Article: Enhance Staff Skills with a Free COBOL Programming Course

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Enhance Staff Skills with a Free COBOL Programming Course by Sudharsana Srinivasan and Michael Bauer Professor Tak Auyeung of American River College once said, “A programming language is not a fashion statement; it is used for a purpose.” Beautiful and … Read More »

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Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project – Special Report: COBOL Survey Results Prove Pervasiveness, Value and a Bright Future

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You’ve seen results from the Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project COBOL Working Group’s COBOL survey. But what do they mean? Reg Harbeck provides analysis and interpretation of the results here: https://techchannel.com/Trends/10/2021/special-report-cobol-survey  

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Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project Article; “Past, Present and Future of the Mainframe With Open Source”

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Past, Present and Future of the Mainframe With Open Source by John Mertic Last spring, state governors from across the United States called for help with COBOL programmers. This desperate need for COBOL help showcased just how dependent we are … Read More »

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SHARE Article – The Open Mainframe Project and COBOL

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The Open Mainframe Project and COBOL IBM Champion Cameron Seay, adjunct professor at East Carolina University, discusses the The Open Mainframe Project, its COBOL goals, and generating academic buy-in for training programs.   https://blog.share.org/Article/the-open-mainframe-project-and-cobol?utm_source=sharedintelligence&utm_medium=email     Leonard J Santalucia CTO | … Read More »

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April 6th Announcement – IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 brings COBOL capabilities to the Linux on x86 environment

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IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 brings COBOL capabilities to the Linux on x86 environment https://www.ibm.com/products/cobol-compiler-linux-x86 https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS221-020/index.html&request_locale=en Regards, Len Leonard J Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | Certified Specialist | IBM Champion Chair Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project Vicom … Read More »

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Article; Unlocking COBOL Business Value

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Unlocking COBOL Business Value; How the Open Mainframe Project’s COBOL Working Group is changing perspectives, closing the skills gap, and  leveraging modern COBOL features to maximize cost savings https://techchannel.com/Admin/IBM/media/PDFs/TechChannel_ebookCOBOL_March2021.pdf Regards, Len   Leonard J Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | … Read More »

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Spring 2021 Marist College Online Instructor-led Courses – z/OS, Assembler, COBOL, Db2, Linux on z/VM

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Enroll in 100% online,  instructor-led courses offered in Enterprise Systems Education OFFERING SKILLS BASED EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE Register for Spring 2021 Classes starting February 15, 2021 z/OS Associate Certificate (Introduction to z/OS and Major Subsystems course starting 2/15/21) Assembler Application Programming Certificate COBOL Application … Read More »

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odcast: Bringing COBOL to the Modern World

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Bringing COBOL to the Modern World COBOL is powering most of the critical infrastructure that involves any kind of monetary transaction. In this special interview conducted during the recent Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Summit, we talked about the relevance of … Read More »

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COBOL Reigns Supreme

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COBOL Reigns Supreme https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=667477&ver=html5&p=24 Regards, Len Leonard J Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | Certified Specialist | IBM Champion Chair Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project Vicom Infinity, Inc. IBM Gold Business Partner 21 Penn Plaza (FL6 @ WeWork) New York, … Read More »

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COBOL Articles List update Aug20

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Introduction   This document provided by the Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project COBOL Task Group lists a variety of recently published articles and blogs about the COBOL language. It aims to provide a body of evidence that supports a positive view of the … Read More »

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