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• Micro Focus hopes to help enterprises build better mobile Web apps

  Micro Focus has adapted its SilkPerformer platform for testing of mobile web applications, in a effort to help users improve performance, the company said on Thursday.

• Micro Focus extends Cobol to Java and the cloud

  Micro Focus on Thursday announced it is extending its Cobol platform to Java and the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform, with the launch of Micro Focus Visual Cobol R3.

• Cobol comes to the cloud

  Micro Focus has updated its developer platform for the Cobol programming language, adding the ability to run Cobol applications on Microsoft's Azure cloud service.

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  Cobol skills drought persists amid mainframe migrations

  Enterprises struggling to fill demands for Cobol skills should consider an application modernisation program which could also pave the way for migration off the mainframe to an open system.

• Micro Focus moving mainframe apps to Windows

  With technology being introduced Monday, Micro Focus is offering assistance in migrating Cobol, CICS, and DB2 applications to Microsoft Windows via a managed code version of Micro Focus's mainframe and application modernization technology.

• Mystery bidder forces Micro Focus to raise offer for Borland

  Micro Focus International raised its offer for Borland Software to $US1.50 per share on Tuesday, up from $1 in early May, to counter a rival offer from a mystery bidder. It's the second time Micro Focus has had to raise its offer. Another bidder dropped out of the running last month.

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  Micro Focus buys Borland Software

  Micro Focus International plans to beef up its range of software quality assurance tools with two acquisitions it announced Wednesday.

• Micro Focus shows way to extend Cobol to the cloud

  There's life in legacy Cobol applications yet. A new offering from Micro Focus will enable companies to use applications written in the language within cloud computing environments.