Here you will find links to all of our Podcasts on all things Legacy IT related. If you would like to appear in one of our Podcasts please get in touch via the Contact page.
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Jan
Jan
We have all been affected in some way by the various lockdowns, and although IT has traditionally been well served by remote working, an occasional on site presence during a lengthy and technically complex modernisation project should not be underestimated. It is your opportunity to ask the difficult questions face to face to gauge the […]
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Jul
Jul
Disappointing end to Live Projects 2020 with the lockdown preventing proper completion and denying the students the opportunity to demonstrate their talents. However, we have taken away the work as something to build on, and we are committed to getting involved in 2021 when two of our projects including a measuring system for plasterers, and […]
We were once again heavily involved with the MMU Live Projects initiative this year, with no fewer than four projects undertaken by the students at Manchester Metropolitan University. The first of these was the Yorg Q & A website – information on this will follow shortly. The second of these was an application for the […]
After much deliberation, agonising over strategy, considering the views from diametrically opposed technicians, you have finally decided to proceed with a Legacy Modernisation project. Your business case makes it a no-brainer. Millions saved in licensing costs in year one alone. Your old COBOL applications, a mixture of time-consuming batch and archaic CICS screens, will be […]
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Feb
Feb
COBOL celebrates its 60th birthday in 2019. This is the last in a three part blog looking at the cultural and technological changes that it has endured within its lifetime. Approaching the new millennium the spectre of Y2K loomed large… 1999 was much anticipated. The end of the century, the beginning of the Euro, and […]
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Jan
Jan
COBOL celebrates its 60th birthday in 2019. This is the second in a three part blog looking at the cultural and technological changes that it has endured within its lifetime. We pick up the story in the mid 1970s. COBOL had survived its early growing pains and was in a period of stability… Elsewhere, things […]
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Jan
Jan
COBOL celebrates its 60th birthday in 2019. This is the first in a three part blog looking at the cultural and technological changes that it has endured within its lifetime. Happy birthday dear COBOL, happy birthday to you! Those of you who follow such events, and those of you who may have seen snippets on […]
“BIT/RC: Back to IT-basics / Refresher Course” is primarily intended for those wishing to refresh their knowledge about Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Willy Van Remortel
My legacy modernisation company had started well, but not without some sizeable bumps in the road. It was time for some consolidation… By mid 2015 the Proof Of Concept had drifted towards an unsatisfactory though predictable conclusion, but I was getting several leads from Microfocus. These were all COBOL users that had no idea how […]