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The source for finding complete IBM redbooks and redbooks-in-progress (redpieces) on the World Wide
Web. You can view and download the complete contents of books online.
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/redbooks/
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Forever COBOL
Lauren Gibbons Paul for Datamation. Companies are using a variety of tools and techniques to
maintain and modernize their legacy applications.
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/611261
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COBOL Programmers, Face It: Your Favorite Code Is Outdated and Losing Support
James R. Borck for InfoWorld. In the nearly five years I have been writing for InfoWorld, never has
an article of mine generated such incredible response.
http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/713/IW010108opborck/
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Turning COBOL Code Into Gold
Dana Gardner for InfoWorld. Vivek Wadhwa, founder and CEO of Relativity Software, sees gold in the
trillions of lines of legacy COBOL code that exist in many older enterprise systems. The gold is
not just in the form of profits for his company, but in the ability for companies to reuse that
code, and extract an extended return on as many as 20 years of costly investment.
http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/99/06/14/990614hnwadhwa.xml
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MIke Murach and Associates
An online catalog of Mainframe book titles. Subjects include MVS/JCL, COBOL, DB2, CICS, VSAM, and
MVS/TSO.
http://www.murach.com/books/mainframe.htm
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PERCobol whips Cobol into shape for budget-minded enterprises
James R. Borck for InfoWorld. LEGACYJ'S PERCOBOL 2.5 is a low-cost tool that's best suited for
companies with small and midsize conversion projects. If you're looking to reinvigorate portions of
your Cobol resources without imposing a high price tag, PERCobol could be the answer.
http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/mt/xml/00/08/14/000814mtpercobol.xml
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IBM COBOL Publications
COBOL and related publications are available here in various formats including PDF, BookManager,
and various zipped file formats. You can view or download publications directly or you can order
publications by phone.
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/library/
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COBOL Book
Working COBOL-2 programs from simple logic to three level control break and batch file
update/match/merge. Validating data, Table handling, SEARCH, Indexing, VSAM KSDS, variable format
files. Includes diskette containing all programs, data files and JCL.
http://www.touniteamerica.com/programming/cobolbook.html
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COBOL Developer News
A newsletter for the COBOL development community from Fujitsu Software Corporation. The newsletter
covers topical issues such as late-breaking COBOL news, new products, hints and tips, and user
success stories.
http://www.adtools.com/news/
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Integrating 'Big Iron' Business Apps With Your Web Strategy
Maggie Biggs for InfoWorld. The growth of Web technologies has created many more options for sites
that rely on big iron (and COBOL) as part of their e-business strategy. Those who need to enable
Web access to big iron business applications without making major application changes can look to
Web-to-host solutions. It is also possible to directly Web-enable big iron.
http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/03/13/000313opbiggs.xml
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Application transformation
James R. Borck for InfoWorld. The push for businesses to compete at Internet speed has only just
begun. Unfortunately for many companies, tapping in to the efficiencies of e-business also means
unlocking a wealth of business logic and data trapped in the legacy systems that form the
foundation of their corporate infrastructures.
http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/mt/xml/00/08/14/000814mtcobol.xml
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Micro Focus Brings COBOL to the Web
Michael Vizard and Dana Gardner for InfoWorld. Micro Focus will bring its large installed base of
COBOL programmers into the age of the Internet this week with the release of Net Express 3.0, an
update to its application development environment that facilitates linking COBOL applications to
the Web.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/99/03/t13-03.14.htm
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From Cobol Programmer to E-Commerce Expert
Lynda Radosevich for InfoWorld. IT professionals can leverage experience in areas such as COBOL
programming into a prominent e-commerce position by extracting lessons from mature technologies
while embracing young ones.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/mentor/990913mentors.htm
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Successful COBOL Upgrades: Highlights and Programming Techniques
Book by Young Chae and Steven Rogers. Offers a concise primer on how newer versions of COBOL differ
from older ones still in circulation, outlines programming techniques for new features, and
highlights advantages, obstacles, and surprises programmers may find along the way.
