COBOL in 2016: SQL, ACID, OLTP, and Big Data with FairCom RTG

Today, businesses worldwide run more than 220 billion lines of COBOL code. Replacing these mission-critical business programs with a brand-new language without introducing detrimental bugs would be a massive undertaking.

With this in mind, FairCom created FairCom RTG. Our fully operational transaction database allows simultaneous SQL access to COBOL files. With no changes to the application logic, developers can now take advantage of the relational database models without rewriting their COBOL programs. In this presentation, we’ll show you how easy it is.

What you'll learn

• How to modernize your COBOL app to preserve your investment further. Despite being called "legacy," most of these systems are part of the core systems in today's major corporations.
• How to eliminate data corruption in COBOL data files. FairCom RTG offers industrial-quality on-line transaction processing (OLTP) supporting full ACID properties of transactions.
• How to integrate your data files directly, in real-time, with your BI system using real-time SQL capabilities and transaction-oriented interfaces (JDBC, ODBC, PHP, ADO.NET, Python, etc.).

About the speaker

Evaldo de Oliveira, Director of Business Development

‍Evaldo is the director of Business Development for FairCom, focusing heavily on the company's competitive market strategies. He has more than 20 years of experience leading strategic sales in the IT industry, focusing on software, software development, and infrastructure solutions architecture.