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Legacy Code
Best Legacy Code Management Platforms: Top 5 Options in 2025
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What Are Legacy Code Management Platforms?  Legacy code management platforms focus on tools and…

Legacy Code
Best Legacy Code Modernization Tools: Top 5 Options in 2025
7 min read

What Are Legacy Code Modernization Tools?  Legacy code modernization tools help organizations update outdated…

Application Modernization
Top 5 Application Modernization Tools to Know in 2025
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What Are Application Modernization Tools?  Application modernization tools help transform outdated software into modern,…

COBOL
Best COBOL Modernization Services: Top 7 Providers in 2025
9 min read

What Are COBOL Modernization Services?  COBOL modernization services are used by organizations to ensure…

Mainframe Modernization
Reverse Engineering in Software Engineering: Process and Best Practices
13 min read

What Is Reverse Engineering in Software Engineering?  Reverse engineering in software engineering refers to…

COBOL
COBOL Conversion: Types, Tools, and How Generative AI Can Help
9 min read

COBOL conversion refers to the process of transforming existing COBOL applications into modern programming…

Mainframe Modernization
4 Hidden Costs of Mainframes and 4 Ways to Reduce Your Expenses
8 min read

Mainframe setup costs include hardware and software, but the true expense also involves hidden…

Mainframe Modernization
AWS Mainframe Migration: The Basics and a Quick Tutorial
5 min read

AWS offers an integrated solution to migrate mainframe workloads, with tools to assess, replatform,…

Mainframe Modernization
Mainframe on Cloud: Drivers, Challenges and Critical Best Practices
11 min read

Mainframe on cloud refers to the integration or migration of traditional on-premise mainframe systems…

Mainframe Modernization
Mainframe Modernization with Azure: Tools and Supported Workloads
7 min read

Azure offers a secure, scalable platform for mainframe modernization, helping cut costs, remove overhead,…

Software Development
What Is AI Native? Benefits, Use Cases, and Best Practices
9 min read

AI native systems are inherently designed for AI from inception, with AI functionalities deeply…

Legacy Code
Strangler Fig Pattern: Modernizing It Without Losing It
13 min read

The strangler fig pattern is a software design approach used to gradually replace or…

Mainframe Modernization
Working with JCL in Mainframe: Practical Guide and Tutorial
10 min read

JCL is a scripting language for IBM mainframes used to run batch jobs and…

COBOL
COBOL vs Java: 7 Key Differences and Migrating from COBOL to Java
10 min read

COBOL is a high-level language for business and mainframes. Java is a high-level, class-based,…

COBOL
5 COBOL Business Rules Extraction Tools to Know in 2025
8 min read

COBOL Business Rules Extraction is the process of identifying and abstracting operational rules embedded…

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