IBM's WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer 5.0 ($7,500 direct, per CPU) mixes a premier Java development environment with legacy support for COBOL, PL/I, and CICS, so that mainframe code can ...

WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.0, available now, is priced at ,499 per user. WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer 5.0, scheduled for release September 30, will retail for ,500 per user.

The more advanced IBM WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer includes additional tools for working with legacy applications. Version 5.0 brings to WebSphere Studio new features for coordinating the ...