1st May 2007 13:00
Micro Focus(R) (Micro Focus; LSE:MCRO.L), a leader in enterpriseapplication management and modernization solutions, today announcesthe latest in Application Portfolio Management (APM) solutions withthe launch of Micro Focus Enterprise View(TM). Taking the risk out ofchange, Enterprise View delivers powerful business management tools toglobal customers. Micro Focus' APM solution accelerates applicationunderstanding and promotes strategic action by allowing customers tobuild an accurate, timely and detailed view of their entireapplication portfolio, complete with its value to the business andcost of ownership. This ensures that application modernizationprojects are undertaken and completed in line with real businessneeds, based on a thorough knowledge of the organization's existing ITassets. £ The launch of Enterprise View formally completes the integrationof technology that Micro Focus obtained with its recent acquisition ofHAL Knowledge Systems of Milan, Italy. Micro Focus customers takingadvantage of the benefits of APM include financial services companiesHSBC, Banca Intesa, Barclays, UBS as well as services provider IBMGlobal Services. Enterprise View extends and expands leading APMsolutions from HAL Knowledge Systems, providing customers with globalreach and global support for these leading solutions. £ "Micro Focus APM solution gives us an accurate, up-to-date viewacross our whole applications portfolio and analyzes every platform,so we can identify areas that use a lot of resource and focus on costreduction," said Andy Givens, Head of IT, Mainland Europe for HSBC."Implementing APM as a disciplined process, we aim to reduce our ITcosts by 10 percent per annum." £ With automated and continuous collection of factual data aboutenterprise applications and their value to the business, EnterpriseView delivers role-based dashboards appropriate to each level of theorganization. It provides a robust and objective framework to supportstrategic modernization initiatives, such as off-shoring andoutsourcing, post-merger and acquisition consolidation and ITarchitectural rationalization. £ In a recent research note, Gartner, Inc. states "Gartner stronglysuggests that companies implement an application portfolio managementeffort to clarify the value, cost and risk of their situations anddrive any modernization decisions. Using this strategy, organizationscan prioritize their application workloads according to business needand technological status and make modernization decisionsaccordingly."(1) £ Micro Focus Enterprise View enables customers to determine themost appropriate path to a more responsive and efficient IT operation,so that IT decisions can be communicated clearly and applicationmaintenance activities carried out and monitored more effectively thanever before, even when much of that activity might have beenoutsourced. £ "Enterprise View is Micro Focus' most important launch to date,"said Stephen Kelly, chief executive officer, Micro Focus. "Thissolution takes the very best of Micro Focus and HAL and offers theseleading technologies at a global level. Our customers already savemillions of dollars thanks to our existing solutions - Enterprise Viewwill transform the way many companies around the world achievesuccess." £ About Micro Focus £ Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovativesoftware that allows companies to dramatically improve the businessvalue of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus EnterpriseApplication Modernization and Management software enables customers'business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embracemodern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additionalinformation please visit www.microfocus.com. £ Micro Focus is a registered trademark and Enterprise View is atrademark of Micro Focus. All other products and companies mentionedin this announcement are trademarks of their respective organizations. £ (1) Vecchio, D. "Impact of Generational IT Skill Shift on LegacyApplications." March 14, 2007. Gartner, Inc. ID G14006492 Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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