Whenever the topic is raised in popular media about porting a codebase written in an ‘antiquated’ programming language like Fortran or COBOL, very few people tend to object to this notion. After all, ...

The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously difficult to remove.

COBOL is a computer language used for business data processing and IBM is a leader in that area.

With the decline, IBM shares have fallen 27% in February, on track for its biggest one-month slide since at least 1968, ...

One of IBM's main businesses is 'modernization,' which involves updating legacy systems written in COBOL with the latest technology. IBM also sells mainframes optimized for large-scale transaction ...

Detailed price information for Intl Business Machines (IBM-N) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.