Veryant is pleased to announce the latest release of isCOBOL Evolve, isCOBOL Evolve 2026 R1.

isCOBOL Evolve provides a complete environment for the development, deployment, maintenance, and modernization of COBOL applications.

isCOBOL Evolve 2026 R1 introduces a new product named NoSQL Bridge that allows access to indexed data files using HTTP requests in JSON format.

The 2026R1 release improves GUI components by supporting the Google’s Material Design style on entry-field controls and offers other graphical improvements.

A new Apache Maven plugin is available to provide complete support for compiling isCOBOL applications using the Maven build system.

isCOBOL Debugger can now set breakpoints while the program is running.

The updated C-Tree RTG v5 adds the ability to increase the record length of an indexed file and add new keys without needing to migrate existing records.

Details on these enhancements and updates are included below.