The 2017 Forbes Insights survey on the state of Information Technology Service Management (ITSM)...
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IT Cost Reduction Strategies: 6 Ways to Reduce Ongoing Costs
I’ve previously looked at the simple but powerful idea that there is an inverse relationship...
No Mock Objects for Your Mainframe? Create COBOL Program Stubs
Topaz for Total Test automatically creates and executes COBOL program stubs, allowing you to...
How to Identify and Use New COBOL Optimization Features
Here is an overview of the types of performance optimization available in COBOL Versions 5 and 6...
How to Properly Test and Debug COBOL Programs You’re Migrating
A large percentage of COBOL migration problems are data related, so thorough testing is crucial to...
Choosing Your COBOL Migration Path: Leading with Version 5.2 or...
Deciding which COBOL release you want to migrate to first and then following through with a stable...
First Steps when Migrating to the Latest Version of COBOL
The best way to optimize your COBOL programs is to migrate them to the latest version of COBOL. The...
Reorging Db2 – Mundane Housekeeping or a High Performance...
Every Db2 DBA knows that there are regular “housekeeping” tasks that you need to do to keep your...