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Three ways to make mainframe applications, the proven engines of business, more adaptable to a changing, AI-infused world For leaders running mission-critical mainframe applications, the lifeblood of their businesses, the platform’s unmatched reliability and security are essential. Yet, as the pace of digital change accelerates and AI becomes a priority…

In this article, we will discuss the relevance of COBOL and why despite being so old, it is still used by some of the biggest companies in the world. COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was first introduced in 1959 and quickly became one of the most widely used programming languages ​​in the world. It was created specifically for enterprise applications and has since been used in various fields such as finance, healthcare and government. Despite its history and widespread…

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm that focuses on the creation and manipulation of objects, which are instances of classes. Python fully supports OOP concepts, including classes, inheritance, and polymorphism. …

Greetings from the Modern Mainframe team! If you haven’t visited in while, learn which topics were of most interest to readers in 2022 with the year-end wrap-up: Top 5 Mainframe Modernization stories. Is there a topic you’d like us to cover, or would you like to author an article yourself? Let us know! All the best for 2023… and, BTW, Zowe did repeat ;)

In the previous posts, we have covered the history of COBOL and Python, setting up a development environment, and creating a basic “Hello World” program. In this post, we will dive deeper into the Python language, covering its syntax, data types, and basic programming concepts. …

In the previous post, we took a look at the history of COBOL and Python, and the primary uses of each language. …

Hello World! Are you a COBOL developer that’s interested in learning Python. If so, this guide is for you. …

Topics of most interest to mainframe leaders in 2022 As we reflect on accomplishments of the past year and goals for the coming one, understanding which topics peers are exploring can be helpful. Overall, modernization has become a pressing issue for mainframe leaders as Enterprise DevOps raises expectations for software…