COBOL, the ubiquitous computer language that emerged at around the same time as the IT industry itself, has just turned 50 and, according to enterprise applications management company, Micro Focus, ...

State officials say aging computers systems that rely on a pre-Internet programming language may be causing delays in processing jobless benefits.... 'COBOL Cowboys' Aim To Rescue Sluggish State ...

At 61 years old, the common business-oriented language is the same age as many college kids’ parents. The coding language had its own exhibit in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in ...

Hong Kong's financial-services sector, distressed by a lack of Cobol (Common Business-Oriented Language) software programmers, will face an even tighter supply next year. Industry officials pegged the ...