Micro Focus and Microsoft are working to bolster efforts to enable Cobol-based mainframe applications to run on Windows and also plan a version of CICS for .Net.

Through the arrangement, Micro Focus will extend its Windows-based portfolio, including its Net Express, SOA Express and Enterprise Server products to provide managed code-based 64-bit offerings that leverage several Microsoft technologies. These include Microsoft's .Net Framework, SQL Server, Team Foundation Server, BizTalk Server and System Center Operations Manager.

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