Micro Focus Server for SOA supports the large-scale integration of COBOL services across the enterprise. By supporting Web services, Micro Focus Server provides an open approach to the deployment of COBOL business processes within a SOA environment. Since direct COBOL Web services deployed with Micro Focus Server are standards-based, they can be consumed from any language on any platform that acts as a Web service client including Java, Microsoft. NET languages and COBOL. No third-party application servers or Web servers are required for the deployment of direct COBOL Web services, minimizing costs while increasing the agility of existing COBOL business logic.