Micro Focus Launches EDPE

Micro Focus has announced the general availability of its free-of-charge Enterprise Developer Personal Edition (EDPE) product.  An integrated development environment (IDE) for IBM mainframe applications, Enterprise Developer Personal Edition is a simple to use, entry-level version of the full Micro Focus Enterprise Developer product for IT development professionals and students.  It offers a choice of Eclipse or Visual Studio IDE to develop enterprise-class mainframe and distributed applications.

Today’s businesses have to deliver new and improved products and services to gain market share and drive growth.  IT plays a significant role in ensuring that business objectives are met against a background of cost control and a relentless demand for efficiency. Gartner’s worldwide survey of CIOs in 2012 confirmed IT organizations must deliver on multiple priorities without an increase in their IT budget. 

Application modernization will continue to be a key component of organizational spends in India. Growth will be driven by evolving software delivery models, new development methodologies, emerging mobile application development and open source software.

“IT teams need new approaches to balance the essential work of keeping the business functioning and enabling innovation initiatives to improve corporate performance. This means addressing challenges that directly impact time to market in order to remain competitive and sustain business growth – namely skills, productivity, quality resources and integration,” said Kevin Brearley, Director, Product Management at Micro Focus.