COBOL; this isn’t goodbye.
When I joined Micro Focus seven years ago, so many of my friends, family, and business contacts reacted with... View Article
Articles written by Melissa Burns
For those about to code – we salute you!
The #COBOLrocks TechCasts are good to go. But what are they, why should you care – and do they rock? Our #COBOLrock journalist, #Rockin’ Mel Burns, has the skinny….
R.I.P. COBOL
Global Head of Marketing Campaigns Melissa Burns originally wrote this April Fool post on LinkedIN in 2015. A year... View Article
Taking COBOL mobile
Organizations without mobile capabilities – or a strategy to achieve them – are standing still. But with the right technology, even older COBOL applications have the potential to go mobile. COBOL has a long, rich history of innovation and is adding to it every day…
Come on Developers – make something super!
Visual COBOL just won big at the Tech Hero Awards – and no dodgy FIFA-style brown envelopes were required. Because this is a product that speaks for itself (and our customers help out, too...)
Visual COBOL: Innovative, future-proof – and award winning?
Melissa Burns at the Micro Focus HQ explains why we've got the champagne on ice. The Inquirer has shortlisted Visual COBOL for ‘Best Developer Tool’ in their Tech Hero Awards 2015 and SUSE Linux has scooped a prestigious Network Computing Awards award.
COBOL programmers: Skill up and save time…
Melissa Burns from Micro Focus introduces the new Object-Orientated Programming using Visual COBOL webinar series - tune in and skill up!
12 months of COBOL
As search giant Google releases its annual Zeitgeist report revealing the news stories and questions that got the world... View Article
Is COBOL still the same old animal?
It’s a question we hear a lot. And for those of you familiar with COBOL, you’ll know that the... View Article
How did you celebrate Programmer Day?
It was International Programmer Day last Friday, a day to celebrate programmers and all that they do. I expect many immediately... View Article