COBOL Posts Archives - IN-COM DATA SYSTEMS

How to Resolve Static Analysis Warnings for Always-False Conditions and Unreachable Branches

IN-COM October 20, 2026 COBOL Posts, Code Analysis, Code Review, Compliance, Developers, Impact Analysis, Legacy Systems, Tech Talk

Your static analyzer has flagged a condition as always false. The warning looks like one of these, depending on your...

Comprehension vs. Translation: What AI Actually Solves in COBOL Modernization

IN-COM October 13, 2026 Application Modernization, Artificial Intelligence (AI), COBOL Posts, Code Analysis, Impact Analysis

On February 23, 2026, IBM’s share price fell 13 percent in a single day, its steepest one-day decline since October...

Portfolio Rationalization After Mergers and Acquisitions

IN-COM September 9, 2026 Application Management, COBOL Posts, Impact Analysis, Information Technology, Refactoring, Tech Talk

The target company’s billing system was flagged as redundant in week three of the integration workstream. The acquirer had its...

Establishing Maintainability Index Metrics for COBOL Applications

IN-COM July 28, 2026 Applications, COBOL Posts, Data Modernization, Enterprise Modernization, Legacy Systems

The Maintainability Index (MI) is one of the most widely used composite metrics in software quality measurement. It condenses three...

Hybrid Cloud Strategies for COBOL Applications in Regulated Industries

IN-COM July 27, 2026 COBOL Posts, Industries, Legacy Systems

COBOL still runs an estimated 95% of ATM transactions, 80% of in-person point-of-sale transactions, and the core processing logic of...

Replatform or Rearchitect? How to Choose the Right Modernization Path for Legacy COBOL

IN-COM July 23, 2026 COBOL Posts, Code Review, Impact Analysis

Two organizations with COBOL portfolios of similar size make different modernization decisions. One replatforms: moves COBOL programs to cloud infrastructure...