County of Marin Collects on IT Investments with Tax System Upgrade

Micro Focus and Tiburon Technologies prepare County of Marin for
migration of mission critical property tax applications
NEWBURY, England, & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Micro Focus (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise
application management and modernization solutions, and Tiburon
Technologies, a partner and provider of a comprehensive suite of
automated tools, today announced an agreement with the County of Marin
that will enable the county to migrate its property tax system off the
mainframe and onto a Microsoft SQL Server / .NET platform. With the
support of Tiburon Technologies' automated tools and methodology, the
County of Marin will deploy Micro Focus solutions to ensure the fast,
accurate and affordable transition of its COBOL applications into a
.NET environment. As a result, the County of Marin will benefit from a
more agile environment, lower costs and the ability to quickly and
easily leverage additional features currently available on the network
environment.

County of Marin's property tax system took 10 years to create,
with five people working full time on development. While well written,
County of Marin's sophisticated COBOL applications have experienced
integration challenges with today's technology. Implementing Micro
Focus' Net Express(R) COBOL Compiler will allow the County of Marin to
take full advantage of Web services, Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) and a host of other modern services that were not previously
available.

"Our business logic is encapsulated in COBOL and we need to
protect this asset as best we can," said David Hill, CIO, County of
Marin. "While other counties are pouring tens of millions of dollars
into 'rip-and-replace projects,' we decided to take a step back and
evaluate how we could leverage the IT assets we already have. Our
choice to modernize our existing mainframe application allows us to
extract and migrate a very complex system, with very little risk. This
will enable us to take advantage of a plethora of services we would
otherwise not have been able to utilize."

Finalized earlier this year, County of Marin chose Tiburon
Technologies' automated conversion process for its pilot migration
project that allowed the complex, back-end COBOL-based property tax
applications to integrate with services already existing on the .NET
platform, such as job scheduling and print distribution software. The
100 percent accuracy and success of the pilot showcased the immediate
return on investment benefits County of Marin can expect, and also
allowed for the creation of a realistic timeline for deployment and
the construction of a strategy for implementation.

"The County of Marin is strategically approaching its
modernization initiative in order to reap the greatest overall
business benefits for the lowest total cost," said Kevin Moultrup,
President, North America Operations, Micro Focus. "Micro Focus is
thrilled the County of Marin has chosen to utilize the suite of Micro
Focus products in its transition off the mainframe into a .NET world
on SQL Server, and looks forward to working with Tiburon Technologies
throughout the county's modernization initiative."

Electing to modernize its existing COBOL-based property tax
applications, as opposed to a complete systems overhaul, sets County
of Marin apart as an early adopter of application migration
initiatives. Micro Focus Net Express(R) COBOL Compiler was selected
for its ability to preserve the business logic locked inside County of
Marin's sophisticated COBOL applications, while making them relevant
and compatible with modern IT services.

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 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

About Tiburon Technologies

Tiburon Technologies (Tiburon) is a national leader in legacy
systems modernization and support, located in Independence, OH.
Tiburon offers a comprehensive suite of tools to automate the
conversion of legacy systems as a turnkey solution. Tiburon's
automation allows customers to leverage their global IT assets and
protect key business rules and functions. Tiburon provides
complimentary support solutions to maintain current applications and
databases. We provide new development services to promote business
applications and to further their competitive advantage in the market.
Tiburon is a leading provider of solutions to the education, financial
services, government, aerospace & defense, manufacturing, retail and
utility industries.

www.tiburontech.com

All product names are registered trademarks of Micro Focus. Other
products mentioned in this announcement are trademarks of their
respective owners.

LEWIS PR
Mari Melguizo, 617-226-8895
marim@lewispr.com

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