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IBM Partners With Syracuse University to Tap Next-Gen Mainframe Workers
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IBM announced a partnership with Syracuse University to help college students build smarter computing skills to manage both traditional and new systems in large global enterprises. Syracuse's Global Enterprise Technology (GET) curriculum is an interdisciplinary program focused on preparing students for successful careers in large-scale, technology-driven global operating environments. A consortium of technology partners, including IBM, supplies GET students with technology platforms and multiple systems experience. "These courses and the IBM technology platform help prepare students to build large global data centers, allow them to work across multiple systems, and ultimately gain employment in large global enterprises," says Syracuse professor David Dischiave. Almost 500 students have completed the GET minor since its inception.
"This is part of our ongoing effort to build ecosystems around the mainframe," says IBM Rational's Charles Chu. "We're funding access to software, hardware and more for the University of Syracuse, and we're adding the mainframe to our toolset."
In 2010, IBM introduced the zEnterprise system, which extends the strengths and capabilities of the mainframe to other systems and workloads running on AIX on Power7, Linux on System x, and Microsoft Windows. More than 120 new client worldwide have selected the IBM mainframe platform to serve as the backbone of their information technology infrastructure since the zEnterprise's unveiling, according to IBM.
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