Portfolio Rationalization After Mergers and Acquisitions
IN-COM September 9, 2026 Application Management, COBOL Posts, Impact Analysis, Information Technology, Refactoring, Tech TalkThe target company’s billing system was flagged as redundant in week three of the integration workstream. The acquirer had its...
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Airline Reservation Systems: Why They’re Still on Mainframes
IN-COM August 20, 2026 Compliance, Data, Enterprise Modernization, Impact Analysis, Legacy Systems, RefactoringWhen you book a flight on a smartphone in 2026, your request passes through multiple layers of modern technology, a...
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How to Reduce False Positives in Static Code Analysis
IN-COM August 3, 2026 Application Repair, Data Modernization, Refactoring, Tech TalkA static analysis tool that flags ten issues per pull request, where two are real problems and eight are false...
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How to Detect Redundant File Opens and Closes in COBOL: A Static Analysis Approach
IN-COM July 22, 2026 COBOL Posts, Code Analysis, Impact Analysis, RefactoringFile handling in COBOL is deceptively simple on the surface. You declare a file in the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION, describe its...
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Can Memory Leaks Occur in Garbage-Collected Languages?
IN-COM July 22, 2026 Application Modernization, Applications, Compliance, Impact Analysis, RefactoringYes. And understanding why requires unlearning one of the most persistent myths in software development. The myth: garbage collection prevents...
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How to Find All Callers of a Deprecated Function Before You Remove It
IN-COM May 14, 2026 Application Modernization, Code Analysis, Legacy Systems, Refactoring, Tech TalkRemoving a deprecated function from a codebase is conceptually one of the simplest things a developer can do. Delete the...
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