The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously difficult to remove.

Investors reacted to Anthropic’s assertion that Claude Code could streamline legacy COBOL modernization, raising concerns about pressure on IBM’s high‑margin mainframe services despite longstanding ...

COBOL is a computer language used for business data processing and IBM is a leader in that area.

Anthropic launched an AI tool that automates COBOL modernization, challenging IBM's long established mainframe services ...

COBOL was associated with the Y2K phenomenon at the turn of the century, a software problem arising from the inability of ...

Quick Read IBM (IBM) shed 15.9% year to date after Anthropic’s Claude Code tool threatened to automate COBOL modernization, IBM’s highest-margin consulting work, though Q4 revenue grew 12% to $19.69B ...

With the decline, IBM shares have fallen 27% in February, on track for its biggest one-month slide since at least 1968, ...

In April 2020, New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy, stepped up to a microphone and told journalists that he was amazed the state still ran its unemployment system on COBOL — a 60-year-old programming ...

In April 2020, New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy, stepped up to a microphone and told journalists that he was amazed the state still ran its unemployment system on COBOL — a 60-year-old programming ...

Nicole is a social media journalist for the CDW family of technology magazines. Federal agencies want savvy 20- and 30-somethings who know how to reap the benefits of Big Data analytics, social media ...

Some people think tens of millions of dead people are collecting Social Security checks. That's not true. What's really going on is people don't understand its old, underlying technology. The saga of ...