COBOL has the Staying Power of a Keith Richards Guitar Riff
The most recent wave of media articles predicting the death of COBOL happened just before the pandemic. In 2019, COBOL…
PART 2: COBOL— Thriving to survive
As COBOL reaches 65 years of loyal service to the IT world, this second piece in a four-part homage attempts…
What I wish everyone understood about COBOL
Something I wish everyone understood about COBOL is…
Legacy IT, COBOL, and the Art of Aircraft Maintenance
Inspired by Robert Pirsig’s book, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Airlines use a specific approach to aircraft maintenance…
The Many Charms of COBOL
During my studies in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), also known as East Germany, I immersed myself in the…
Information Technology: IT’s Key Ingredients
As COBOL reaches 65 years of loyal service to the IT world, our four-part homage attempts to answer how this…
COBOL, the incessant number cruncher
Its 2024, so how come COBOL is still crunching the numbers for the world economy? Let’s figure it out… In…
COBOL and Mainframe Computing Skills might be Old, but they remain Essential
With the advent of the cloud, artificial intelligence and the advancements in quantum computing, there appears (and it should be…