17th Oct 2006 13:00
Micro Focus(R) (LSE:MCRO.L), a leading provider of core systemapplication development and deployment solutions, today announces thatPacific Life Insurance Company's Life Insurance Division has chosenMicro Focus Revolve(R) Enterprise Edition to review its portfolio ofCOBOL-based applications. Revolve will help Pacific Life to improvedevelopment time, reduce application errors and reduce costs ofintegrating existing applications with newer technologies. £ Pacific Life continuously enhances millions of lines of COBOL codeacross several key administrative and financial systems. The companyrealized it needed a powerful set of tools to understand and analyzeexisting COBOL code before making changes. Using the latest inapplication understanding and analysis technology from Micro Focus,Pacific Life anticipates improving application developmentproductivity for key applications through Revolve will identify theprecise changes required within the millions of lines of code and datathat make up Pacific Life's systems. Revolve does this in a fractionof the time taken using alternate approaches. As a result, PacificLife will be able to adapt more quickly to change and delivercomprehensive, high-quality results in a greatly reduced time frame. £ "We chose Micro Focus Revolve because it is easy to use, yet avery powerful analysis tool for COBOL developers," said Jeff Bradshaw,assistant vice president of application development, Pacific Life. "Aswe continue to implement complex enhancements in our applications,tools like Revolve will help improve our estimation accuracy, softwaredesign, development time and software quality, while reducing overallIT costs spent on critical projects." £ "Pacific Life is another example of companies looking to exploitthe value in their core systems through detailed understanding andanalysis of those systems, first, before applying any set of changes,"said Mike Shinya, chief operating officer, Micro Focus. "We expect todeliver crisp value to Pacific Life's critical applications and helpthem make the best use of Revolve as they seek to implement andmaintain competitive new products." £ About Pacific Life £ Founded in 1868, Pacific Life provides life insurance products,annuities, and mutual funds, and offers a variety of investmentproducts and services to individuals, businesses, and pension plans.Pacific Life counts more than half of the 100 largest U.S. companiesas clients(1) and is a member of the Insurance Marketplace StandardsAssociation (IMSA), whose membership promotes high ethical standardsfor the sale of individual life insurance and annuities. £ Micro Focus - Unlocking the Value of Legacy(TM) £ Micro Focus is a leading provider of legacy development anddeployment software for enterprise platforms. Micro Focus enablesorganizations to reduce costs and increase agility with minimal riskby reusing their legacy applications with contemporary architecturesand Web services. Founded in 1976, Micro Focus is a global companywith principal offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Germanyand Japan. For more information, visit www.microfocus.com. £ Micro Focus and Revolve are registered trademarks and Unlockingthe Value of Legacy is a trademark of Micro Focus. All other productsmentioned in this announcement are trademarks of their respectiveowners. £ (1) Data compiled by Pacific Life using the FORTUNE 500(R) list asof April 2006. Copyright Business Wire 2006Related Shares:
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