Does an Emerging Mainframe Skills Gap Threaten Business Continuity?
Critical IT applications for many of Britain’s largest organizations are at increased risk from an emerging computer skills gap as mainframe computers experts are beginning to retire.
Independent research into 180 organizations across six European countries has demonstrated that the 45 year old technology platform remains a lynchpin of enterprise computing. Distributed networks have been integrated with mainframes to handle today’s high demand, with 24/7 availability IT requirements. Whether it’s a mobile phone call, visiting the cash point or printing bank statements for millions of customers, most large businesses wouldn’t survive without their oldest but most reliable computing resource.
See Does an Emerging Mainframe Skills Gap Threaten Business Continuity? by James O’Malley.
Tags: I.T. DIsaster Recovery, mainframe
