IBM-Mainframe

These are exciting Mainframe times: SOA, Business Integration, virtualization and other Enterprise Strategies are putting the mainframe back where it belongs, at the heart of corporate IT systems. This blog will keep you abreast of the latest news and opinions, recommend key articles, white papers etc.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

IBM Hipersockets TM

hipersocket to you, mainframe baby
HIPERSOCKETS
If you have gone for the zLinux virtual server option as an alternative to multiple external servers then its my guess you will want to maximise the advantage by utilising the superfast speeds of the mainframe. Hipersockets can do this for you - read more at http://www.mainframe-upgrade.com/mainframe-hipersockets.php

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http://www.mainframe-upgrade.com/

Thursday, February 09, 2006

The Mainframe Skills Shortage – train your way out.

Mainframe technicians, programmers and specialists are getting old. Large numbers of them will be drawing their pensions soon. Are they the respected elders of your mainframe tribe ? or the grey haired fuddy duddies that the youth want nothing to do with ? The answer is likely to be the latter, as far as computing skill sets go mainframe is not near the top for new IT entrants, they want to be in the rock’n’roll world of Web, Java, Linux and the like.

Two important facts:
Recent figures show that 80% of the people who work in mainframe support are 50 years of age or older.

The Universities and Technical colleges are on the whole, providing IT courses with little or no mainframe content.

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http://www.mainframe-upgrade.com/