Let’s discuss how GenAI can change skills shortage challenge
Hi everyone,
Welcome to our monthly Rocket ACUCOBOL newsletter. This edition covers a potential solution to skills shortage in ACUCOBOL industry, ACUCOBOL x GenAI Demo, and webinar quiz winners.
GenAI-Assisted Development and the Skills Question
Many organizations are grappling with retiring specialists, limited documentation, and ongoing hiring challenges. As a result, some consider full rewrites instead of modernization. However, rewriting projects often take years, with nearly 50% exceeding budget and timeline expectations, making this a high‑risk decision.
As GenAI capabilities continue to mature, we see meaningful potential to ease the ACUCOBOL skills challenges. With upcoming GenAI features in Rocket ACUCOBOL products and 3rd party AI tools, developers of any background can navigate, understand, and analyze ACUCOBOL codebases of any size or complexity. These tools are already helping simplify hiring, onboarding, and cross‑training, making ACUCOBOL systems more accessible today and more sustainable for the future.
During last week’s webinar, our Principal Sales Engineer, Gustavo Follana, demonstrated how GenAI tools can be used when working with ACUCOBOL applications. Watch the recording to see the demo in action, and feel free to share it with your teams.
ACUCOBOL Event with STUDIOFARMA Modernization Story
Milan, April 14
Join us at our upcoming in‑person COBOL Days, where you can explore product updates, see live demos, and connect with fellow ACUCOBOL practitioners. You’ll also hear firsthand modernization stories from ACUCOBOL champions across the industry.
Register
Webinar Quiz Winners
Thank you to everyone who joined last week’s webinar and took part in the quiz. We appreciate the enthusiasm and thoughtful participation.
Stay tuned and don’t forget to turn on Rocket Forum notifications so you never miss an upcoming event.
Congratulations to our quiz winners:
- Ria B.
- Scott M.
- Lourens P.
- Jim G.
- Natalie F.
We'll share the gift details with everyone later next week.
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