, Unix, Linux, .NET, JVM, Cloud
- 12. The COBOL Market Estimated annual spend on COBOL tooling IBM MAINFRAME PROPRIETARY SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTED COBOL IBM Mainframe: $1.5B Proprietary (non-IBM) systems: $150M Distributed systems: $250M
- 13. • All product lines remain supported • Visual COBOL flagship COBOL application development toolset for new customers • Transition MF COBOL and RM/COBOL to Visual COBOL • Delivering new roadmap for ACUCOBOL customers Micro Focus Distributed COBOL Market ACUCOBOL RM/COBOL Visual COBOL Net Express / Server Express
- 14. The Scale of COBOL Applications Micro Focus Cobol Survey 2015 Report Only 18.4% of respondents expect the size of their COBOL estate to reduce in 2015 Above 25 million LOC Between 10 and 25 million LOC Between 5 and 10 million LOC Between 2 and 5 million LOCBetween 1 and 2 million LOC Less than 1 million LOC Decrease Remain broadly the same Increase 62.7% of respondents estimate their COBOL estate at > $1m LOC Lines of Code Expected change during 2016 Nothing new – COBOL apps are huge and getting bigger!
- 15. Expected Application Lifetime COBOL applications aren’t going away 85% of respondents believe that the average lifespan of their COBOL applications is > 3 years and 45% believe that it will be >10 years Less than 3 years From 3 to 10 years From more than 10 years Less than 35 years Between 35 and 45 Between 45 and 55 Between 55 and 60 More than 60 70% of COBOL developers are between 35 and 55 years old Expected Application Lifespan Average age of developers
- 16. Micro Focus helps its customers to innovate faster with lower risk We enable them to embrace new technology while building on what already works. We call this bridging the old and the new
- 17. • Strategic • Maintenance mode • Considering alternatives • Retiring • New direction Application Strategies Vary… Micro Focus enables our customers to innovate faster and with less risk … to achieve their application strategy
- 18. Should you move to Visual COBOL?
- 20. • Application deployment is increasing • Windows is the dominant deployment platform • Since 2010 there is significant increase for Linux • Unix deployments remain relatively stable Platform Trends for ACUCOBOL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Series1 Series2 Series3 Series4 Series5 ACU deployments are increasing!
- 21. Why RDBMS? • BI and analytics • RFP requirements • Improved reliability and recoverability COBOL Data Trends A Resurgence in Relational Data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ACUCOBOL Data Tools
- 22. Quiz
- 23. After ACUCOBOL-GT, what is the most popular product? AcuConnect Thin Client AcuServer Acu4GL AcuXDBC AcuConnect Thin Client
- 24. Roadmap ACUCOBOL
- 25. • Regular scheduled maintenance updates and hotfix deliveries • ERQF - Enhancement Request Qualification Form process • Major new release: extend 10 • extend 10.1 in January 2017 • extend 10.2 in December 2017 – January 2018 • 5+ year support for the latest version of extend extend® Roadmap Sep 2015 10.0 Mar 2016 10.0.1 Jan 2017 10.1 Jul 2017 10.1.1 Dec 2017 Tbc 10.2 Feb 2014 9.2.2 Aug 2014 9.2.3 Nov 2014 9.2.4 Mar 2015 9.2.5 extend 10.2 • AcuToWeb on UNIX platforms, all remaining control Properties supported • Native Code for Windows 64-bit • Acu4GL for MSSQL for Linux • ACU4GL for ODBC on Linux and UNIX • C$PDF
- 26. extend 10
- 27. • An ongoing commitment to development and support • Added value with RDBMS and IDE now included ‘in-the-box’ • Support for the most recent platforms • New diagnostic tools • Faster application performance • First steps towards a comprehensive ACU UX modernization plan A Strong Commitment to All ACUCOBOL Users extend 10
- 28. • New ACUCOBOL-GT platform support – Windows 10, Apache 2.4, .NET 4.5 • Large File support – Single files over 2gb are now supported • ACUCOBOL-GT enhancements including AutoFill field • Relational database support is now included as standard ‘feature’ • Tracing and profiler enhancements Top 5 Features extend 10 microfocus.com/extend10
- 29. What’s new in 10.1?
