Stream: Becketts
Time: 15:30 - 16:15
Depending on who you listen to, the COBOL language is variously described as a legendary technology, or distant and dusty fairy story from the past. Such is the mythology and misunderstanding surrounding it, choices about its future viability become harder to make. It is time to shine a light on the myths surrounding COBOL to ensure today's technologists and decision makers can build informed IT strategies. We'll review strengths, market data, challenges, and will discuss a few of the fairy tales too.
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With over 30 years in the enterprise software industry—all of it in the mainframe and application modernization arena—Derek is an accomplished technology and marketing leader, writer, and presenter. Derek regularly commentates across the IT press, and at events such as Gartner, the Open Mainframe Project, SHARE, Tech Field Day, and GSE. Derek is a member of the management team at PopUp Mainframe.