Taking the mainframe back to the future!
By Tim Leader With its unrivalled stability, security and power the mainframe has long offered enormous benefits to the global…
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…
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…
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…