COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, is one of the oldest programming languages in use, dating back to around 1959. It’s had surprising staying power; according to a 2022 survey, there’s over ...

Investors reacted to Anthropic’s assertion that Claude Code could streamline legacy COBOL modernization, raising concerns about pressure on IBM’s high‑margin mainframe services despite longstanding ...

“We expect for partners of all types to have a role to play,” IBM VP Keri Olson told CRN. IBM plans to preview its upcoming Watsonx Code Assistant for Z generative artificial intelligence-assisted ...

(Bloomberg) --International Business Machines Corp. shares had their worst day in more than 25 years on Monday, after AI startup Anthropic PBC said its Claude Code tool can help modernize Cobol, a ...

Anthropic’s AI-powered computing-coding agent Claude appears easily capable of competing with one of IBM’s core businesses. Worries of this threat sent IBM stock careening on Monday. A deeper dive ...

The market's knee-jerk reaction makes enough superficial sense. Anthropic's AI-powered computer-coding platform Claude can easily help modernize complicated programs written in COBOL (Common ...