COBOL

Beyond Legacy: The Modern Language Ecosystem of z/OS

For "z/OS and Friends," Joe Gulla catalogs the broad and ever-evolving range of programming languages on z/OS

3 Reasons Why Mainframes Are Resurging

For decades, the mainframe was routinely taken for granted as it quietly powered much of the world’s high-transactional data behind the scenes. The prevailing narrative suggested that distributed systems, client-server architectures, and later, the public cloud, would render these powerful machines obsolete. Yet, an undeniable resurgence is now underway. The mainframe, far from fading into […]

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Leveraging Legacy Code With AI-Powered Mainframe Modernization

Alex Burak, solutions consultant at IBA Group, explains how generative AI and other tools are changing approaches to application modernization

Dr. Joe Gulla Still Hears the Music of the Mainframe

The "z/OS and Friends" author goes on "IT Social Hour" to discuss how he went from music theory major to mainframe devotee, why he still gets emotional about the mainframe, and why, at age 72, "z/Architecture Principals of Operation" still fills him with wonder

Rocket Software Announces Innovations to Its COBOL Modernization Solutions

Modern and Magnetic: How Modern Development Environments Attract Fresh IBM i talent

How modern development environments play a key role in attracting IBM i talent

Mainframe and AI: Driving IT Modernization

Blair Technology Solutions is at the forefront of mainframe modernization, leveraging the power of IBM’s watsonx Code Assistant for Z to bring artificial intelligence into legacy COBOL environments. By automating COBOL code explanation and documentation, and integrating AI-driven code generation and refactoring workflows, Blair is reducing onboarding time, accelerating development cycles, and preserving the reliability […]

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A Rare Education: Budding Mainframers Prepare to Carry the Torch

Students at the school, one of the few in the U.S. offering mainframe instruction, prepare to carry the torch

How Mainframe Architecture Makes All the Difference: Then and Now

Former IBM Systems magazine contributor Joseph Gulla returns as a TechChannel contributor to explain the nuances of mainframe architecture

How Artificial Intelligence Is Accelerating Mainframe Modernization

IBM leaders hail the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool as a game changer in code conversion