COBOL The new IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Migration Assistant is live to guide you through COBOL migration Mar 26, 2021 Dan Zhang 0 Comments The IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Migration Assistant (CMA) has been very popular among COBOL migration users. It is a… Continue Reading »
Mainframe Tell me about COBOL Jul 22, 2020 Trevor Eddolls 4 Comments Let me start by telling you a story… Once there was a big town and everyone went to school and… Continue Reading »
IT Organizations Still COBOL After All These Years? Jul 16, 2020 Janet Sun 1 Comment Have you seen the recent headlines? Wanted urgently: People who know a half century-old computer language so states can process… Continue Reading »
Mainframe New Year, Old Stuff; And New… Jan 30, 2020 Keith Allingham 0 Comments What can I say? I'm an old guy and I like old stuff. The best example of this is my… Continue Reading »
Mainframe COBOL: Still the Best for New High-Volume Applications After All These Years Aug 29, 2019 Reg Harbeck 2 Comments It’s not “cobalt” – though it is often blue. It’s not out-of-date – though programs written in it 60 years… Continue Reading »
Mainframe Creating the Future by Slashing Complexity Jan 24, 2019 Robert Barnes 0 Comments Mainframe users have a problem: finding people with the right skills to service their mission-critical systems. It isn’t language: learning… Continue Reading »
Mainframe Does McKinsey Hate Betty White? Mar 13, 2018 Chris O'Malley 0 Comments Betty White rocks. I mean, she hosted Saturday Night Live—and won an Emmy for it—at the age of 88. At… Continue Reading »
Mainframe Making a Modern Mainframer Aug 9, 2017 Bryan Smyth 6 Comments It’s no secret that the dreaded “skills gap” is affecting the mainframe market. It’s getting harder and harder to find… Continue Reading »
Distributed Thanksgiving, Mom and IT Leadership Nov 15, 2016 Chris O'Malley 0 Comments Next Thursday, we will sit around a table with people whose political opinions we find heartless or naïve, who don’t… Continue Reading »
Mainframe Agile COBOL and the x86-less Datacenter Jun 21, 2016 Chris O'Malley 0 Comments For years, pundits have predicted that a generational shift in IT would spell doom for the mainframe. But just the… Continue Reading »