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/catalog/33011-6.htm
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Advanced COBOL for Structured and Object-Oriented Programming
Book by Gary DeWard Brown. A timely, pre-millennial update to the classic COBOL resource. This
classic reference has been updated to address the current realities of life as a COBOL programmer,
focusing on client/server applications and featuring a hands-on tutorial on implementing
object-oriented COBOL.
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/catalog/31481-1.htm
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Standard Object-Oriented Cobol
Book by Ned Chapin. Covers the new syntax in COBOL-97 and stresses the design that must be done
before a COBOL program is written. The text builds on software engineering principles and practices
combined with object-oriented technology to enable effective use of this latest form of COBOL.
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/catalog/12974-7.htm
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COBOL Portal: COBOL Books
The one-stop shop for COBOL related news, programming tips, resources and everything COBOL.
http://www.cobolportal.com/bookstore/
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Mastering COBOL
A book for experienced programmers who want to tackle the challenge of modifying legacy code.
Unique in its presentation, Mastering COBOL not only provides an annotated and exemplified language
reference, it introduces the reader to the other major components typically found in legacy
environments including JCL, CICS, IMS and SQL.
http://www.iecc.com/carol/cobol.html
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COBOL Gold Mine
COBOL is dead, Long Live COBOL! An international site where technical staff and management can
discover and learn about the possibilities of the new COBOL/OO COBOL. Free International
discussion forum.
http://ils-international.com/
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Cobol for OS/390 Power Programming
by David Shelby Kirk at MVS Training site.
http://www.mvs-training.com/
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IBM COBOL Family
IBM's Focus On COBOL monthly newsletter. Each month we will present articles, product information,
technical information, and other topics of interest for our COBOL customers.
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/
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COBOL Programming Books
Descriptions of various COBOL programming books for purchase.
http://www.touniteamerica.com/books/bookscob.html
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MVS Help
A resource site for mainframe programmers including manuals and reference guides for COBOL,
Assembler, JCL, CICS, TSO, DB2, IMS, IBM Utilities, and ISPF.
http://www.mvshelp.com/ref01.htm
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Object-Z Systems
Home of CobolReport.com, CobolUniversity.com, Object-Z publishing, cobol standards, object-oriented
cobol, articles, reviews, tools, online chat, cobol books, code, links, samples, and programming.
http://www.cobolreport.com/index.asp
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Host-to-Browser Connectivity
InfoWorld product comparison. With browsers available on every major platform, the time may be
right to make your host-based COBOL applications more widely accessible. Which product best lets
you do this with the least amount of effort, cost, and disruption for users?
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayTC.pl?/980112comp.htm
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The COBOL Center Bookstore
Learning resources for COBOL and COBOL programming.
http://www.infogoal.com/cbd/cbdbks.htm
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COBOL Language
This document provides the X/Open definition of the COBOL Language which is that set of COBOL
Language facilities that programmers should follow when using COBOL compilers on conformant
systems. The X/Open definition is based on the ISO 1989:1985 Programming Languages - COBOL standard
but contains none of the optional modules of standard COBOL.
http://www.opengroup.org/public/pubs/catalog/c192.htm
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About Legacy Coding
Free e-publication for IT professionals focusing on IT management and integration of
enterprise/legacy systems with an emphasis on COBOL. In-depth coverage of the legacy market with
articles on: how to manage and modernize legacy systems; choosing a vendor; managing staff; and
featured companies and CIO's who are leaders and innovators in their commitment to legacy systems.
http://www.aboutlegacycoding.com/
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Year 2000 in a Nutshell
Book by Norman Shakespeare. Addresses the Year 2000 computer dilemma, providing a compact
compendium of solutions and reference information useful for addressing the problem. Includes a
comprehensive COBOL quick reference, plus reference for date-related functions.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/y2knut/
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