How Compuware is Bringing Agile, DevOps to Mainframe Development

Compuware is intent upon bringing the new-gen discipline of continuous iteration of software development to the old-school mainframe world, and it isn’t afraid to stand alone in that market.After all, about half of all companies with data centers have at least one mainframe, according to data center industry group AFCOM. Most of those are built by IBM, which remains the market leader, and Unisys. For at least the next decade, there is going to be a distinct need for big-hunk servers in most enterprise systems—whether it’s for high-transaction workloads, data analytics, scientific data processing or something else. New and seasoned developers coming into the mainframe fold need at least to know how to code Assembler and Cobol—lifebloods of mainframe development. Micro Focus is the ostensible gatekeeper for the Cobol franchise. Compuware is actively seeking professionals interested in this type of development and is determined to transform 20th-century development processes into one reborn in the 21st century using DevOps as an overall model.