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UV Software has a complete solution for conversion of mainframe
MVS or VSE JCL, COBOL, & DATA batch systems to Unix, Linux, or Windows/SFU.
Over 50 successful conversions including global corporations & government agencies.
Please see demo conversions & detailed explanations at:
www.uvsoftware.ca
You may send samples of your files for conversion & return by email.
You may download 1 free utility from:
www.uvsoftware.ca/ libuvhd.htm
'uvhd' displays data files with packed/binary fields in 'vertical hexadecimal',
and includes many interactive functions (browse, search, select, update, print, etc).
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COBOL Services |
Travancore Software Solutions
offers winning mainframe COBOL strategies for:
- SOA Enablement
- Mainframe Migration
- Mainframe Application Development
- Mainframe Application Support & Maintenance
- Enterprise Application Integration
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COBOL Report Generator |
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Print graphical COBOL reports in Windows with
RPV Reports.
Insert graphics (images, photos, logos, charts, etc.) into your COBOL reports
to improve the print quality of your COBOL reports.
See how RPV Reports can be used to preview or print graphical COBOL reports in Windows. |
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COBOL Documentation |
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Are your mainframe COBOL applications properly documented?
DCD III
is a comprehensive COBOL documentation and application
understanding tool that will allow you to reduce COBOL maintenance,
development, and mainframe migration costs.
Learn more about how you can document and understand your mainframe COBOL
applications with DCD III. |
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COBOL Migration |
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Migrate your batch mainframe COBOL applications to open systems platforms,
such as Windows, AIX and Linux, with
OpenSCL.
OpenSCL is a mainframe emulator that runs on a PC or
server with Windows and Unix-based operating systems.
OpenSCL is your batch mainframe COBOL applications migration solution. |
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Advertise With COBUG |
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Advertise on the
COBUG website and reach tens of thousands of COBOL users. Increase
your COBOL sales leads.
Contact COBUG at advertise@cobug.com for advertising rates.
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Welcome |
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Welcome to our COBOL programming portal with
references from COBOL mainframe to PC where you will find resources on
COBOL jobs, compilers, program code examples, tutorials, user groups,
and many other COBOL programming language resources.
The COBOL User Groups (COBUG) global community consists of IT
management, COBOL programmers,
consultants, database administrators, COBOL developers,
system analysts, students, and vendors.
Become a Member
Join COBUG today and connect
to a global network of your COBOL peers. You are sure to benefit from the COBUG
newsletters, compilation of the latest COBOL news, events, path to vendors,
and feedback from local user groups.
Check out the COBOL Forums
We have COBOL forums from the mainframe to the PC.
By using the forums, you help the COBOL community at large gain knowledge.
You can ask COBOL questions, receive support, and share tips & tricks through the COBOL forums.
Contribute to the COBOL Community
Share your expertise or experiences with the COBOL community.
It helps build a stronger community.
Your
contributions can be in the form of papers, success stories,
experiences, web site links, and other COBOL programming resources
that will benefit the community at large.
COBUG is a member of the
All Things COBOL web Ring.
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COBOL Jobs |
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Here are a few of the recent COBOL jobs posted on the COBUG job site:
Title: Mainframe COBOL Programmer
Experience:
Candidates must have strong COBOL, DB2, JCL, and CICS experience. VSAM
and SQL are beneficial.
Location: Tampa, FL
Duration: 6 months with extension to 18 months
Title: COBOL Programmer
Experience:
Programming experience in COBOL, C/C++, including experience with SQL
statements in Oracle and MS SQL Server.
Location: Lake Oswego, OR
Duration: Permanent Employment
Title: CICS / COBOL Programmer
Experience:
Experience in COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, SQL.
Batch utilities experience, Easytrieve, TSO, ChangeMan, Zeke, CA View.
Location: Tampa, FL
Duration: 6 months with extension to 18 months
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COBOL Blogs |
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This is a summary of recent activity, trends, and issues in the blog world:
iSeries COBOL Blog - The Ultimate iSeries COBOL Site
There are few iSeries COBOL sites on the web. The purpose of
my site is to help the newer generation of COBOL programmers.
Most of the people requesting my assistance want to become
better programmers.
