NatWest Bank is using a standalone tech-led division to ride two waves in the financial technology (fintech) sector. Through its NatWest Boxed operation, the company is providing the tech for its ...

UK banks are still using software code that was written in the 1960s and 1970s, with only a handful of employees who understand them. According to a survey of 200 UK banks, 16% rely on software from ...

Moving on from an ERP legacy system that depends on mainframes, relatively ancient programming languages, and all the traditions and processes that come with those outdated tools is about as easy as ...

In April 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. unemployment reached 14.8 percent, the highest rate since data collection began, making evident the limitations of unemployment systems ...

As we pause to honor our veterans during the month of May, I am reminded of the many women veterans who have played large roles in the history of our armed forces. Although I have had several men in ...

Whenever the topic is raised in popular media about porting a codebase written in an ‘antiquated’ programming language like Fortran or COBOL, very few people tend to object to this notion. After all, ...

The concept of Vibe Coding can be explained as an approach that emphasizes the ability to define what needs to be programmed, rather than knowing how to develop software. This concept was introduced ...

Elon Musk and his Department of Government of Efficiency are tearing through the Social Security Administration, vowing to root out fraud and to rewrite the entire system’s code in a matter of months.

The Social Security Administrations' already-fragile computer systems are suffering more glitches than usual, according to reports. One breakdown recently resulted in the agency sending an erroneous ...