COBOL

Take Control of Your COBOL Runtime Costs and Modernize COBOL Across the Enterprise

With NetCOBOL, COBOL runtimes are always free. Run the COBOL applications you create using our solutions on as many machines as you want. Drastically reduce costs while increasing performance and productivity.

Get total scalability, complete disaster recovery and worry-free IT while drastically reducing costs. NetCOBOL for .NET now runs on Microsoft® Windows® Azure™—without virtual machines or emulation.

.NET to Azure™

The transition from the Windows® .NET Framework to Windows® Azure™ is fast and easy—both are built on the same platform. Once your COBOL applications are running in .NET, they can be moved to Windows® Azure™ without modifications.

Mainframe in the Cloud

NetCOBOL allows COBOL to interact with modern cloud-compatible languages. And it runs natively on Windows® Azure™ without emulation. With NetCOBOL, you’ll retain existing functionality while taking total advantage of the cloud.

Get Resources on Demand

Get true elasticity and scalability. As business grows, virtual servers grow. As business wanes, virtual servers shrink. Windows® Azure™ provides ultimate scalability to meet business needs.

Eliminate Risk

With Windows® Azure™, your data is automatically backed up and duplicated across secure servers worldwide. There simply isn’t a more secure platform. We can also setup private or hybrid clouds for ultimate privacy and security.

Worry-free IT

In Azure™, Microsoft® enterprise services like Exchange, Sharepoint and Dynamics are managed by Microsoft® experts. Servers are monitored 24 hours a day and maintained by IT personnel. Your system will just work without a big investment in IT staff.

Drastically Reduce Costs

Don’t waste money on hardware you don’t need. With Windows® Azure™, your system will automatically grow to meet the needs of fluctuating business cycles. You won’t pay for servers to sit idle. IT costs will shrink thanks to included support and data redundancy.

Windows® Azure™

Replace clunky screens with modern user interfaces. Build customer-facing web portals. Integrate social media and modern web technologies. Leverage mobile devices. Move it all to the cloud. Free your code from the mainframe and take full advantage of the most advanced web framework ever. GT Software transforms CICS applications into ASP.NET web pages.ws Azure™—without virtual machines or emulation.

Streamline Screens

NetCOBOL lets you easily replace text-based CICS screens and applications with intuitive graphical user interfaces. Use modern programming languages like C#, VB.NET and Java to create clean user interfaces and more.

Expand Capabilities

Access web-based databases through your CICS interface, create customer-facing web portals and more. NetCOBOL for .NET launches CICS into the Microsoft® .NET™ Framework, the most advanced platform on the Web. With CICS on .NET, the possibilities are limitless.

Make COBOL Soar

NetCOBOL for .NET compiles COBOL natively on the Windows® Azure™ cloud computing platform. With Windows® Azure™, you get true scalability, complete backup and disaster recovery and more.