26th Mar 2007 12:10
Micro Focus(R) (LSE.MCRO.L), a leading provider of enterpriseapplication modernization software, today announced that ScottishLife, part of the Royal London Group, has halved its IT operatingcosts while deploying Micro Focus's application modernizationtechnology. Micro Focus' products were an integral part of asuccessful project to move its core legacy applications from aproprietary Unisys Clearpath mainframe to a more open hardware andsoftware environment, yielding a complete IT refresh. £ In addition to modernizing its application infrastructure,Scottish Life has dramatically improved the speed of its applicationsand noticeably enhanced its customer service and businessresponsiveness. £ The project was undertaken in partnership with migrationspecialist MSS International, a Micro Focus Migration andTransformation Consortium (MTC) member, and was completed within 18months, on time, within budget. The migrated systems have runsuccessfully from day one, greatly improving the quality of servicecompared to when the applications ran on the mainframe. £ Scottish Life instigated the migration and infrastructuremodernization initiative when the previous mainframe environment beganto struggle to handle an increasing number of life and pensionbusiness transactions, while delivering the consistently high levelsof service Scottish Life's internal and external customers required. £ "The combination of Micro Focus', Oracle's and HP's products withMSS' automated translation technology ensured the project ranincredibly efficiently," said Ian Chapple, chief information officer,Royal London Group. "The total cost of running the systems over thenext five years is less than half that of the Unisys mainframesolution proposed at the time. It has been a very successful projectand has provided a huge return on investment." £ "We are delighted to help Scottish Life breathe new life into itsIT systems," said Stuart McGill, chief technology officer at MicroFocus. "Legacy systems have served as the foundation of companies' ITinfrastructures for many years. The example of Scottish Life isfurther proof that companies can improve operational efficiency andbusiness agility without risking the loss of vital business data andcompetitive advantage." £ About Scottish Life £ Scottish Life is a division of Royal London and markets productsproduced by Royal London. Royal London consists of The Royal LondonMutual Insurance Society Limited and its subsidiaries. The RoyalLondon Mutual Insurance Society Limited provides life and pensionproducts, is a member of the Association of British Insurers and isauthorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority,registration number 117672. £ About Micro Focus £ Micro Focus provides innovative software that allows companies todramatically improve the business value of their enterpriseapplications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization andManagement software enables customers' business applications torespond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectureswith reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visitwww.microfocus.com. £ The very latest perspectives, expertise and developments fromCustomers, Partners and Micro Focus are under one roof at Micro FocusWorld 2007. For more information visit: www.microfocusworld.com. £ Micro Focus is a registered trademark of Micro Focus. All othercompanies and products mentioned in this announcement are trademarksof their respective owners. Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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