Procedural programming languages

ZWCAD 2022 Is Launched for Faster and Friendlier Design

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Today, ZWSOFT introduced the faster and friendlier ZWCAD 2022 , the latest version of its flagship CAD solution.

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  • Today, ZWSOFT introduced the faster and friendlier ZWCAD 2022 , the latest version of its flagship CAD solution.
  • Also, associative arrays allow you to swiftly array objects in rectangular or polar patterns, or along a path.
  • ZWCAD 2022 has also become friendlier.
  • ZWSOFT CO., LTD. (Guangzhou) is a reliable and innovative engineering software provider with its flagship products ZWCAD and ZW3D.

Asysco: the short-term benefits of traditional re-hosting can be offset by the costs of future development

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Monday, May 31, 2021

Its proposition is built around a unique methodology that allows organizations to re-host and re-factor at the same time.

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  • Its proposition is built around a unique methodology that allows organizations to re-host and re-factor at the same time.
  • Traditional mainframe re-hosting is a popular option for businesses who want to right-size their mainframe environment and get rid of the high cost of mainframe maintenance.
  • The legacy environment must be emulated, which means additional software is used one that locks businesses in.
  • This way our COBOL programmers would still be able to support the system our customers rely upon.'

U.S. Enterprises Move Toward Mainframe Modernization to Improve Agility, Lower Costs

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

\xe2\x80\x9cEnterprises that do not plan to modernize should consider outsourcing their mainframe operations.\xe2\x80\x9d\nService providers are offering several tools that allow enterprises to modernize their mainframes, the report says.

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  • \xe2\x80\x9cEnterprises that do not plan to modernize should consider outsourcing their mainframe operations.\xe2\x80\x9d\nService providers are offering several tools that allow enterprises to modernize their mainframes, the report says.
  • Providers of MFaaS and mainframe modernization services can achieve a 10 to 25 percent cost savings by transitioning services.
  • They are abandoning legacy programming languages such as COBOL, Assembler and Natural in favor of Java, .NET and C#.
  • In some cases, service providers are helping enterprises covert COBOL to Java.\nSome enterprises have resisted mainframe modernization based on the outdated myth that the vast amount of data stored on mainframes cannot be moved to the cloud, the report says.

Fastly Expands WebAssembly Investment in Support of a Secure-by-Default Software Ecosystem

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

In pursuit of this collaborative mission, Fastly has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and will participate in the WebAssembly Working Group , and continues its contributions to the newly-incorporated Bytecode Alliance , a nonprofit dedicated to creating a new, more secure software ecosystem.

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  • In pursuit of this collaborative mission, Fastly has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and will participate in the WebAssembly Working Group , and continues its contributions to the newly-incorporated Bytecode Alliance , a nonprofit dedicated to creating a new, more secure software ecosystem.
  • The ecosystem the Bytecode Alliance aims to build, leveraging WebAssembly and other standards and community efforts, will resolve potentially dangerous shortcomings in execution semantics and sandboxed environments within the software supply chain, addressing development gaps in trust and data integrity.
  • Alongside Bytecode Alliance members, Fastly\xe2\x80\x99s WebAssembly team has specifically prioritized contributing to Wasmtime , a WebAssembly runtime, and Cranelift, an open-source, next-generation code generator for use in WebAssembly to provide sandbox security functionality.
  • Fastly\xe2\x80\x99s customers include many of the world\xe2\x80\x99s most prominent companies, including Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210428005286/en/\n"

CRC Industries Acquires Evapo-Rust® Brand from Harris International Laboratories

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

b'CRC Industries, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of specialty products and formulations for maintenance and repair professionals and do-it-yourselfers, has acquired select assets of Harris International Laboratories, Inc., including the Evapo-Rust\xc2\xae brand of rust removal products.

