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IBM Master The Mainframe Contest Prepares Students With In Demand IT Skills For A Smarter Planet

By Guest PostMarch 29, 2013Technologyanalytics, austria, benjamin paul, big data, canada, certificate programs, cloud rise, ibm, India, it skills, mainframe contest, master, michael todd, miles nosler, mobile, mobile computing projects, poland, smarter planet, social business, spain, students, sushain cherivirala, system z job, US, william cunningham

Over 4,600 students compete from US and Canada

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – 29 Mar 2013: Throughout the last 49 years, the IBM mainframe has advanced, anticipating both the present and future needs of businesses. Organizations are moving more cloud, mobile, big data and analytics computing projects on to mainframes and joining them with traditional projects like transaction processing, operational analytics and database management to develop solutions that can empower a Smarter Planet. Because of these trends, today’s mainframes are growing in popularity, requiring a new generation of mainframe experts. (more…)

Help Wanted: Millions of Cloud-Skilled IT Workers Needed

By Guest PostDecember 19, 2012Technologyadina mangubat, breeds of corn, certification program, cloud certified, cloud computing, cloud computing skills, cloud environment, cloud related, cloud training, cushing anderson, data, dna sequencing, employment, goodwill, idc, information technology forecast, international data corporation, it jobs, it skills, it workers, Johannesburg, kwenza khuzwayo, lutz ziob, Microsoft, microsoft it academy, microsoft learning, my dream, nikki barnard, office 365, pediatric cancer, private cloud, sequencing human genome, shack, south african, spiral genetics, Technology

A study released today by Microsoft and the International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that millions of cloud-related IT jobs are sitting open and millions more will open up in the next two years due to a shortage in cloud-certified IT workers.

REDMOND, Wash. – Dec. 19, 2012 – The information technology forecast for the next two years calls for increasing cloudiness – cloud computing job opportunities, that is.

One in four IT positions worldwide is currently unfilled, and 28 percent of those are cloud-related, according to research [1] released today by the International Data Corporation (IDC). The research also shows that an estimated 1.7 million cloud-related IT jobs are open worldwide right now, and there will be as many as 7 million cloud computing jobs available by 2015. (more…)

IBM Completes Acquisition of Netezza

By Guest PostNovember 11, 2010Technologyacquisition, business analytics, ibm, information management software, it skills, netezza, netezza corporation, smarter business systems, Technology

ARMONK, N.Y. – 11 Nov 2010: IBM today announced the closing of its acquisition of Netezza Corporation. Netezza will expand IBM’s business analytics initiatives to help clients gain faster insights into their business information, with increased performance at a lower cost of ownership. IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Netezza on September 20, 2010. (more…)

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IBM Master The Mainframe Contest Prepares Students With In Demand IT Skills For A Smarter Planet

Help Wanted: Millions of Cloud-Skilled IT Workers Needed

IBM Completes Acquisition of Netezza