Time to update that application? Call Micro Focus. The company helps clients migrate old software (ones written in COBOL and other legacy computer languages) to more modern software platforms, without the need to replace or rewrite code for core applications. The company provides software used to analyze, develop, integrate, test, and deploy modernized mainframe applications on flexible operating systems such as cloud computing. Principal brands include Attachmate, Borland, Micro Focus, Net IQ, Novel and SUSE. Micro Focus has helped more than 18,000 companies, including Avis, Comcast, HSBC, Valero Energy, and Tesco transition from proprietary platforms. In 2016 Micro Focus agreed to acquire Hewlett Packard's software business in a deal worth £3.4 billion.