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Legacy IT holding back insurers
Insight perspective Analyst at U.K. insurer Celent explains what CIOs of firms weighed down by legacy systems, can do to update their organization.
Tags: Mainframes, Business applications, IT Governance, Insurance Company, M&A, legacy system, COBOL, Celent, Catherine Stagg-Macey, CIO
HP intensifies the mainframe battle
News It claims success in convincing mainframe customers to migrate, but analysts say low pricing strategies and new functions will help ensure platform's survival.
Tags: Mainframes, Server consolidation, Server platforms, Mainframe, Hewlett-Packard Co., Asia-Pacific, Japan, Environment, Server, business intelligence
Oracle, Zend deliver beta of scripting tool
News The tool, similar to IBM's Zend Core, simplifies writing of database applications with the PHP scripting language.
Tags: Business applications
Reuze simplifies move from mainframe to Windows
News New Micro Focus tool promises to help companies move their Cobol-based business processes to Windows without having to rewrite applications.
Tags: Business applications, Mainframe, New Orleans, Tool, COBOL, Environment, Server, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows
The current state and future of C++
Techguide Days of C++ as a general purpose programming language are quickly ending for most developers, but there is still great potential for C++ developers to do well.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Personal development, Developer, Cloud Computing, COBOL, C++, Justin James, Microsoft .NET, application development, Java
S'pore reports uneventful day on Sep 9
News Singapore's National Computer Board said it did not receive any reports of date-related computer failure today.
BEA looks to modernize Tuxedo
News Updated high-end transaction software could be used for processing high volumes of data
Tags: Programming languages, Web services
IBM adds to mainframe's Java flavor
Techguide IBM is bringing more of its WebSphere middleware suite to the mainframe, part of ongoing investments to keep the venerable server modern and cost-effective.
Hong Kong police say computer failure not 9999-related
News Moving fast to quash rumors that it was a computer bug that hit a main computer system on September 9, the Hong Kong Police have announced the failure was caused by a short in the computer system power supply.
'IT industry is ageist', says Barrett
Insight The IT industry and government should help older workers keep pace with new technologies through training, says Intel chairman Craig Barrett.
Tags: IT training, Personnel management
IBM to shine light on new Eclipse
News The IBM-backed project to create open-source development software will release an update to its technology designed to help link different programming tools.
IBM M'sia, local varsity collaborate to develop e-biz skills
News IBM Malaysia is committing over RM5 million in a collaboration with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) under the IBM Premier University Program aimed at developing e-business software skills and building a knowlegde-based society.
Singapore says its ready for September 9
News The National Computer Board (NCB) said Singapore it is ready for September 9, the third in a series of five critical dates spanning 1999 and 2000 when computer failures may occur.
IBM adds to mainframe's Java flavor
News Big Blue will port more WebSphere apps to the mainframe--part of investments to keep 42-year-old server up-to-date.
Tags: Mainframes, Java
New tech degree to include legacy app migration
News Cobol specialist Micro Focus is aiming to make IT graduates aware of the importance of skills in legacy applications
Tags: Expert, Moderate, Newbie
