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RDP 8.0 Brings Linux Client, New Java Tools to IBM i Developers

Mike — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:03:17 +0000

The capability to run the Rational Developer for Power Systems Software (RDP) development environment on Linux-based PCs is one of the big new features that IBM has included with RDP version 8, which was unveiled last week and ships later this month. Also, a new “Power Tools” feature should make it easier to combine Java, RPG, and COBOL development on the IBM i platform.

Rational Developer for Power Systems Software–or RDP or RDp as some call it–is the new name that IBM gave to the Rational Developer for System i (RDi) Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) with the Power7 launch earlier this year. In addition to a new name (perhaps you were still getting used to WebSphere Developer Studio Client, or WDSc?), RDP also represented the consolidation of the primary IDEs for writing applications for the Power Systems runtimes, IBM i, AIX, and Linux.

What 108 Million Lines of Code Tell Us

Mike — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:32:49 +0000

Results of the first annual report on application quality have just been released by CAST. The company analyzed 108M lines of code in 288 applications from 75 companies in various industries. In addition to the ‘usual suspects’ – COBOL, C/C++, Java, .NET – CAST included Oracle 4GL and ABAP in the report.

Semantic Designs Announces a New Family of Tools for PHP Software

Mike — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:00:00 +0000

Semantic Designs is pleased to announce general availability of a line of software tools for the PHP programming language. Semantic Designs tools have an extensive history being used on multi-million line business critical systems, typically developed using multiple programming languages. Most often these systems have been written in C/C++, COBOL/JCL, or Enterprise Java. The increased use of PHP for web applications has inspired Semantics Designs to offer a new line tools aimed at helping PHP systems architects, developers and code base maintainers. “Customers are telling us that they are building or have acquired large code bases in PHP, and they need to ensure the quality of these systems,” says Dr. Ira Baxter, Founder and CEO of Semantic Designs. READ MORE

Veryant Delivers Choice and Cost Savings to COBOL Community

Mike — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:47:02 +0000

Veryant, the COBOL and Java technology innovator, announced the newest release of its isCOBOL Application Platform Suite (APS) for developing, deploying, … READ MORE

TmaxSoft replicates mainframes on open systems

Mike — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:28:28 +0000

TmaxSoft, founded in 1997 and boasting of US$100 million in revenue last year, is releasing OpenFrame 6.0, an execution environment for running mainframe …

“We’re not converting COBOL to Java,” he said. “Organizations don’t want to have to retrain 20000 people to reuse the application. …

I Use Dead Programming Languages

Mike — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:16:43 +0000

Ted Neward wrote in mid-2008 that Java is Dead Like COBOL. In many ways, I still see this as the case. Java has warts and wrinkles. … MORE

Looking for job security? Try Cobol

Mike — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:19:14 +0000

A career as a Cobol programmer might not be as sexy as slinging Java code or scripting in Ruby, but if you buckle down and learn … MORE

Things CIOs Must Know About Mainframe Modernization

Mike — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:52:28 +0000

Aflac is converting mainframe applications written in Assembly language to Java (for real-time operations) or Cobol (for batch jobs), Rabon says. … MORE

Veryant and Donatos Pizza Demonstrate How to Modernize COBOL …

Mike — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:25:01 +0000

The Webinar, “Bridging the COBOL to Java Divide: COBOL Modernization with Veryant,” will feature Alfredo Iglesias, vice president at Veryant, and Mike Born, … MORE