There’s a problem in IT. All the older guys (sadly, not enough of them were women) who knew how to get their hands dirty inside the mainframe systems of the past are either no longer with us or are ...

Mainframe developers are not just retiring, they are expiring -- and young developers have little interest in mainframe careers. Mainframe programmers have be treated like bus drivers whose only job ...

The work is fulfilling, the tools are state-of-the-art, and demand for mainframe-literate developers has never been greater If you’re an ambitious developer, you probably tend to follow industry buzz ...

As students study other technologies, vendors try to develop new talent and offer tools to fill the gap for these critical systems Before tablets, smartphones, and PCs became prominent, “big iron” ...

You might think of the mainframe computer as long-gone relic of the Cold War. But banks, especially, still rely on modern versions of the old classic: They're huge ...

Mainframes are still widely in use at banks, insurance companies, and other big businesses that handle lots of credit card transactions. You might think of the mainframe computer as long-gone relic of ...

IBM z/OS 3.2 will be the cornerstone of the z17 mainframe and includes support for the Big Iron's new AI acceleration technologies. IBM today introduced the next release of z/OS, which promises to ...

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Hire the right mainframe systems programmer to maintain critical IT infrastructure. Ensure System Reliability – Mainframe systems programmers keep legacy on-premises servers running smoothly where ...

Some mainframe programming knowledge might translate into learning Java. First, what do you know about object-oriented programming (OOP)? If your mainframe development has been restricted to ...