IBM® Db2® for z/OS® Developer Extension (Db2 Developer Extension) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that provides language support for developing Db2 for z/OS SQL applications. Complete ...

COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language and was created in 1959. It was partly drawn on the work of computing pioneer Grace Hopper and was built for a single purpose: processing business ...

As java programs can virtually run on any platform / operating system with a JVM, this java decompression program can be very useful if you don't have access to an IBM mainframe but need to analyze or ...

Last week, IBM Research Triangle Park celebrated its 60th anniversary. I wanted to take a few minutes to reflect on this milestone. First of all, IBM helped shape the RTP region, being a founding ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. To connect to a database from a Java program, you must use a JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) ...

Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) is tapping into agentic AI technology from AWS to offer enterprise customers another way to integrate with or move mainframe applications to the AWS Cloud platform. Specifically, ...

Simula, an acronym for Simulation Language, is touted as the first object-oriented programming language created by Norwegian developers Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard in 1962 when determining how ...

Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. If ...

PassTickets have been available as a RACF "password alternative" for a long time, but they've recently enjoyed a "makeover". Despite their antiquity, they still remain very useful as a "one-time ...

The hired legal guns were blazing, and when the smoke cleared, the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, located in Austin, granted a permanent injunction in favor of IBM in a ...