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….
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….
We’ve now had a few days to settle into the new year, but as we take down the festive decorations and look at our business imperatives for 2015, is anything different in enterprise IT? This blog glances at the current picture of global technology, where so much seems like it is changing, but a lot appears to remain the same. So is that the case? Well, yes and no. While the world appears to rotate ever faster each year and the pace of change in technology is at unprecedented levels, organizations the world over continue to rely on tried and trusted technology to run their most cherished business systems. Yet, the notion that ’tried and trusted‘ equates to ’staid and unchanging‘ is far from reality.
It’s a question we hear a lot. And for those of you familiar with COBOL, you’ll know that the... View Article
People have always tried to recycle – to get something new out of what’s gone before, right? The same... View Article
Sound familiar? We’ve heard this from so many of our customers. They are trying to tackle the seemingly impossible... View Article
Application development plays a complex, vital role in mainframe IT organizations and an efficient development process is key in delivering improvements to the business. This blog - the second of five - examines the issues organizations face and how a contemporary approach can improve efficiency and productivity, unite development teams and put YOU in control.
A problem by definition Shut your eyes. Think of what the word legacy means to you. Anyone seeing a... View Article
The Tiobe Index has just published its results for September 2012. The headline “no change”. I beg to differ.... View Article
In this blog Scot Nielsen, Product Manager for the COBOL Solution at Micro Focus, talks about one of the key reasons for the success of COBOL applications and in doing so, highlights some of the new features coming in the next release of Visual COBOL 2.1.