The SHARE Press Room acts as a central resource for all SHARE-related press coverage and industry news. Peruse the variety of articles compiled on this page to get the latest updates on SHARE and the enterprise technology community.
Media Coverage
Beyond Book Learning
April 2011 - For the first time, the SHARE IT user group annual survey asked its membership about academia and what the mainframe industry wants from colleges and universities that are teaching the next generation of employees. [Read more]
2011 SHARE Survey for Guiding University and College IT Agendas
March 28 - What We're Reading from the April 1 Issue of CIO Magazine: 2011 SHARE Survey for Guiding University and College IT Agendas [Read more]
Employers Say IT Grads Need Business Skills Too
March 11 - A recent employer survey shows that one out of four companies are concerned about the technical aptitude of job candidates, but there is even greater concern about their lack of business skills. [Read more]
IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go'
March 5 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
Skills Gap / IT : CLOSING THE IT SKILLS GAP
March 4 - Growth during the recovery will depend in large part on information technology. But “Are today’s IT college graduates up to the task? [Read more]
IT graduates 'not well trained, ready to go'
March 3 - Employers agree that colleges and universities need to provide their students with the essential skills required to run IT departments, yet only 8% of hiring managers would say they have them. [Read more]
IT Graduates Aren't up for Computer Repair?
March 1 - IT computer repair graduates are not up to the standards that employer would like to see, according to an article from CIO.com. There are many fields of IT that need to train for that many students are not aware of. The article has some great points about how to improve your computer repair skills. [Read more]
Survey Finds Skills Gap in College IT Grads
February 28 - A new survey has me wondering if employers who hire students straight out of college are ever really happy with their training? I'm guessing no. I think college and work can be totally different beasts. [Read more]
IT Skills Gap Revealed in New Survey
February 28 - If the economy has truly moved into expansion mode, we can expect organizations will be hiring IT staff -- including college graduates. The question is, do college graduates have the skills IT needs, or will they need additional training once on the job? The results of a recent survey will likely worry hiring managers. [Read more]
Survey: Only 8% Of Companies Say IT Graduates Are Ready To Work. Who Is To Blame?
February 28 - Well this certainly adds fuel to the industry fire that most schools are not turning out IT graduates that are ready for the “real world”. SHARE, a professional association for IBM users, has some survey results. [Read more]
IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go'
February 28 - Study lays out IT skills gap challenges, but all hiring news not bad. [Read more]
IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go"
February 27 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
IT graduates not “well-trained”
February 27 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
IT Graduates Not “Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go”
February 27 - coondoggie writes “There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates..." [Read more]
IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go"
February 27 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go'
February 27 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
IT Graduates Not 'Well-trained, Ready to Go'
February 27 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. Employers agree that colleges and universities need to provide their students with the essential skills required to run IT departments, yet only 8% of hiring managers would rate IT graduates hired as 'well-trained, ready-to-go,' according to a surveyof 376 organizations that are members of the IBM user group Share and Database Trends and Applications subscribers. [Read more]
IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go'
February 26 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go'
February 26 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
IT graduates not 'well-trained, ready-to-go'
February 26 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
Survey: IT college grads not ‘ready to go’
February 25 - Survey of companies and universities shows a lack of interpersonal skills often hinders IT workers fresh out of college. [Read more]
IT graduates not 'well trained, ready to go'
February 25 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
Business Meets Tech: Job Skills in Demand
February 25 - Study shows employers want what graduates don’t have: experience. [Read more]
Are IT Grads Ready for Work?
February 25 - Many college IT graduates are not cutting it when it comes to having the tech and business skills needed to perform effectively at their first jobs, a new survey finds. [Read more]
Is IT skills gap keeping companies from hiring?
