Some states have called on programmers who know the programming language COBOL to help their computers process unemployment claims in the wake of COVID-19.

Despite the month it took to accomplish those programming changes, Iowa's reliance on COBOL hasn't been an issue during the pandemic, said Workforce Development spokeswoman Molly Elder.

College graduates with Cobol training are in short supply. In Michigan, for example, state schools that offer Cobol programming education have cancelled classes because of a lack of interest.

Cobol (COmmon Business Oriented Language) was one of the first high-level programming languages, introduced in 1959 by the Conference on Data Systems Languages. Cobol helped to automate the ...

Specifically, New Jersey was seeking programmers who knew how to code COBOL, a programming language that is widely used on mainframe computers like the systems that process the state’s unemployment ...

A new deal is available for 96% off the Enterprise COBOL Programming Bundle. This 2 course bundle contains 14 hours of instruction on how to program in Cobol for the enterprise. As shown by recent ...

Searches for the 61-year-old programming language COBOL on the job site Indeed skyrocketed a stunning 707% from March 1 to April 13, making it one of the fastest growing search terms ever on the site.

Open Source COBOL Training – a brand new open source course designed to teach COBOL to beginners and refresh experienced professionals. IBM worked with clients and an institute of higher education to ...

In our mania for the new, it’s convenient to forget just how long the “old” stays with us. Take COBOL, for example. The venerable programming language turns 60 this month and, as Steven J ...

What is DOGE’s Plan? DOGE has outlined a proposal to replace the core programming of the SSA, which has been running on COBOL—a language created in the late 1950s.