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    Verisign Needs a Mainframe
    February 3, 2012
    Versign, which Symantec partly acquired in 2010, was hacked. The extent of the data breach is unknown. Verisign has admitted it was hacked repeatedly in 2010 and could not pin down what data was stolen.

    Forbes: "Kids See a Future in Mainframes"
    January 31, 2012
    Forbes has published an interesting article about the educational and career opportunities in mainframe computing. Here's a short excerpt: Quawan Smith, who took [Professor] Dischiave?s course [on mainframe computing], now works at J.P. Morgan Chase, one of the underwriters of...

    Learning z/OS the Cloud(y) Way
    January 25, 2012
    Marist College is accepting new students for its z/OS professional courses. You can learn z/OS from the comfort of your own home ? the courses are conducted online. The deadline for enrollment for the spring term is February 6, 2012....

    Class Reunion: "What is a Mainframe?"
    January 24, 2012
    Here's an animated video depicting a fictional conversation between two former high school classmates at their reunion. One is now a "genius" bank manager, and the other is a mainframe programmer. One is at least a bit smarter than the...

    IBM Announces 4Q2011 Earnings
    January 20, 2012
    Let's get right to the point: the mainframe had what's called a "tough compare" in the last quarter of 2011. A year ago, IBM's System z hardware revenues grew an impressive 69 percent year to year as the zEnterprise 196,...




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