 "Micro Focus Releases Its Test Server")
Micro Focus, the provider of enterprise application modernisation, testing and management solutions, has released Micro Focus Test Server a unique technology that will accelerate testing processes while significantly reducing operating costs.
Micro Focus Test Server is an IBM z/OS compatible environment where application execution behaves just as it would on the target production mainframe. This makes it possible to perform a broad range of pre-production testing on readily available hardware. Testing capacity can now be easily increased to meet business-critical timeframes without incurring prohibitive costs.
Micro Focus Test Server is an IBM mainframe-compatible solution for system, user acceptance and integration testing. “There are significant numbers of IBM mainframes in use across the world and 76 per cent of CIOs view them as integral to their business today. Applications running on IBM mainframes are nearly always business-critical. It is therefore crucial to provide sufficient test cycles to ensure the software meets the demands of the business and its customers,” said Eddie Houghton, Product Director at Micro Focus.
“Rehosting testing is a win-win solution for organisations with mainframe capacity issues. It not only allows businesses to contain or cut costs by removing the need to invest in extra MIPS, it also enables testing to be completed faster without compromising quality. Test cycles are no longer constrained by scarce mainframe processing power. Additionally, Test Server demonstrates the feasibility for risk-free deployment of production systems off the IBM mainframe to realise further, significant cost savings,” added Houghton.
Micro Focus Test Server features support for a wide range of mainframe COBOL and Assembler applications and data including batch with JCL, online CICS or IMS TM, DB2, IMS DB and VSAM files.
It also features a black box test execution environment for composite applications where .NET and Java programmes invoke mainframe COBOL resources. It allows close integration back to the mainframe with seamless and secure access to mainframe source code libraries, applications and data, enabling organisations to integrate testing with resources that continue to reside on the mainframe.