Putting the z in College Degrees
by Dan Burger

The importance of a pipeline that continually delivers a well-trained, resourceful, and talented workforce is absolutely necessary to propel IBM's mainframe customers into the future. That fact cannot be understated. Interruptions in the flow should be expected over the course of many years. They can be tolerated, when brief. In the long run, however, when the supply diminishes, a concern about the sources for new talent becomes a crisis. Right now, there is a measured concern about new workers filling mainframe jobs. READ MORE >

Top Mainframe Stories from Around the Web

(TechWorld) Don't sell the mainframe short even if the New York Stock Exchange data center is, in a manner of speaking, doing just that. Big Blue still has plenty of blue chippers pulling heavy loads with big iron. Still, there's no way to overlook the impact of Unix platforms into the data centers of companies that are reconsidering their mainframe fortresses. READ MORE >

(BMC) Last week's announcement of DB2 V9.1 for z/OS is followed up a Business Service Management from BMC Software, a company that can be counted on to be in lock-step with IBM's mainframes, where 80 percent of the world's data calls home. BMC's early announcement of support for DB2 V9.1 is not exactly surprising given that the company has developed administration, performance, and recovery tools for DB2 for z/OS since 1988. READ MORE >

(IBM) This IBM Redpaper provides a description of the monitoring functions of the IBM OMEGMON z/OS Management Console and discusses its integration with the other z/OS functions. It also covers customization of the console and provides sample scenarios to show benefits. READ MORE >

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April 23-27 -- Orlando, Florida - IBM system management products are the highlight of the Automated Operations Technical Council conference, where sessions are presented by representatives from IBM software development teams and their customers. The focus is on the mainframe environment, but extends out into the enterprise. The AOTC is a closed conference, with attendance by invitation only. Contact your IBM field representative for more details and an opportunity to attend. LEARN MORE >

May 6-10 -- San Jose, California - The International DB2 Users Group conference, known as IDUG 2007 North America, offers training and education on topics that include including DB2 for Linux, Unix, Windows; DB2 for z/OS; Informix; Java; Websphere; and XML. LEARN MORE >