Is COBOL a dead language from a bygone era? What use is a code developed way back in 1959 in today’s world?

1. EVERYWHERE
COBOL
is
9 5 %
of
interactions
use COBOL
7/10business
transactions
are enabled
by COBOL
COBOL
powers
85%
of all
point-of-sale
transactions
BILLION
lines of active
COBOL code
support today’s
core business
infrastructures
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COBOL?!
Why would anyone care
So...
Isn’t it a dead language from a bygone era? What use is
a code developed way back in 1959 in today’s world?
about
Funny you should ask, because it turns out that
However, did you know that
of COBOL specialists?
day...
In just one
of ALL app code
to be precise.65%Right now, there are more active lines of application code
written with COBOL than any other programming language,
COBOL connects
500MILLION
mobile phones
COBOL helps
5.5MILLION
home buyers
move in
COBOL programs manage
72 000shipping containers
200TIMES MORE
transactions are
processed via COBOL
than all of the Google
and YouTube searches
COMBINED
60MILLION
Hospital patients
receive care, thanks
to COBOL apps
1 500 000new lines of COBOL are written
20 000retirement plans are
managed on COBOL
based applications
With COBOL serving as the structure for so many applications,
how much does it get done in 24 hours?
96 000vacations get booked using
COBOL based software
COBOL developers are in short supply and high demand.
The world needs more of them to service the systems we depend on!
In order to create more COBOL specialists, Micro Focus has developed a free academic program to
help educators, students, and businesses learn the ins and outs of COBOL, ensuring that there are
enough skilled COBOL developers for the future.
Micro Focus has more than 35 years of COBOL experience, servicing more than 15,000 customers
and over a million licensed users with their products. For more information about taking part in Micro
Focus’s academic program free of charge, please visit:
This site provides educators with everything they need to know about teaching Micro Focus’s no-cost
COBOL course to their students—explore it today!
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*Data sourced from global research of 119 Academic Partners, conducted by Micro Focus in 2013.
there is a massive shortage
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