Micro Focus and Microsoft Collaborate to Deliver Cloud and Digital Transformation Strategies for Government Agencies

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Micro Focus and Microsoft have expanded their strategic collaboration aimed at reducing infrastructure costs for government clients by modernizing mainframe applications on Microsoft Azure. With 92% of IT leaders viewing their COBOL applications as critical, this partnership enables agencies to avoid costly replacements and instead optimize existing systems. One government client achieved nearly 90% cost savings and completed modernization 10 months early. This collaboration underscores the importance of technology in enhancing service delivery for state and local governments.

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• Expanded collaboration with Microsoft to reduce costs for government clients.
• Helps agencies optimize existing systems instead of costly replacements.
• One government client achieved nearly 90% operational cost savings.
• Project completion was 10 months ahead of schedule.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO; NYSE: MFGP) today announced an expanded strategic collaboration with Microsoft to help reduce government clients' infrastructure costs by bridging existing and emerging technologies to transform and modernize. As state and local government agencies work to provide reliable services to their citizens in a cost-effective way, this partnership with Microsoft provides a reliable and scalable strategy for enabling mainframe applications to run on Microsoft Azure.

"When undertaking a digital transformation initiative, it's important that the right partners and technologies are chosen to support long-term success," said Neil Fowler, Micro Focus General Manager of Application Modernization and Connectivity. "With Micro Focus and Microsoft's collaboration, government clients can reduce costs and extract maximum value from their existing core systems, as opposed to risky 'rip and replace' initiatives."

"Modernization of core agency mainframe systems is critical to ensuring that the vitality and flexibility they need to efficiently serve their citizens is always available, now more than ever," said Bob Ellsworth, Director Mainframe Transformation at Microsoft. "Micro Focus is a long-standing partner of Microsoft and our combined technology provides a proven, robust and cost-effective path to mainframe modernization for our State and Local Government customers."

The delivery of new value from core systems ensures short-term resilience while supporting long-term business success. With 92% of IT leaders regarding their COBOL applications as strategic to their business, this collaboration helps to deliver digital transformation strategies that maximize business potential and ensure continued innovation. In the case of one government client, Micro Focus and Microsoft delivered close to 90% operational cost savings and completed the project 10 months ahead of schedule.

As digital transformation continues to drive strategic business change, this collaboration with Microsoft is one of the ways Micro Focus helps customers build on what already works and take a high tech, low drama approach to transformation.

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Micro Focus is a Microsoft Gold partner with competencies achieved in Application Development, Application Integration, Datacenter, and Data Analytics. As a managed Microsoft co-sell partner, Microsoft and Micro Focus work together to enable customers to take advantage of cloud computing on Azure.

About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

About Micro Focus
Micro Focus delivers enterprise software to empower 40,000 customers worldwide to run, transform, and adapt. With a comprehensive portfolio, underpinned by a robust analytics ecosystem, Micro Focus delivers pragmatic, customer-centric solutions to bridge the gap between existing and emerging technologies and enable organizations to achieve Smart Digital Transformation. That's High Tech, Low Drama. 

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FAQ

What is the partnership between MCRO and MSFT about?

The collaboration focuses on reducing infrastructure costs for government clients by modernizing mainframe applications on Microsoft Azure.

What benefits did a government client achieve from the MCRO and MSFT collaboration?

The client realized nearly 90% operational cost savings and completed the project 10 months ahead of schedule.

How do MCRO and MSFT's strategies help local governments?

Their strategies allow local governments to optimize existing systems instead of undertaking risky 'rip and replace' projects.

What technology is used in the MCRO and MSFT collaboration?

They utilize Microsoft Azure to facilitate the modernizing of mainframe applications.

What percentage of IT leaders consider COBOL applications strategic?

92% of IT leaders view their COBOL applications as strategic to their business.