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Acucorp Supports 64-Bit Linux On IBM's eServer zSeries
Acucorp Inc, an international provider of legacy application extension
solutions, announced the availability of the ACUCOBOL-GT development system
for 64-bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on IBM eServer zSeries servers. This
support will enable customers, which include Fortune-class corporations,
independent software vendors (ISVs) and government agencies, to leverage COBOL
assets in a state-of-the-art enterprise Linux environment.
Acucorp's support for 64-bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on IBM eServer
zSeries further enhances its market-leading offering as the enterprise COBOL
of choice on Linux. Acucorp is the first and only company to port its
enterprise COBOL solution to all IBM eServers running Linux, including 32- and
64-bit Linux on POWER as well as 31- and 64-bit Linux on zSeries.
"The marriage of 64-bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and IBM's 64-bit
zSeries platform combines the traditional strengths of the latest IBM
mainframe servers with the flexibility and open standards of SuSE Linux,"
explained Cameron Jenkins, Acucorp's vice president of strategic partnerships.
"The availability of our 64-bit extend solutions in this environment means
that customers can immediately deploy their proven, cost-effective legacy
systems and data while enjoying the higher scalability, stability and
reliability offered by the mainframe environment."
Featuring unparalleled portability to more than 600 different platforms
including virtually all distributions of Linux, Acucorp's extend product suite
offers innovative technologies to support COBOL interoperability with J2EE,
.NET and XML as well as many other computing languages and application servers
via Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services. In addition, extend
offers COBOL-based: Web and mobile deployment, graphical user interface (GUI)
development, thin client architecture, distributed computing and patented
technology for transparent relational database management system (RDBMS)
access, including access to IBM DB2 and Oracle.
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