Windows Devices Using ARM64 Processors

It has come to our attention that the Sentinel device driver does not work on ARM64 based devices running Windows. As a result, licensing will fail if it is using a USB protection device, even though the rest of the system works fine. Since such devices have built-in network adapters, the license can be moved to MAC based license protection. Please contact Sales for pricing.

ICOBOL 4 end of sales and support

ICOBOL 4 has been unsupported since December 31, 2020. As of January 1, 2023, we have also ended all sales of ICOBOL 4 licenses.

ICOBOL 3 and Windows 7 end of support

For customers still running ICOBOL 3 who are planning to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or 11, please be aware of the following:
your licensing will fail once you upgrade.
The USB and Parallel port protection devices will fail to authorize in Windows 10 because the device driver shipped with ICOBOL 3 does not work in Windows 10. An updated Sentinel device driver can be downloaded and installed from our download page to solve this problem.
A MAC address protected license will fail because programming interfaces used by ICPERMIT were changed by Microsoft in Windows 8 and up. There is currently no work around for this other than to upgrade the license to ICOBOL 5.

Are you worried about performance and scaling?

That is something you can take off your list of worries with ICOBOL. There are many of our customers who have systems with more than 100 simultaneous users. Our largest has nearly 1000. Sure, it takes a powerful server underneath us, but the fact remains that our system was built from the ground up to be an efficient multi-user system.

If you are running on a COBOL platform that isn't performing for you, please get in touch to find out how we may be able to help.

Have you heard any talk about Cloud Computing lately?

Perhaps you have, but you didn't join the conversation because you thought that offering your ICOBOL application as a cloud-based service was way too complicated. By combining a Linux-based ICOBOL server with our thin client product, it may be easier than you think. And when it comes to hosting that server, we can make that easy as well and help you get started on servers hosted by a major hosting provider. We have been helping our clients do just that for over 10 years now, with dozens of companies running their businesses on ICOBOL servers in the cloud.

Email us with a short description of your needs and a contact number and we'll be in touch. We can help.

Are You Running on Borrowed Time?

Although you may have replaced your aging Data General hardware years ago, perhaps you are still running software that is just about as old -- an outdated and unsupported revision of ICOBOL 2 or ICOBOL 3 running on an outdated and unsupported Windows PC running Windows XP or Vista or Server 2003 or 2008. If so, your PC isn't so different from those ancient Data General minicomputers - it is probably on its last legs and a catastrophic failure is sneaking up on you. Because ICOBOL 5 can run the programs built for ICOBOL 2, 3, or 4 it may be easier than you think to upgrade to a new system that is being actively supported.

Contact us with your license number for more information. We can help.

Leverage the data behind your COBOL applications in powerful ways!

If you need to access your data:

• from a Windows program, such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, or Crystal Reports
• over an intranet or the internet

we have the tools to make it happen. Check out our ODBC Driver, Client/Server File Access, and Client/Server SQL access products.