Integrates COBOL applications with web services, XML, and Java

IBM COBOL for AIX® is a development environment for building business-critical COBOL applications on Power® systems. It includes a COBOL compiler, a runtime library for application development use, and a debugger that lets you visually debug a program from your workstation. COBOL for AIX enables you to create 32-bit or 64-bit applications. IBM COBOL Runtime Environment for AIX 5.1 is required to deploy applications built with COBOL for AIX into production.

Features

• **Application performance maximization: **COBOL for AIX® is designed to take advantage of hardware advancements and optimization technology for IBM® Power Systems. It delivers superior performance, reliability, and energy efficiency. A backend optimizer improves the performance of COBOL for AIX applications, and this component is common among the IBM XL compilers such as XL C, XL C/C++, and XL Fortran.
• **XML and Java interoperability: **COBOL for AIX lets you integrate your COBOL applications with web services, XML, and Java®. It gives you control over the XML documents you generate, and facilitates the interoperability of COBOL and Java programs based on the facilities of the Java Native Interface.
• **Debugging support: **COBOL for AIX includes a debugger that supports problem determination capabilities for 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
• **Middleware integration: **COBOL for AIX delivers recent programming interfaces to middleware to facilitate application integration and modernization.
• **A runtime-only offering available for application deployment: **Deployment of COBOL applications in an execution-only environment requires the COBOL Runtime Environment for AIX 5.1 product. It is a separately orderable runtime product for execution of developed IBM COBOL applications. With this orderable COBOL Runtime Environment, the redistribution of runtime libraries in the COBOL for AIX product is no longer required or permitted.

Benefits

• **Maximize Power hardware: **Takes advantage of hardware advancements and optimization technology for IBM Power systems.
• **Optimize application performance: **Uses common compiler back-end technology from XL C, XL C/C++, and XL Fortran to give better performance.
• **Improve developer productivity: **Increases usability by providing diagnostic reports and symbolic debugger support.

Which edition is right for you?

• COBOL for AIX - A cost-effective development environment for building business-critical COBOL applications for Power systems. - For application development only. Use COBOL Runtime for AIX for production - Licensing option available for single install, unique user (1:1) - Licensing option available to share access with multiple users (one user at a time) - PVU pricing model gives you licensing flexibility and granularity - 25% discount available if you are migrating from a competitive COBOL compiler on AIX
• COBOL Runtime Environment for AIX - A high-performance runtime offering for deployment of developed IBM COBOL applications. - For deployment of applications built with COBOL for AIX - Priced per Processor Value Unit (PVU, the amount of possible work your processor can perform) - PVU pricing model gives you licensing flexibility and granularity - Includes 12 months of no cost 24x7 support and access to new software features