Ventilators, retired doctors, N95 face masks — all have been in high demand from heads of state and U.S. governors, but now you can add COBOL programmers to that pandemic response list. That's right, ...

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. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...

Programming languages don't often make national headlines. But New Jersey governor Phil Murphy's plea earlier this month for developers familiar with the 60-year-old programming language Cobol to help ...

With COVID-19 dealing both a healthcare and an economic crisis, the nation’s governors have been issuing increasingly urgent pleas for skills and supplies. On a Saturday earlier this month, New Jersey ...

Once every decade or so, the call goes out for Common Business-Oriented Language or COBOL programmers. Although over 60 years old, the language is still in use today. COBOL programmers are needed ...

Just in the last few weeks, over 17 million people have lost their jobs, leading to an unprecedented strain on the government agencies and their systems that process unemployment claims. And those ...