ROCKVILLE, MD--(Marketwire - Mar 6, 2013) - [ Micro Focus ] (LSE: MCRO.L), the leading provider of [ enterprise application modernization, testing, and management solutions ], today announced that it will host its annual [ Developer Conference ] in two locations this year: San Francisco on April 3-4 and New York on April 9-10. This approach expands on the success of the [ 2012 Developer Conference ] and offers enterprise technology thought leaders, industry analysts, partners and users from across the country a greater opportunity to participate. As always, the conference will focus on the latest in application development and best practices for COBOL application developers, looking closely at the areas of mobile, cloud, IT architecture, efficiency and skills development. The conference also provides industry experts from across sectors with an informative and engaging opportunity to learn, share experiences and network.

What:
The Micro Focus Developers Conferences are free events that feature keynotes and technical presentations from Micro Focus product experts as well as customer and partner presentations and roundtables. The East and West coast conferences feature similar agendas, with discussion topics including:

• Deploying COBOL applications with Microsoft Azure
• Taking the first steps to cloud deployment
• Embracing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Application modernization with Visual COBOL
• Moving to managed code
• Making the move to Visual COBOL
• Honing COBOL and Visual COBOL skills

Who:
At each conference event, participants will hear keynote presentations from Kevin Brearley, Micro Focus Director of Product Management, as well as learn from several product and technical presentations given by other Micro Focus product experts. In addition, Sam Malek and Brian Douglas of [ Transvive ] will be on hand to discuss the move to Visual COBOL, Microsoft executives will present on the uses of COBOL with Microsoft Azure, and Steve Steuart and Steve Hodges of [ .idea ] will join Micro Focus representatives to co-host a session on moving to the cloud.

San Francisco Conference Details:

When:
Wednesday April 3 and Thursday April 4, 2013
Where:
[ Crowne Plaza San Francisco International Airport Hotel ]

New York Conference Details:

When:
Tuesday April 9 and Wednesday April 10, 2013
Where:
[ The Hilton Newark Airport Hotel ]

Registration for both events is now open and can be found here: [ www.microfocus.com/devcon2013 ] Register today!

Additional Resources

• For additional show information, visit our [ Developer Conference 2013 Homepage ]
• Get session previews of the event on our [ Abstracts Page ] 
• Talk to peers and experts in the Micro Focus community: [ http://community.microfocus.com/Home ]
• Follow @MicroFocus on Twitter and use the #devcon2013 hashtag to join the conversation

About Micro Focus
Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization, Testing and Management software enables customers' business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit [ www.microfocus.com ].

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