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Technical deep-dives

COBOL modernization tools: seven categories and when to use each

Oct 2  •  16 min read

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Strategy

Security Debt Is the Modernization Deadline You Don't Control

Legacy systems are structurally unpatchable, not just unpatched. How to use security and regulatory deadlines to turn modernization into a dated commitment.

Jul 30  •  15 min read
Technical deep-dives

AI in software modernization: how Gen AI and symbolic AI actually rebuild legacy systems

How Gen AI and symbolic AI modernize legacy code, where each breaks, and why deterministic transformation plus Gen AI is the correct path at scale.

Jul 29  •  10 min read
Strategy

Why GenAI Alone Is Not Enough for Modernization

Understanding a legacy system and transforming a legacy system are not the same problem — the future of modernization is both working together.

Jul 27  •  7 min read
Technical deep-dives

How Deterministic Software Transformation Works

Symbolic AI, Program Analysis, and Large-Scale Legacy Modernization

Jun 16  •  10 min read
Technical deep-dives

93% Accurate Is a Failing Grade for COBOL Translation

Vendors claim 93% COBOL-to-Java accuracy. On 5 million lines, that is 350,000 wrong ones. Where AI genuinely helps, and how to prove code equivalence.

2026-028-26  •  13 min read
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