February 25 - There is a disconnect between students getting high tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
IT Graduates Not 'Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go'
February 25 - There is a disconnect between students getting high-tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. [Read more]
Mainframe technology in 2011 and beyond: A Q&A
February 24 - The year 2011 may prove to be a critical one in IT. The economic challenges of the past few years appear to be easing. And as budget money becomes available, IT decision makers are again looking forward to the conferences and symposiums that showcase the latest advancements in data center efficiency and control. For example, the industry is preparing for the Share conference slated for Feb. 27 through March 4 in Anaheim, Calif. [Read more]
Industry Leader Q&A with SHARE President Janet Sun
February 23 - The SHARE conference convenes on February 27th in Anaheim, with an agenda packed with industry initiatives and knowledge-sharing on the latest best practices and technology trends. In this Q&A, SHARE president Janet Sun provides her vision for the IBM users group in the coming years. [Read more]
Align IT With Business
February 14 - The upcoming SHARE conference in Anaheim, Calif., (Feb. 27–March 4) is aimed at helping IT workers better align their departments with business needs, all with an eye towards continuing costs. [Read more]
SHARE 2010 Boston
August 30 - The primary reason that I attended this particular SHARE (the third that I have attended) was to seek feedback on IBM's new System z announcement (the new zEnterprise and the new hybrid z/blade environment). [Read more]
When Gen Y Runs the Show
August 30 - Kristine Harper thinks she and her millennial colleagues will run things better when they're in charge. "Our generation will be a little bit more fun, encouraging, flexible, positive. There'll be fewer meetings, more networking and more teams,: she says. [Read more]
Rooted in the Past, Looking To The Future
August 10 - I spoke today at SHARE’s biannual conference, giving a talk on emerging data center architectures, x86 servers, and internal clouds. SHARE is an organization which describes itself as “representing over 2,000 of IBM's top enterprise computing customers.” [Read more]
The Lions of IT, the Mainframe Pros, Learn New Post Recession Approaches
August 4 - Gray-haired systems administrators dominate the hallways and meeting rooms at the IBM SHARE conference, and not always by choice. Businesses haven't been hiring a lot of new IT workers, and in some cases employees have put off retirement as a result of the downturn. [Read more]
IT Generation Gap: Get Bent on Mentoring
August 3 - Five years ago, Kristine Harper was a 22-year-old software developer fresh out of college who realized there were gaps in her mainframe knowledge. So she helped launch zNextGen [20], a group within the SHARE organization where young enterprise techs could call on more experienced geeks for guidance. Now the group boasts more than 700 members in 24 countries, with about 70 percent of them relative newcomers. [Read more]
SHARE’s zNextGen celebrates 5th Anniversary
August 2 - zNextGen, a group whose objective is to recruit and retain young professionals for careers in enterprise IT, announced today a significant mark in its growing membership as it reaches more than 700 people. [Read more]
Cost management, virtualization identified as top issues for enterprise IT in SHARE survey
July 23 - Cost management and virtualization top the list of enterprise IT concerns, according to the SHARE survey that will be released at SHARE’s bi-annual conference, SHARE in Boston, August 1-5. [Read more]
SHARE Boston Conference to showcase new IBM zEnterprise System
July 22 - SHARE announced today that Karl Freund, IBM’s Vice President of System z Marketing and Strategy, will address IBM’s new zEnterprise System in his System z keynote presentation at SHARE in Boston. The conference will be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston August 1-5. Freund’s keynote address will begin at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, August 2nd. [Read more]
Big Iron: The Mainframe Story
June 11 - "CA Mainframe Chorus and IBM Systems Magazine co-present the documentary film that chronicles the mainframe's origins and storied history and glimpses its bright future. Each chronological segment features events, photos, video, and factoids from Stonehenge and Alan Turing to System/360 and virtualization to z10 and beyond, including conversations and reflections from experts, historians and the people who made (and make), the innovation happen." [Read more]
Career Watch: Taking Aim At Young Mainframers - Network World
February 22 - "I find that many of us new mainframers have this inner drive and desire to learn something new every day, to figure things out." [Read more]
Career Watch: Taking Aim At Young Mainframers - The Industry Standard
February 22 - "When a new enterprise computing professional enters this workforce, it is encouraging to have this support group to share their own experiences with, and to learn from others' experiences as well." [Read more]
Career Watch: Taking Aim At Young Mainframers - IT World
February 22 - "Can a group like zNextGen really help attract the younger generation to IT?" [Read more]
Career Watch: Taking Aim At Young Mainframers - CIO
February 22 - "Why do young people currently entering the enterprise workforce need a user group of their own?" [Read more]
Career Watch: Taking Aim at Young Mainframers - Computer World
February 22 - "As a young female working on the mainframe, I have found that there are very few opportunities to network and socialize with peers in the business because of the age difference. I think the chance to network, communicate and socialize for educational and professional reasons is very appealing for the zNextGen mainframers out there." [Read more]
WorkWise: Teaming - What Some Younger Workers Want
February 8 - "Opportunities for new and exciting projects are percolating up from younger workers to their more senior counterparts. People on the receiving end of the invitations recognize that they have something younger workers want." [Read more]