Posted by Mike on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 399 views
The Social Security Administration is preparing for a wave of baby boomers to reach retirement age. It’s doing so with data centers and legacy systems that are downright ancient, according to a financial assessment from the agency.
Along with the outdated data centers, the SSA is wrestling with restructuring or replacing legacy systems and applications, particularly its Common Object Business Oriented Language (COBOL) software.
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Posted by Mike on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 350 views
While legacy applications are a core part of any data center, they can be inflexible, costly and impede company growth. Baby boomers, the creators and keepers of these legacy applications, are set to begin retiring next year – taking their legacy application wisdom with them. What can CIOs do today to help prepare for this transition? How can they turn this challenge to a unique opportunity for their organizations?
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 193 views
IBM and CA are hard-pressed to replace the aging Baby Boomers who support their still-indispensable and profitable mainframe business. To combat the threat, IBM began distributing its System Z Academic Initiative to spread the mainframe gospel, and CA has changed the look of mainframe software to make it more appealing.
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 125 views
Baby Boomers are about to begin retiring en masse. So … who will mind the mainframe?
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Posted by Mike on Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 136 views
Baby Boomers are about to begin retiring en masse. So … who will mind the mainframe? MORE
