New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy put out a request for programmers familiar with outdated computer language COBOL to help with its coronavirus response.

The average COBOL programmer is over 60, Gartner Inc. estimates. When the research firm counted in 2004, it found 2 million experts in the language and estimated that number was falling 5% a year.

You’re wrong if you think COBOL programmers are doomed to go the way of the Edsel. Despite predictions to the contrary, the world kept revolving around its axis after Y2K. Yet, the job market ...

In this case, the ask was not for folks with medical training but for programmers. Specifically, New Jersey was seeking programmers who knew how to code COBOL, a programming language that is widely ...

On top of ventilators, face masks and health care workers, you can now add COBOL programmers to the list of what several states urgently need as they battle the coronavirus pandemic.

On top of ventilators, face masks and health care workers, you can now add COBOL programmers to the list of what several states urgently need as they battle the coronavirus pandemic.

COBOL is a 50-year-old programming language that some say government should get away from. But it could still have a place in modern IT organizations.

IBM is rushing to create new COBOL programming resources as governors across the United States call for new programmers to deal with a crush of citizens filing claims.

Yes, Cobol is dying -- just not yet. In that gap, some wily coders see opportunity for a career, or at least a secure job.

says that Cobol jobs may still exist. I need to know how that’s possible. Since I was laid off in 2001 I cannot find jobs and have been struggling to find one. I live in major metropolitan area ...

With 75% of business data still processed using Cobol, a new generation of programmers is needed to replace retirement-age boomers.