COBOL Technology Update

Enterprise COBOL enables interoperability with Java components across distributed applications and promotes/provides the capability for the exchange and usage of data in standardized formats including XML and Unicode.

SYS-ED workshops explain and demonstrate:

• How Enterprise COBOL supports Java interoperability by new object-oriented syntax.
• The integration of the CICS translator.
• How enhanced XML and Unicode support is provided.
• Support for new SQL data types and new SQL syntax provided by DB2 V9.
• Support for POSIX threads and signals are now available in Enterprise COBOL.
• COBOL CALL statement to take advantage of Language Environment services for everything from storage management to condition handling.