Finally, watsonx Code Assistant for Z leverages generative AI to transform individual COBOL business services into object-oriented Java code. The next step in the lifecycle is validation testing.

The IBM approach is to take the intention of the COBOL code and map it into Java code that makes sense. “This Java has to be recognizable and maintainable by Java professionals and quite frankly ...

The new watsonx Code Assistant for Z is a generative AI-assisted product designed to enable faster translation of COBOL to Java on IBM Z, saving developers time and enhancing their productivity.

IBM COBOL-to-Java translation. Image: IBM. IBM announced today watsonx Code Assistant for Z, a generative AI-assisted solution for COBOL-to-Java mainframe application modernization.It opens up new ...

Last August, IBM expanded the capabilities of its code assistant to include COBOL code translation into Java in order to help IBM Z systems customers modernize their applications.

Watsonx Code Assistant for Z is powered by IBM’s 20 billion-parameter watsonx.ai model, which is said to be one of the world’s largest generative AI foundation models dedicated to code automation.

IBM’s Code Assistant for Z promises to produce object-oriented Java code optimized to interoperate with the rest of the COBOL app with the Customer Information Control System (CICS) transaction ...

Watsonx Code Assistant for Z uses the technology to help with mainframe application modernization and can translate applications from COBOL to Java. RELATED CONTENT: IBM releases watsonx Code ...

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 ...

IBM is launching a new AI-powered service designed to "assist" companies and programmers in transitioning ancient COBOL code into the modern, cloud-centric era. Watsonx Code Assistant has ...

IBM has built a generative AI-powered code assistant (watsonx) that helps convert all that dusty old COBOL code to a more modern language, thereby saving coders countless hours of reprogramming.

--IBM today announced watsonx Code Assistant for Z, a new generative AI-assisted product that will help enable faster translation of COBOL to Java on IBM Z and enhances developer productivity on ...