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  1. There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

    In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

    In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

    · The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

    · The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

    · Where #AIagents help the modernization process

    · The evolving role of mainframe experts

    And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

    youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWs

  2. There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

    In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

    In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

    · The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

    · The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

    · Where #AIagents help the modernization process

    · The evolving role of mainframe experts

    And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

    youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWs

  3. There are two sides to the coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

    In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

    In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

    · The need for both reverse and forward engineering in

    · The intricacies of applications that tends to struggle with

    · Where help the modernization process

    · The evolving role of mainframe experts

    And more!

    youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWs

  4. There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

    In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

    In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

    · The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

    · The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

    · Where #AIagents help the modernization process

    · The evolving role of mainframe experts

    And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

    youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWs

  5. There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

    In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

    In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

    · The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

    · The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

    · Where #AIagents help the modernization process

    · The evolving role of mainframe experts

    And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

    youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWs

  6. 🧯 What Could Go Wrong? DOGE to Rapidly Rewrite SSA's COBOL Codebase

    DOGE, a Musk-aligned “efficiency” department, plans to migrate the Social Security Administration’s COBOL-based systems to modern code like Java — in just a few months.

    💬 Experts are raising serious alarms:

    🔹 SSA systems serve 65M+ Americans and haven’t been overhauled since the 1980s.
    🔹 COBOL is deeply embedded in core logic: SSNs, benefit payments, entitlements.
    🔹 A proper migration should take years, not months.
    🔹 The team pushing this effort reportedly includes inexperienced engineers who can’t read COBOL or navigate legacy mainframe architecture.
    🔹 DOGE may use generative AI for code translation — without fully grasping edge cases or dependencies.

    SSA insiders describe the environment as a “house of cards” — where even minor changes can break everything.

    ⚠️ Tech modernization must be grounded in humility, expertise, and realism — not political theater and wishful thinking.

    #GovTech #SSA #DigitalTransformation #LegacySystems #COBOL #CyberSecurity #MainframeModernization #PublicSectorIT

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  7. 🧯 What Could Go Wrong? DOGE to Rapidly Rewrite SSA's COBOL Codebase

    DOGE, a Musk-aligned “efficiency” department, plans to migrate the Social Security Administration’s COBOL-based systems to modern code like Java — in just a few months.

    💬 Experts are raising serious alarms:

    🔹 SSA systems serve 65M+ Americans and haven’t been overhauled since the 1980s.
    🔹 COBOL is deeply embedded in core logic: SSNs, benefit payments, entitlements.
    🔹 A proper migration should take years, not months.
    🔹 The team pushing this effort reportedly includes inexperienced engineers who can’t read COBOL or navigate legacy mainframe architecture.
    🔹 DOGE may use generative AI for code translation — without fully grasping edge cases or dependencies.

    SSA insiders describe the environment as a “house of cards” — where even minor changes can break everything.

    ⚠️ Tech modernization must be grounded in humility, expertise, and realism — not political theater and wishful thinking.

    #GovTech #SSA #DigitalTransformation #LegacySystems #COBOL #CyberSecurity #MainframeModernization #PublicSectorIT

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  8. 🧯 What Could Go Wrong? DOGE to Rapidly Rewrite SSA's COBOL Codebase

    DOGE, a Musk-aligned “efficiency” department, plans to migrate the Social Security Administration’s COBOL-based systems to modern code like Java — in just a few months.

    💬 Experts are raising serious alarms:

    🔹 SSA systems serve 65M+ Americans and haven’t been overhauled since the 1980s.
    🔹 COBOL is deeply embedded in core logic: SSNs, benefit payments, entitlements.
    🔹 A proper migration should take years, not months.
    🔹 The team pushing this effort reportedly includes inexperienced engineers who can’t read COBOL or navigate legacy mainframe architecture.
    🔹 DOGE may use generative AI for code translation — without fully grasping edge cases or dependencies.

    SSA insiders describe the environment as a “house of cards” — where even minor changes can break everything.

    ⚠️ Tech modernization must be grounded in humility, expertise, and realism — not political theater and wishful thinking.

    #GovTech #SSA #DigitalTransformation #LegacySystems #COBOL #CyberSecurity #MainframeModernization #PublicSectorIT

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  9. 🧯 What Could Go Wrong? DOGE to Rapidly Rewrite SSA's COBOL Codebase

    DOGE, a Musk-aligned “efficiency” department, plans to migrate the Social Security Administration’s COBOL-based systems to modern code like Java — in just a few months.

    💬 Experts are raising serious alarms:

    🔹 SSA systems serve 65M+ Americans and haven’t been overhauled since the 1980s.
    🔹 COBOL is deeply embedded in core logic: SSNs, benefit payments, entitlements.
    🔹 A proper migration should take years, not months.
    🔹 The team pushing this effort reportedly includes inexperienced engineers who can’t read COBOL or navigate legacy mainframe architecture.
    🔹 DOGE may use generative AI for code translation — without fully grasping edge cases or dependencies.

    SSA insiders describe the environment as a “house of cards” — where even minor changes can break everything.

    ⚠️ Tech modernization must be grounded in humility, expertise, and realism — not political theater and wishful thinking.

    #GovTech #SSA #DigitalTransformation #LegacySystems #COBOL #CyberSecurity #MainframeModernization #PublicSectorIT

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  10. 🧯 What Could Go Wrong? DOGE to Rapidly Rewrite SSA's COBOL Codebase

    DOGE, a Musk-aligned “efficiency” department, plans to migrate the Social Security Administration’s COBOL-based systems to modern code like Java — in just a few months.

    💬 Experts are raising serious alarms:

    🔹 SSA systems serve 65M+ Americans and haven’t been overhauled since the 1980s.
    🔹 COBOL is deeply embedded in core logic: SSNs, benefit payments, entitlements.
    🔹 A proper migration should take years, not months.
    🔹 The team pushing this effort reportedly includes inexperienced engineers who can’t read COBOL or navigate legacy mainframe architecture.
    🔹 DOGE may use generative AI for code translation — without fully grasping edge cases or dependencies.

    SSA insiders describe the environment as a “house of cards” — where even minor changes can break everything.

    ⚠️ Tech modernization must be grounded in humility, expertise, and realism — not political theater and wishful thinking.

    #GovTech #SSA #DigitalTransformation #LegacySystems #COBOL #CyberSecurity #MainframeModernization #PublicSectorIT

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20