EDS' Next Big Thing Blog : The EDS Fellows discuss the future of technology.
The intersection of sixty-year old Cobol baby boomers and a forty-year
old computer architecture. In other words, programmers around the world
have been creating a legacy of mission critical business applications,
under the same standard language and architecture for over forty years.
COBOL versus Java and C#
Given that COBOL can be compiled to run on Windows, Unix and Linux servers,
so why isn't more of that occurring? Why are so many perfectly good COBOL
applications being ported to Java or C#? What's the business case for this?
What's the COBOL programming case?
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COBOL News |
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News Articles
> Don't Give Up On COBOL!
Don't give up on COBOL before you at least try writing one computer
software program as intended and envisioned by the prestigious
COBOL committee.
> Application Development Framework Extending COBOL with .Net
This whitepaper sets out the complexity of OO COBOL in
the Microsoft .Net environment and describes a solution to
(mainframe) developers for gaining proficiency in development
of .Net applications without the fuzz of the over one year
learning curve Gartner describes.
> Software conversion times drop from seven hours to 70 minutes
Previously Health Benefits Association (HBA) was using two programming
languages, Easytrieve and Micro Focus COBOL.
HBA needed to standardise its system platforms and the initial
problem was finding an efficient method to convert Easytrieve to
Micro Focus COBOL. Mergilent's automated system for testing and
converting the software provided HBA with a solution that had
minimal impact on existing systems and resources.
> DB2 and CICS Are Moving On: Avoiding Potholes on the Yellow Brick Road to an LE Migration
With the announcement of CICS TS V3.1 and DB2 V8, customers
who aren't already running their applications under the Language
Environment (LE) run-time library will need to perform a
run-time migration, and probably compiler migrations, too.
> Micro Focus Buys COBOL App Modernization Rival Acucorp
By eating Acucorp, Micro Focus has been able to eliminate a rival,
leaving former mainframe supplier Fujitsu as the sole large company
supplying COBOL environments for Windows, Unix, and Linux platforms.
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Product News
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Clerity Extends Leading Migration and Modernization Role With Strategic Investment in COBOL and Java Technology Innovator Veryant, Inc.
Clerity Solutions, Inc. (Clerity) announced that it has entered
into an agreement to invest and take controlling interest in
Veryant, Inc., a ground-breaking software technology firm focused
on delivering comprehensive, cost-effective COBOL development and
Java deployment solutions.
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IBM® Rational Enterprise Modernization for System z (newly announced!)
IBM Rational now offers new and enhanced solutions to help
accelerate software innovation on System z, enabling organizations
to leverage growing ecosystem of skills, solutions and services.
The new capabilities help ease transformation of enterprise assets
and skills toward modern architectures and technologies.
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CONNX Solutions, Inc. Announces the Release of CONNX 10.5 SP3 with expanded support for HP-UX 11i v2 on HP Integrity servers and support for the IBM® IMS DLI (Batch) Interface
CONNX Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of simplified data
access, management and integration software solutions,
announces the release of CONNX 10.5 SP3, which is available
today for demonstration and evaluation. This release features
support for applications running on HP-UX 11i v2 on HP
Integrity servers as well as support for the IBM IMS DLI
(Batch) Interface and other enhancements.
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Relativity ® 11 Released
At this release, support for Windows Vista and SCO System V
Release 5 (SVR5) have been added to the product, along with various
other improvements and corrections.
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Upcoming Events |
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COMMON
COMMON Focus 2007
Columbus, OH October 14-17, 2007
Gartner
Gartner CIO Summit
Amelia Island, FL December 2-4, 2007
Gartner
Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit
Las Vegas, NV December 3-5, 2007
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Clerity
Clerity UniKix User Group Conference
Phoenix, AZ May 6-7, 2008
IBM Rational Software
IBM Rational Software Development Conference
Orlando, FL June 1-5, 2008
CA
CA WORLD 2008
Las Vegas, NV November 16-20, 2008
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More Upcoming Events... |
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Call for COBOL Articles |
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Will you help us in our efforts to provide newsletters for the COBOL community at large?
Contribute to the COBUG newsletters! Answer this call for COBOL and related legacy articles. |
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