Micro Focus Announces Visual Studio 2010 Support

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 288 views

Micro Focus has announced four new product releases as part of the launch of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 — Visual COBOL, Silk4Net, DevPartner Studio, and Analyzer Express. Together, the tools help developers build, analyze, and test code, and all are fully integrated with Visual Studio 2010. (READ MORE)

The PC Has Become a Mainframe

Posted by Mike on Friday, March 12, 2010 - 194 views

Microsoft MultiPoint Server 2010 has managed to turn a PC into a mainframe. In fact it is much more like a mainframe than ever before. MultiPoint provides the ability to allow multiple people to use a single computer simultaneously. Using their own monitors, keyboard, and mouse, they have access to the Windows machine in much the same way that terminals could access a mainframe in the 80s.

It seems that the more things change, the more they return to the same! READ MORE

Linux…Ten Years On the Mainframe!

Posted by Mike on Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 131 views

Mainframes are about 40 years old. And as you probably know, several years ago mainframes were written off as expensive, dated computers that were capable of running only large business applications. Mainframe go south, many said. Not anymore – thanks to Linux!

Linux on mainframes has evolved rapidly during the past 10 years – yes – 2010 is the 10th anniversary of Linux on the mainframe. READ MORE

2010 will be a wild ride for IT

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 466 views

Oh, yeah, a new z11 mainframe generation is rumored. Did I miss anyone? Probably.

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Mainframe updates and predictions for 2010

Posted by Mike on Friday, January 8, 2010 - 228 views

The past year was busy for the mainframe and those of us who make our living from it, and 2010 will likely be just as hectic.

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Contractors’ Questions: Which IT skills are hot for Europe 2010?

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 1,189 views

However, unless you look beyond the tried and tested legacy systems and development, such as Cobol, it is unlikely that UK IT contractors will face a … MORE

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Happy New Year!

Posted by Mike on Friday, January 1, 2010 - 146 views

The staff (well, actually it’s only me) of MainframeCOBOL.Info would like to wish all of our readers and visitors a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!