BUSINESS CHALLENGE For years, the COBOL developers at a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions have remained steadfast users of Compuware development tools, including Abend-AID, File-AID, Strobe and Xpediter. While many of its mainframe developers still use the “green screen,” in contrast, the company’s Java developers, many of whom are young professionals, use Eclipse, a modern integrated development environment (IDE). Some of these Java developers are being asked to handle production support for applications that require them to look at source code on the mainframe. The conventional way to do this is through the green screen, which requires additional set up and can be a hassle to work with for Java developers and other cross-platform teams who are not as familiar w

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