COBOL-IT Enterprise Edition has been certified with Syncsort's High Performance Sort and Data Mani

Online, October 5, 2009 (Newswire.com) - October 5, 2009 - COBOL-IT, the Enterprise Class Open Source COBOL, today announced that Syncsort has certified its high performance data transformation technologies with the COBOL-IT Enterprise Runtime. Using the industry-standard EXTSM interface, COBOL-IT customers, which include Fortune-class corporations and government agencies, can now leverage the superior performance provided by Syncsort's suite of data manipulation products. With Sycsort's products, COBOL-IT customers can enhance their application's performance, and advance their modernization initiative with very few changes to their existing application, and consequently, very low risk.
"Syncsort is excited to partner with COBOL-IT to deliver world class enterprise application modernization solutions to our customers", said Matt Dowling, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Alliances at Syncsort.
Syncsort's data transformation technologies improve the run-time performance of many data intensive applications through algorithm design, architecture exploitation, dynamic optimization, and constant benchmarking. It also optimizes run-time performance through state-of-the-art parallel processing technology and using the best I/O method available. This reduces CPU, memory and disk resource usage, allowing applications to be deployed on significantly smaller hardware systems, in turn lowering hardware costs considerably.
"COBOL-IT is committed to providing our customers with access to the highest performance solutions available", said Stephane Croce, CEO of COBOL-IT. "Data manipulation is an area that always commands attention, and Syncsort has a history of leading the industry in providing high-performance solutions. With this certification, COBOL-IT users can be assured that they can architect the very highest performance solution possible."
About COBOL-IT
COBOL-IT is the first company offering an enterprise-class Open Source COBOL Compiler with a wide range of Premium Professional Services. COBOL-IT provides a powerful set of Enterprise Application Modernization solutions with its Compiler Suite, Developer Studio, and Pre-Compiler for MySQL or PostgreSQL. With certifications from industry-leading OLTP-solution vendors, and RDBMS providers, COBOL-IT is emerging as an Enterprise Modernization solution in the Unix, Linux, and Windows environments. With COBOL-IT, corporate end-users and ISVs can now include COBOL in their set of open source solutions. For additional information, visit www.cobol-it.com
About Synscort Incorporated:
Syncsort is a global software company that speeds data processing, integration, and protection & recovery in data-intensive environments. Supported by a professional services team built on 40 years of expertise, Syncsort helps customers drive ROI with the unique combination of high performance, optimal resource utilization, and ease of use. With over 12,000 licenses worldwide, Syncsort customers include 96 of Fortune 100 companies. Syncsort is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, and has international subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, with support centers in the United States and Netherlands. An international network of resellers provides Syncsort products as integral components of IT solutions. For more information call 201-930-8200 (1-877-FAST-951 in the US and Canada) or visit www.syncsort.com.