IBM Launches Mainframe Skills Council With Share And Other Key Organizations To Support New Generations Of Mainframe Talent
IBM News, Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
New data from The Futurum Group (1) suggests that the mainframe skills pool is growing, with 65 percent of university leaders surveyed reporting more skilled mainframe talent available today as compared to the last 5 years
IBM introduced the Mainframe Skills Council during this week's SHARE conference in Orlando, to provide a forum where global organizations will foster a skilled, diverse, sustainable workforce for the mainframe platform. In addition to IBM, the council includes organizations spanning IBM clients, IBM partners, academia, user groups, non-profits, and open communities that will collaborate to implement mainframe skills development solutions. Initial members include Academic Mainframe Consortium, Albany State University, Broadcom, DNB Bank, HOGENT, M&T Bank, Northern Illinois University, Rocket Software, SHARE, and 21CS.