- This is the IBM site for mainframe products. Go into the different
pages under Resources for a broad description of the platform.
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- This is an article by Graeme Philipson writing for the Sydney
Morning Herald. Although published in 2002, it provides an insight
on the durability of IBM mainframe and mid-range server products
in the market.
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/10/1028158034470.html
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- This article in Computerworld was published when IBM released
the z9 series of mainframe. The article is interesting because
it points to the position of IBM mainframes in the market, that
is, at the very top end of the architecture in terms of processing
volumes. The organisations that continue to rely on mainframes
are typically large transaction processing operations in banking
and finance, government, and transportation.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1933094730;relcomp;1
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- IBM has responded to the demand for mainframe technology at
the lower volume end of the market with a new release of “entry
level” machines for smaller organisations.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=32087&r=hstory
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- This article from NetworkWorld in 2002 highlighted the severe
shortage of mainframe skills that is starting to impact large
organisations today. The available skills are ageing and will
retire in significant numbers over the next decade. Some smaller
organisations, like Boscov, have decided to move off the mainframe
for this reason although larger organisations are not as flexible.
This creates significant opportunities for anyone trained on large
commercial systems.
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http://www.networkworld.com/careers/2002/0715man.html
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- This is a comprehensive review of the Linux phenomenon from
the Melbourne PC User Group. If you follow other links to Linux
on the IBM site, for example, you will begin to understand the
evolution of the mainframe in the overall architecture of a commercial
platform.
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http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/2305/2305article3.htm
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- This is a useful set of links for technical information on the
mainframe system environment.
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http://www.oberoi-net.com/mainfrme.html
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- These articles on mainframe are refreshed regularly and refer
to the most recent developments in the technology.
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http://www.mainframer.net/
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- This site provides useful information on salaries for different
categories of IT professionals in the US. The salary for most
IT jobs in Australia is almost identical to US salaries for the
same job after currency conversion. Note that the Job Description
for Programmer 1 is a maximum of two years experience on mainframe
systems and is considered to be an entry-level job for graduates.
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http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layouthtmls/swzl_compresult_national_IT10000056.html#bottom
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