- 30. AcuToWeb A new and innovative technology that transforms your ACUCOBOL application into a modern HTML5 appearance, ready for web, mobile and the cloud. • Vision – File System Utility Enhancements • Unicode Support for Multi-National Applications • Built in Print-to-PDF Top Features extend 10.1
- 31. File management enhancements to vutil • Add, remove or modify keys on an existing indexed file • vutil -key [-q] ([-a # kdesc] | [-d #] | [-m # kdesc]) file • -a add a key • -d deletes a key • -m modifies a key • Faster rebuilds – multi-threaded vutil • vutil -rebuild [-J #] filename • -J number of threads to use Vision – File System Utility Enhancements extend 10.1
- 32. Unicode Support for Multi-National Applications extend 10.1 ACCEPT and DISPLAY • UTF-16 data encoding on screens XML technologies • UTF-8 data encoding • AcuXML • C$XML • XML Parse/Generate Acu4GL for Microsoft SQL Server COBOL_CHARACTER_SET • OEM • ANSI • UTF-8 • Numeric Value : ANSI CodePage (Ex: 437) Unicode library routines • C$UTF16-UTF8, C$UTF8-UTF16 • C$COBOL-UTF8, C$UTF8-COBOL • C$88591-UTF8, C$UTF8-88591
- 33. SELECT file-name ASSIGN TO [device] • Where device can be one of the following: • PRINT • PRINTER • PRINTER-1 to PRINTER-9 On the configuration file add the following variable • PRINTER -P PDF filename Configuration variables • PDF_FONT_NAME, PDF_FONT_SIZE, • PDF_FONT_TRUETYPE_TTC • PDF_FONT_TRUETYPE_TTC_INDEX, PDF_PAGE_SIZE • PDF_PAGE_DIRECTION, etc… Built in Print-to-PDF extend 10.1 No need to change your ACUCOBOL application - you can use the runtime configuration file to print straight to a PDF
- 34. New UI Possibilities for ACUCOBOL Applications
- 35. User Experience Trends for ACUCOBOL 1996: Graphical Desktop 2001: Remote access – Thin client 2004: Browser access – Web thin client 2008: Native look and feel 2010: SOA 1987: Character mode Now • HTML5 • Mobile and tablet • Multi-browser support
- 36. Your UX Needs ACUCOBOL-GT Application Web Thin Client
- 37. Multiple browsers HTML5 compliant – no plugins Modern look and feel Character mode to web Windows desktop and Mac Same app for web and desktop Tablet or Mobile Secure Dynamic customization Reuse what you have already created You want it now AcuToWeb You can try it now!
- 38. How does AcuToWeb compare to ThinClient? Feature Acu Thin Client AcuToWeb Web browser support Internet Explorer only - ActiveX plugin required All HTML5 browsers supported No plugin needed HTML5 support Mobile Tablet Modern look and feel Multi-platform Dynamic Customization
- 39. Modernize Your Business Applications Your Next Step extend 10.1 & AcuToWeb are available NOW! Sign-up for a Value Profile Assessment • A complimentary offering for Micro Focus customers • Review business and technical goals alongside available resource and skill plans • Build a future application roadmap Contact your Micro Focus Account Manager • Request a Product Evaluation • Schedule a Value Profile Assessment • Microfocus.com/contactus Learn More: microfocus.com/acutoweb
- 41. Silk Test - Testing AcuToWeb® • https://youtu.be/LQcagJbVzXs
- 42. • Join an exclusive group • Promote ACUCOBOL solutions and your own! • Share best practices • Micro Focus will guide through the process • Contact your Account Manager to get started Help Us Build A Strong ACUCOBOL Community Share your story
- 43. Customer Success
- 44. Country – USA Textile Management Systems An early adopter of AcuToWeb “IT delivery is changing and we had to adapt to keep our solution cutting edge. Micro Focus AcuToWeb helped us deliver a Cloud- ready Web and mobile solution. We have transformed the user experience and our service delivery model while reusing our application source code which is exactly what we wanted to do.” — Dev O’Reilly President Textile Management Systems
- 45. Extend 10.1 & AcuToWeb Questions