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We need digital decarbonisation.

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Thinkstock The programming language Cobol has been around for 61 years in some form or another. For many organizations, that age shows, and people who can keep mainframe-based Cobol applications upright are becoming harder and harder to find, especially as most computer science programs aren’t teaching it any more. The importance, and brittleness, of these systems was on show back in April 2020, when, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, various state authorities from New Jersey to Kansas started to put out desperate pleas for Cobol programmers to volunteer or come out of ...

Samantha Lee/Business Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. 7Park Data, which Vista Equity Partners bought for $100 million, is shuttering as a stand-alone alt-data business and being absorbed into the Vista-owned software provider Apptio. The company has struggled to deal with a new mandate from Vista, the loss of key outside data streams, and client departures, sources told Insider. In 2017, 7Park had a large client roster including a star-studded list of ...