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  • b'CRC Industries, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of specialty products and formulations for maintenance and repair professionals and do-it-yourselfers, has acquired select assets of Harris International Laboratories, Inc., including the Evapo-Rust\xc2\xae brand of rust removal products.
  • These products are developed and produced in the U.S. and are sold in 48 countries and over 40,000 retail stores.
  • Evapo-Rust products are used by the US military and leading industrial companies to safely remove rust from metallic components.
  • CRC global trademarked brands include: CRC\xc2\xae, K&W\xc2\xae, Sta-Lube\xc2\xae, SmartWasher\xc2\xae, Weld-Aid\xc2\xae, Marykate\xc2\xae, KF\xc2\xae, Ados\xc2\xae, Kitten\xc2\xae and Q20\xc2\xae.\nFor more information about CRC Industries, visit crcind.com .\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210413005765/en/\n'

Agora Announces Private Placement Financing of US$250 Million

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Monday, February 1, 2021

The private placement is expected to be closed in February 2021, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions.

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  • The private placement is expected to be closed in February 2021, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions.
  • Forward-looking statements include statements containing words such as expect, anticipate, believe, project, will and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements.
  • You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
  • Agoras platform provides developers simple, flexible and powerful application programming interfaces, or APIs, to embed real-time video and voice engagement experiences into their applications.

New Majesco Report Assesses the Digital and No Code / Low Code Insurance Platform Current and Future State and the Path to Digital Maturity

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Majesco, a global leader of cloud insurance software, today announced the release of a new thought leadership report, Insurance Platforms The Digital and No Code / Low Code Platform.

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  • Majesco, a global leader of cloud insurance software, today announced the release of a new thought leadership report, Insurance Platforms The Digital and No Code / Low Code Platform.
  • The report documents the evolution, definitions and industry viewpoints of digital and no code / low code platforms, highlighting key technology components and capabilities.
  • The report details three different and progressively advanced and innovative no code / low code platforms that are transforming insurance business models.
  • Digital platforms with no code / low code capabilities have become the game-changer to meet this demand.

Cloud Compiling Announces COBOL V6 Migration Webinar Featuring Guest Speaker and Industry Expert Reg Harbeck

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

The webinar will discuss COBOL V6 migration and concerns about spikes in mainframe CPU as charged through the Rolling 4-Hour Average (R4HA) and related pricing options.

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  • The webinar will discuss COBOL V6 migration and concerns about spikes in mainframe CPU as charged through the Rolling 4-Hour Average (R4HA) and related pricing options.
  • Guest speaker, Reg Harbeck, is a mainframe industry expert and IBM Champion for z/OS who has worked in IT and mainframes for more than three decades.
  • Harbeck will outline strategies to avoid unnecessary budget churn as Fortune 500 organizations ponder the shift to COBOL V6.
  • With its patent-pending technologies, Cloud Compiling is the only true cloud compiling solution developed for IBM System Z, bringing cost-effective compiling alternatives to the mainframe environment.

Artificial Intelligence Can Rescue Government Agencies Stuck in COBOL Quagmire

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

COBOL is a 61-year old computer language for processing data and is unable to scale up and handle numerous requests quickly.

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  • COBOL is a 61-year old computer language for processing data and is unable to scale up and handle numerous requests quickly.
  • The state of Connecticut also admitted that it was also struggling to process the large volume of unemployment claims with its 40-year-old COBOL mainframe system.
  • On the other hand, COBOL experts who can decipher these programs are in short supply with only two million such programmers remaining in the world of which half are retired.
  • Although there are software tools that convert a given COBOL program into another computer language, these tools are essentially "black boxes" whose accuracy is often low.

JFrog Launches First Security-Focused, Immutable Chart Repository for Helm, the Package Manager for Kubernetes

Helm is an application package manager running atop Kubernetes that simplifies the process of defining, storing, and managing applications through convenient Helm charts.

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  • Helm is an application package manager running atop Kubernetes that simplifies the process of defining, storing, and managing applications through convenient Helm charts.
  • ChartCenter joins the JFrog centers family, already encompassing GoCenter , ConanCenter and JCenter as hubs for immutable artifacts.
  • Organizations can use ChartCenter to find immutable and highly available versions of Helm charts and can even add their own.
  • JFrog is trusted by more than 5,600 customers, and top global brands depend on JFrog to manage their binaries for their mission-critical applications.