Meeting the challenges of modernization is a critical effort in order to keep up with competitors who may be investing in migration, and mobile. IBM shops look to advanced capture and leverage of COBOL business rules.

Many companies are beginning to realize that the rate of mainframer retirement is only increasing with few new experts in the pipeline. While jobs are plentiful, many members of the workforce do not know COBOL or other legacy languages. They are simply not being taught any longer. And yet, legacy languages are the heart of