Neeraj Aggarwal is a recognized modernization leader with deep expertise in AI, core banking, and legacy transformation. He ...

Opinion: From COBOL and C to Linux and SQL, the unglamorous software that keeps the world running refuses to disappear ...

Information technology modernization specialist Rocket Software Inc. is integrating generative artificial intelligence and adding support for Arm processors in its line of Cobol modernization products ...

WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Software, a global technology leader in modernization software, today announced groundbreaking innovations to its COBOL solutions, designed to ...

Seeking to replace millions of lines of COBOL at the SSA, the US Department of Government Efficiency should consider the adage, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ experts say. Many IT leaders scoffed ...

Yes, Social Security Administration systems that rely on COBOL need to be updated. No, Elon, it can't be done quickly. The Social Security Administration (SSA) payment system has more than 60 million ...

The Social Security Administration is facing a potential overhaul of its computer systems, one that could disrupt the benefits of millions of Americans who rely on these payments. The Department of ...

Discussions of Social Security Administration (SSA) fraud from Elon Musk have prompted criticism over the federal government's use of COBOL, a software system that critics consider outdated. Musk ...

The big picture: COBOL is decades old yet it still dominates our IT ecosystem and even the economy. But a replacement must be found, if only because the number of developers that can work on the ...

About a decade ago, I was having a drink with an engineer at a large bank headquartered in Asia, though he was working out of its Manhattan office. Actually, at this point, he had left the bank about ...

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 ...