October 2005

NetCOBOL™ for Windows V8.0 Adds Support for WOW64
Latest release of rock-solid compiler relied on by millions
Sunnyvale, October 26, 2005 - Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced the release of version 8 of its NetCOBOL for Windows product. The NetCOBOL compiler, used to create code that executes millions of business-critical applications each day, is being updated in the Windows environment with a number of detailed enhancements and tuning features, along with official support for executing applications on X64 chips (32-bit, x86, chips that have been extended to support some 64-bit addressing, such as AMD’s Opteron and Athlon, and Intel’s chips with EM64T – generally grouped using “X64”) using Microsoft’s WOW64 support for executing 32-bit applications. (Development continues on 32-bit versions of the Windows operating system.) (More)

Fujitsu and Zynium Partner to Integrate Microsoft® Visio® Process Maps with Fujitsu® Interstage® Business Process Manager™
Zynium’s solution will enable customers to reuse Microsoft Visio process diagrams within Fujitsu’s Interstage Business Process Manager
Sunnyvale, CA, October 11, 2005 - Fujitsu Software Corporation and Zynium today announced that they have entered into a partnership where Zynium will provide a solution for utilizing existing intellectual capital for business process management. Zynium, the market leader in middleware for workflow, will enable its Microsoft Visio process maps exporter to be compatible with Fujitsu’s Interstage Business Process Manager 7.1, the newest version of Fujitsu’s award-winning business process management software.(More)

Fujitsu and Software AG Deliver Joint Offering to Manage Integration Components within an SOA
CentraSite™ enables customers to gain visibility and control of SOA assets as never before
Sunnyvale, CA, October 11, 2005 - Fujitsu Limited and Software AG today announced that they have delivered a joint offering to help organizations manage integration components within a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). CentraSite™, an open, next generation SOA repository, promotes greater collaboration between business and IT by uniting metadata from service oriented integration products, including Fujitsu’s Interstage Business Process ManagerTM and Software AG’s Enterprise Service Integrator™ and Enterprise Information Integrator™. (More)

Fujitsu® Announces Availability of Interstage® Business Process Manager™ 7.1
Latest Release Delivers Landmark Service-Oriented Architecture Capabilities, Expands Process Modeling and Analytics to Support the Full Process Life Cycle
Sunnyvale, CA, October 11, 2005 - Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced the availability of Interstage® Business Process Manager™ 7.1, the newest version of Fujitsu's award-winning business process management software. Interstage Business Process Manager 7.1 features integration with CentraSite™, an SOA management platform co-developed by Fujitsu and Software AG and now generally available (see joint Fujitsu-Software AG press release also dated October 11). CentraSite provides a revolutionary new approach to service-oriented architecture (SOA) that offers the first, true universal view of integration metadata. Together, Interstage Business Process Manager and CentraSite will foster the sharing of process models and other corporate assets across the company, delivering on the SOA promise of governed shared infrastructures across organizations. (More)