The COBOLagency Blog
Our official blog with legacy news, legacy systems advice, and anti-migration articles.
COBOL Developer Shortage: Why Abandoning a Proven Cornerstone Would Be Global Suicide
The ongoing COBOL developer shortage is not a quaint industry curiosity—it’s a global crisis threatening the operational bedrock of financial institutions, government agencies, insurance giants, and large-scale retailers. This persistent skills gap isn’t just “another IT problem;” it’s a direct attack on the foundational layer of core systems that have powered global commerce for decades.
COBOL’s Unbreakable Dominance: A Provocative Defense of the Global Technology Backbone
Cybersecurity drama strikes again as human error leads to China’s biggest data breach and perhaps the most significant hack of personal information in history.