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There was a time when mainframe computers ran the world, and they ran it with software written in COBOL. Even today, there are more than 230 billion lines of COBOL code still in use, according to IBM, yet the number of programmers available to maintain the software has drastically shrunk. To assist them, IBM has

Humans are still "in the driver's seat," but it could make code more modular.

Generative AI comes to mainframe application modernization with a model trained on more than 80 code languages.

IBM is designing this product to refactor, transform, and validate COBOL code to help speed time-to-value and augment skills for critical application modernization on IBM ZThe product will be...

Tech major IBM on Tuesday announced a new generative AI-assisted product -- Watsonx Code Assistant for Z, that will help enable faster translation of COBOL to Java on 'IBM Z' and enhancesdeveloper productivity on the platform.This product will ...

IBM's watsonx to leverage generative AI to modernize mainframe apps - SiliconANGLE

Many large enterprises still rely on mainframes, but the use of legacy technology can hold back modernization and digital transformation efforts.

In combination with code discovery, IBM plans to offer AI-based Cobol to Java application modernisation.

The product is also designed to assist businesses in leveraging generative AI and automated tooling to accelerate their mainframe application modernisation -- all to preserve the performance, security and resiliency capabilities of IBM Z. �� Watsonx Code Assistant: IBM Announces New Generative AI-Assisted Product for Faster Translation of COBOL to Java on 'IBM Z'.

The product is targeted at modernizing mainframe applications that run on IBM Z systems, as the number of COBOL developers starts to dwindle.