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Unlocking Legacy Systems: Modernizing Mainframes via AI with Mechanical Orchard
In this episode of The Innovators & Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez sits down with Edward Hieatt, Chief Customer Officer and Board Member at Mechanical Orchard, to explore the complex challenge of modernizing legacy mainframe systems that underpin many of today’s largest enterprises. Edward shares the genesis of Mechanical Orchard, a startup dedicated to solving the decades-old problem of migrating critical, often fragile, mainframe-era code—written in languages like COBOL—into modern, cloud-based environments.The conversation delves into why these systems remain entrenched despite…
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