In Pictures: Quick look inside IBM’s snazzy new mainframe
What did IBM do to celebrate the mainframe’s 51st birthday? Reinvented the Big Iron basically.
A cohort of students are preparing to start a revived mainframe degree course this winter, a program welcomed by employers faced with a looming skills crisis within their organisations.
The University of Canberra is reviving its mainframe degree with a cohort of at least 25 students expected to start the Bachelor of Information and Mainframe Technology course in December.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has marked the 50th anniversary of its first computer — an IBM mainframe that was installed in 1966 — with a three day event that celebrated the past while looking at how CBA can leverage emerging technologies.
Good security and centralised data server capabilities have been cited as reasons why Australian businesses are continuing to use mainframes according to a new survey.
What did IBM do to celebrate the mainframe’s 51st birthday? Reinvented the Big Iron basically.