Stream: Virtual Room 4
Time: 12:30 - 13:15
Mainframe applications are the lifeblood of the global economy. COBOL is the lifeblood of those applications. Yet few people realize or acknowledge the profound impact the COBOL language has had over its 60+ year history.
Open Mainframe Project has helped advance COBOL by training developers and offering important resources to the ecosystem. This session reveals COBOL's secret history and the efforts of Open Mainframe Project and others to bring COBOL's value to the public eye.
The session will cover:
1. COBOL's enduring value - how it stood the test of time
2. Recent trends to demonstrate COBOL's ongoing popularity
3. Open Mainframe Project's COBOL Programming Course, COBOL Working Group and COBOL Check
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Email: Sudharsana.Srinivasan@ibm.com
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