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Mainframe Apprenticeships: Closing the Mainframe Skills Gap

Posted By: SHARE Headquarters

Mon Sep 23rd, 2019

As current mainframe professionals begin to retire, the industry faces a skills gap. But there is hope: IBM partnered with the Consumer Technology Association earlier this year to launch the CTA Apprenticeship Coalition to create thousands of new apprenticeships in 20 states.

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Jerry Edgington: Volunteering Pays It Forward

Posted By: SHARE Headquarters

Thu Sep 19th, 2019

Like many others in the mainframe world, SHARE DevOps Project Manager Jerry Edgington loves to work out technical challenges. He says that the mainframe faces a big perception problem: that it’s outdated.

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Message from SHARE: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

Posted By: Dusty Rivers

Wed Sep 18th, 2019

For those of you who don’t know me, I am Dusty Rivers, IMGT program manager (IMS, Database, SAN/Disk/Tape) at SHARE. I have been attending SHARE events for almost 40 years and volunteering with the organization for many of those years.

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Lisa Wood: Be the Captain of Your Own IT Career

Posted By: SHARE Headquarters

Mon Sep 9th, 2019

Lisa Wood, chief marketing officer at VirtualZ Computing, fell into technology when her financial services employer told her that the entire management training program and staff would need to learn how to use new software and a computer.

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Mainframe Apprenticeships: Closing the Mainframe Skills Gap

Jerry Edgington: Volunteering Pays It Forward

Message from SHARE: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

Lisa Wood: Be the Captain of Your Own IT Career