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The Future of COBOL Applications2017 Survey Highlights

Application Value

85% of COBOL applications arestrategic to the business

of COBOL applications with 1M+ lines of code are strategic

44% are HIGHLY strategic to the business

77%

2X

are adopting Linux as a future platform for

application deployment

64% use Test Automation

71% use Continuous Integration

26%age 56

or higher

38%between

45-55

64% use Release Automation

50% use Test Automation

WHEN COBOL DEVELOPERS USE AGILE WHEN COBOL DEVELOPERS USE WATERFALL

60% use Continuous Integration

55% use Release Automation

as popular as Eclipse

Visual Studio adoption

40%rank COBOL skills as NOT a top concern

63%of businesses rank knowledge transfer

as CRITICAL to future skills planning

58%

state that employee retirement will impact

their business

1/3

rank hardware skills as a TOP concern

55%of COBOL applications will begin modernizationprojects over the next 24 months

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27% of COBOL applications with less than a 3year life span have integration work planned

#1 Java or .NET integration

#2 Adoption of modern IDEs

#3 Moving to the Cloud

#4 RDBMs Integration

65% of COBOL applications have a 7 year lifespan

of COBOL applications have a 10+ year lifespan50%

The larger the application and longer its lifespan, the greater its value to the business

COBOL Application LongevityCOBOL applications are critical to future business strategy

COBOL’s Adoption of New TechnologyDevelopment and deployment trends

COBOL SkillsBuilding future talent requires a focus on knowledge transfer of core business systems

Modern Development PracticesComparing COBOL development with Agile and Waterfall

Application ModernizationBusiness change drives application innovation

Embracing New TechnologyTop technology priorities for COBOL applications

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52%of COBOL Developers

use Agile

25%of COBOL Developers

use Waterfall

8%

92%

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AGILE DEVELOPMENT

CONTINUOU S AS SES SMENT

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