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 ...

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 ...

Some states have found themselves in need of people who know a 60-year-old programming language called COBOL to retrofit the antiquated government systems now struggling to process the deluge of ...