These online COBOL courses can help both beginners and expert developers learn the COBOL programming language and COBOL applications. COBOL programmers are in demand as states, cities, and federal ...

Converting COBOL to Java line by line might seem like a straightforward approach to mainframe modernization, but enterprises that go that route won't be able to fully escape COBOL's clutches, experts ...

A new deal is available for 96% off the Enterprise COBOL Programming Bundle. This 2 course bundle contains 14 hours of instruction on how to program in Cobol for the enterprise. As shown by recent ...

The COBOL programming language was created in 1959 and has been widely seen as obsolete for decades. Yet there are still a fair number of software systems based on the language. The economic stresses ...

(Updated 4/10: IBM and the Linux Foundation have partnered to set up a portal for both experienced and new COBOL coders to share resources and find opportunities. Here's a link to IBM's press release ...

Universities are failing to teach students old computer programming languages that are still used by businesses today, according to new research. One of the main languages being left off university ...

The 60-year-old programming language that powers a huge slice of the world’s most critical business systems needs programmers Some technologies never die—they just fade into the woodwork. Ask the ...

In our mania for the new, it’s convenient to forget just how long the “old” stays with us. Take COBOL, for example. The venerable programming language turns 60 this month and, as Steven J.