Has Mainframe Computing Inadvertently Started its Own Culture War?
I have spent my career in the mainframe computing space. It's a strange and insular world. And it's shrinking a…
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Writing IMS Applications Using PL/I and Java Interoperability
Modernizing IMS applications sometimes means rewriting entire COBOL or PL/I programs in Java™. But another popular approach is to use Java when adding or modifying subroutines in existing PL/I applications. We can do this because IMS supports PL/I to Java interoperability for…
The Mainframe Lives and Thrives – Part 3
The first two parts of this article: The Mainframe Lives and Thrives – Part 1 The Mainframe Lives and Thrives…
The new IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Migration Assistant is live to guide you through COBOL migration
The IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Migration Assistant (CMA) has been very popular among COBOL migration users. It is a…
Tell me about COBOL
Let me start by telling you a story… Once there was a big town and everyone went to school and…
Still COBOL After All These Years?
Have you seen the recent headlines? Wanted urgently: People who know a half century-old computer language so states can process…
New Year, Old Stuff; And New…
What can I say? I'm an old guy and I like old stuff. The best example of this is my…
COBOL: Still the Best for New High-Volume Applications After All These Years
It’s not “cobalt” – though it is often blue. It’s not out-of-date – though programs written in it 60 years…
Creating the Future by Slashing Complexity
Mainframe users have a problem: finding people with the right skills to service their mission-critical systems. It isn’t language: learning…
Does McKinsey Hate Betty White?
Betty White rocks. I mean, she hosted Saturday Night Live—and won an Emmy for it—at the age of 88. At…
Making a Modern Mainframer
It’s no secret that the dreaded “skills gap” is affecting the mainframe market. It’s getting harder and harder to find…