Enterprise COBOL for z/OS

Enables the integration of business critical COBOL applications with modern web technology.

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IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS®helps you integrate COBOL and Web-based business processes in Web services, XML, Java™, and COBOL applications.

This interoperability lets you capitalize on existing IT investment while smoothly incorporating new, Web-based applications as part of your organization’s infrastructure.

Supports zEnterprise 196: Validated on zEnterprise 196 server with IBM’s latest middleware.
Application performance: Take full advantage of the many compiler options, run-time options, data types, and language features to tune application performance.
XML and Java interoperability: Seamlessly incorporate modern web-based applications to existing systems with XML and Java technologies
Extensive middleware support: Enterprise COBOL offers strong integration with the latest middleware technologies.
Application development tools: Allow developers to focus on solving business logic with a suite of development and collaboration tools. Enterprise COBOL supports integration with IBM Rational Developer for System z, integrated development environment (IDE) and IBM Rational Team Concert collaboration tools. Enterprise COBOL supports integration with the Problem Determination Tools on z/OS.
Whats New: What’s new in Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, V4.2 including enhanced XML parsing, compiler message severity customization, system-determined block-size for QSAM files, compiler listings that display CICS options in effect, the underscore character in COBOL user-defined words, and Java 5 and Java 6 SDKs for Java interoperability.
Operating systems supported: z/OS