COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, is one of the oldest programming languages in use, dating back to around 1959. It’s had surprising staying power; according to a 2022 survey, there’s over ...

Right from day one, the standard format for packaging Java programs was the Java ARchive, or JAR file for short. There's nothing particularly interesting about a JAR file. At its heart, it's simply a ...

Surendra B. Konathala has earned a 2025 Global Recognition Award for his distinguished 25-year career in software engineering ...

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IN TODAY’S competitive marketplace, organizations are facing the difficult challenge of providing a broad range of electronic-business services while keeping costs down in the face of ever-compressed ...

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...

During the past year java vendors have heard an increasingly insistent drumbeat from developers: Simplify enterprise Java. J2EE, the rich but extraordinarily complex set of Java server technologies, ...

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday ventured further into the complex world of software licensing, making some changes and adding new features to its programs. Wednesdays fifth quarterly Volume Licensing ...

So, you want to program in Java? That’s great, and you’ve come to the right place. The Java 101 series provides a self-guided introduction to Java programming, starting with the basics and covering ...