Welcome to Rocket® ACUCOBOL® Fuel, your monthly source for all things ACUCOBOL. In this issue, you’ll discover how Rocket Software is driving ACUCOBOL modernization, learn Railway Furnishers modernization story, and explore the renewed Rocket ACUCOBOL community.

Rocket Software Advances ACUCOBOL Modernization

COBOL and its dialects remain a cornerstone of global business operations, powering 70% of the world’s business transaction processing across industries such as banking, insurance, travel, retail, and government. However, running COBOL and ACUCOBOL that have not been modernized, combined with outdated engineering tools and practices, can slow innovation, increase operational risk, and expose systems to today’s security threats. Organizations with COBOL at their core can no longer afford to operate on outdated applications and systems, or take unnecessary, expensive risks with application rewrite projects. Rocket ACUCOBOL’s latest updates empower enterprises to modernize critical applications and systems quickly and safely. These advancements unlock new opportunities for innovation and competitive agility while reducing operational risk, lowering costs, and alleviating talent shortages.
 

“COBOL powers countless mission-critical applications that organizations rely on every day—but when these systems, tools, and development practices are not modernized, innovation slows and risk increases. With decades of expertise in COBOL modernization, Rocket Software is not just supporting COBOL — we’re transforming how it’s developed, deployed, and integrated to ensure it remains a vital engine of business innovation and digital transformation for years to come.”

Phil Buckellew, President of the Infrastructure Modernization Business Unit at Rocket Software.

These new updates will benefit you by providing:

• Modernization in place, without disruption: Upgrade existing ACUCOBOL systems without rewriting, preserving business continuity, minimizing downtime, and reducing risk. Maximize ROI and avoid costly rewrites. Build on trusted ACUCOBOL logic and data to deliver new value by leveraging modern syntax while avoiding the high costs and risks of starting from scratch.
• Accelerated development with Visual Studio Code Extension: Help developers quickly understand and work with ACUCOBOL code through on of the most popular and advanced development tools, reducing ramp-up time and enabling faster, safer change.
• Talent flexibility and skills transfer: Empower any developer to maintain and enhance ACUCOBOL applications, regardless of ACUCOBOL expertise or experience, reducing dependence on hard-to-find skills.
• Readiness for what’s next: Easily connect ACUCOBOL systems to new applications, APIs, and a broad ecosystem of hybrid and multi-cloud environments to support evolving business models.

To learn more about Rocket Software’s updated ACUCOBOL solutions or to discuss an upgrade to the latest version of Rocket ACUCOBOL extend, please contact your account manager.

ACUCOBOL Events

Watch the recording
How to Deliver Modern UI/UX with Rocket ACUCOBOL webinar

Watch Dominique Sacre, Principal Product Manager of ACUCOBOL products, to discover how Rocket® ACUCOBOL-GT® Extension for Visual Studio Code and Rocket® AcuToWeb® make it easier to create, modernize, and deploy application interfaces across platforms.

Also, hear the Railway Furnishers’ modernization story from Annette Viljoen, Group CTO.
 
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Watch the recording
COBOL: Modernization Without Myths

Discover COBOL modernization without myths and outdated perceptions. Learn why COBOL remains vital to global businesses and how Rocket Software’s portfolio enables modernization, without disruption.
 
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Recap
The Future of COBOL in London

At the beginning of October, Rocket Software hosted the Future of COBOL event at a beautiful venue near the London Eye. We explored AI-powered modernization, the new features of Rocket Visual COBOL and Rocket ACUCOBOL products, and heard an inspiring modernization story from Nationwide Building Society.

Welcome to the renewed ACUCOBOL community

If you’re reading this, you’re already exploring our upgraded customer community platform.  It’s a place for you to ask questions, share insights, learn from each other, and grow together. 

We want this forum to be a go-to place for ACUCOBOL specialists, so if you have any feedback, let us know. We’re all ears!

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