COBOL

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 Northern Illinois University, 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

COBOL’s 65th Anniversary: Industry Experts Weigh In

Proponents of the longstanding programming language, including Reg Harbeck, Misty Decker, Derek Britton and more, reflect on its monumental impact

GenAI to DevSecOps: How Mainframe App Development Is Changing

Mainframe experts weigh in on the future of mainframe application development, from GenAI to DevSecOps to COBOL modernization

A Next-Generation Mainframer Finds Her Way

Emma Skovgård on the challenges and rewards of her new systems programming career

‘A Fascinating Piece of Machinery’

Truth: Sabine Diemt, a Learjet pilot and IBM Champion, said those words about the mainframe

Embracing the DevOps Transformation on IBM i

Arcad Software's Philippe Magne on the evolution of DevOps and its critical role in IBM i modernization initiatives

The Mainframe in the Age of AI

AI is revolutionizing the mainframe. In this e-book, the University of St. Thomas' Dr. Manjeet Rege and IBM's Rich Larin highlight how AI is pushing the mainframe forward—and how to ethically use AI