For many, the mainframe is the face of the technology industry. Yet, it is the sexier cousins, such as cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and mobile gaming apps that bathe in the media ...

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM TechXchange — The Open Mainframe Project, an open source initiative that enables collaboration across the mainframe community to develop shared tool sets ...

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Tom Jodel, who is himself a programmer, interviewed his mother, who works as an IBM mainframe COBOL programmer at a major bank, about banking systems. Jodel's mother started in-house training at ...

The work is fulfilling, the tools are state-of-the-art, and demand for mainframe-literate developers has never been greater If you’re an ambitious developer, you probably tend to follow industry buzz ...

Mainframe programming is decidedly un-sexy in the IT industry. But as the baby boomers skilled in maintaining mainframes retire, there is heightened demand for IT graduates to replace them, says The ...

As students study other technologies, vendors try to develop new talent and offer tools to fill the gap for these critical systems Before tablets, smartphones, and PCs became prominent, “big iron” ...

A person who writes mainframe applications in programming languages such as COBOL, CICS and various 4GLs. See programmer. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...

Australia’s mainframe migration efforts are proceeding at a slower pace than desired, with many taking a wait-and-see approach before taking the plunge. That is according to Al Auda, head of Accenture ...

A person responsible for the design and programming of a mainframe application. Programming languages typically include COBOL, CICS and 4GLs. See programmer analyst. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...