Cobol is a mainframe programming language. This text is for the experienced programmer who wants to be a Cobol, legacy code, Y2K or Euro conversion expert. It also looks to the future and discusses the migration of Cobol information from the mainframe to the Web and PCs.
Carol Baroudi makes technical concepts understandable to ordinary human beings. Clocking more than 30 years in the computer industry, she's been writing trade books since 1993. Her most recent is Green IT For Dummies (Wiley, April 2009).
Her other titles include The Internet For Dummies (now in its 11th edition), Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, Mastering COBOL, Internet Secrets and Email For Dummies. Since 1999, she has worked as a software industry analyst, both independently and with various organizations (most recently as Research Director for Green IT and Sustainability at Aberdeen Group). Carol holds a B.A. from Colgate University in (of all things) Spanish Literature and is pursuing an M.A. from UMass Dartmouth.
She's available for talks about green IT and sustainability, as well as freelance writing and editing projects. Contact her at carol_baroudi@yahoo.com
