Keeping the core COBOL logic but exposing it via modern APIs so it can talk to mobile apps and cloud services. Re-platforming:
: While everyone is fighting over the same React and Python roles, COBOL salaries jumped 44% in a single year recently because the skills gap is massive.
"COBOL for the 21st Century" (11th Edition) by Nancy Stern, Robert A. Stern, and James P. Ley serves as a critical bridge between legacy computing and modern enterprise needs. While many view COBOL as a "dead" language, this text argues for its continued relevance in a world where trillions of dollars in daily transactions still run on its code. The Modern Relevance of COBOL