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Accelerate Mainframe application modernization with Generative AI and COBOL Java interoperability

Learn how to achieve incremental modernization of mainframe applications using IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z and COBOL Java interoperability

By Aravind Thalachil

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03 September 2025

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