COBOL turned 60 years old in September. Remarkably, we’re now in an age where a programming language would soon be collecting social security were it human. Even more remarkable is how strong COBOL remains. Far from entering retirement, COBOL continues to work hard, powering over 70% of global transactions, according to Micro Focus, the company that

Update: The webinar was a success. Get the webinar materials (pdf), for review or to catch up on the webinar if you missed it. The streamable webcast can now be viewed here. Register Now for the CA 2E (SYNON) and CA Plex December 17th 2019 Community Webcast Register for the December 17th, 2019 CA 2E (SYNON) and

WebClient supports displaying data in several basic charts based on the C3 and D3 JavaScript libraries. Chart.ctrl now allows you to display your data in pie, donut, line, bar, and spline chart formats. The grid should have exactly two columns of data. First, the label. Second, the quantitative data. To implement it, the control name of the

Watch the CA 2E (SYNON) and CA Plex October 1st 2019 Community Webcast The latest CA Communities webinar is now streamable for available for online for viewing. Take a look if you missed the event, or need a refresher on topics discussed. The theme of the webinar was CA Plex/2E Roadmap and IBM i Web

Calendar views are a must-have for many web-based applications. Normally, coding them into your app becomes a real challenge when your users are on the go and have a need for mobile-based viewing in addition to the desktop version. Fortunately, with WebClient you can build an Outlook-style events calendar solution that’s robust and easy to

Register Now for the CA 2E (SYNON) and CA Plex October 1st 2019 Community Webcast Register for the October 1, 2019 CA 2E (SYNON) and CA Plex Community Webcast.  The theme of the webinar is CA Plex/2E Roadmap and IBM i Web Services. You can register for the community webcast here. First, CA Technologies/Broadcom Principle Product Manager Dheeraj Pershad Arun

IBM Systems Media is hosting a webinar Tuesday, September 10th at 12 noon Central Time that looks at the modern state of this “ancient” programming language. The content is provided by Micro Focus. Derek Britton, Director of Product Marketing, Mainframe Solutions at Micro Focus, and Ed Airey, Senior Solutions Marketing Strategist at Micro Focus, are

InformationWeek: Digital Transformation Challenges IT Leaders We hear a lot about the importance of digital transformation in IT departments. For some industries, the call is louder than others. Increasingly, IT departments have shifted into a make-or-break role in large organizations making modernization more critical than ever. Industries that were once technology-enabled are now becoming technology-centric.

The Strangler Application Pattern Is a Serious Modernization Methodology Modernization efforts provide unique challenges due to the advanced age of many of the technologies we work with. Technologies like COBOL, RPG, CA 2E/Plex (Synon), or EGL were all developed decades ago and intitiating positive digital change on top of them entails some risk. We need

CM First joined the Mainframe VM community for a series of ground-breaking hands-on workshops at the June 28th-30th VM Workshop at Virginia Commonwealth University. Roger Hammer presented to members of the z/VM, Linux on IBM zSystems, and z/VSE communities, for three days of technical discussions, presentations, and collaborations highlighting automated application analysis and data lineage.