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The Interskill e-Newsletter is a FREE quarterly newsletter. Each issue contains useful training tips, information on leading industry trends, and insightful advice to help you get the most from your mainframe training investment. Sign up to receive the mainframe training newsletter via email or click on the li nk below for the latest newsletter available. Read the newsletter at http://www.interskill.com/ mainframe-newsletter.html   Inside This Issue: Retaining Data Center Skills and Knowledge Interskill Releases: December 2011 Vendor Briefs Taking Care of Storage Learning Spotlight : Managing Projects Tech-Head Knowledge Test – Utilizing ISPF OPINION: The Case for a Fresh Technical Opinion TECHNICAL: Lost in Translation Part 1 – EBCDIC Code Pages MAINFRAME: Weird and Unusual Learn more about Interskill Learning's online mainframe training solutions for your company.

Hopefully you had the opportunity to attend the IBM System z Technical University conference in Miami. Interskill Learning was there and had a privilege to meet many of our customers and hopefully many new friends. Click here to watch a short video clip of Darren Surch, COO of Interskill Learning being interviewed by IBM. Did you know that we released a new course this year for zEnterprise ? Get details on this great online training course plus our entire catalog when you visit our website at www.interskill.com

Interskill Learning is pleased to announce the latest release of 2011. This offering includes new and updated mainframe training products and upgrades to the MyInterskill Learning Management System. Find out more about this new release and our entire mainframe training catalog •New Introduction to WebSphere MQ •New DB2 Stored Procedures Training course •New Assembler z/OS Adv and Assembler Cross Memory Services  courses •New z/OS 1.12 Series, Console Simulator v1.12 •All assessments Updated •Mainframe Presenter Series: 4 New Titles! For eligible training accounts the courses will be assigned to your training profile automatically, if you do not license the complete product line from Interskill Learning and are interested in the new curriculum, please contact us at 770-872-4278, email us at info@interskill.com or visit our website ( www.interskill.com ) for more details.

Interskill Learning will be in booth 114 at SHARE in Orlando this year from August 7 through August 12 . Be sure come by for free gift opportunities and to see why we are the industry leader in Online Mainframe Training. You will be able to test drive our courseware and see the many curriculi we provide our students with. Visit with one of our learning consultants for one-on-one service and pickup a T-shirt. Click here to see a quick video of the COO of Interskill Learning, Darren Surch, at SHARE . About SHARE SHARE Inc. is an independent, volunteer run association providing enterprise technology professionals with continuous education and training, valuable professional networking and effective industry influence. To learn more about SHARE visit their website. Be Our Guest We invite you to register for this event with a discounted full conference badge or complimentary access to the SHARE Technology Exchange Expo for one night using the below direct link. Custom...

Inside This Issue Retaining Data Center Skills and Knowledge Interskill Releases - April 2011 Vendor Briefs z/OS 1.12... What's in it for me? Tech-Head Knowledge Test - z/OS Problem Diagnosis and Resolution Learning Spotlight - Linux on System z MANAGEMENT: Is This The End of Tape? Each issue contains a number of FREE, 1 hour mainframe training courses from our curriculum, and is packed with useful training tips, information on leading industry trends, and insightful advice to help you achieve career excellence! SIGN UP HERE to receive the Mainframe Training Newsletter every quarter! You can simply "opt-out" at any time by clicking on the “remove me” link in each issue.

Interskill Learning: v10.3 Release Information Interskill Learning is pleased to announce its first Release of 2011, offering new and updated mainframe e-learning courseware, a revolutionary new mainframe training product, and changes to the MyInterskill Learning Management System. Courseware Updates to ten of our core mainframe course curricula plus two new course curricula offer significant enhancement to Interskill’s comprehensive e-learning curriculum. All updated courses will be made available to existing clients as part of your existing licenses. The v10.3 release will contain the following courses: z/OS 1.11 Group The complete z/OS Group updated to V1.11. z/OS Curriculum o    z/OS Concepts and Components 1.11 o    z/OS Architecture 1.11 o    Monitoring the z/OS System 1.11 o    Identifying z/OS System Problems 1.11 o    Resolving z/OS System Problems 1.11 o    Initializing and Terminating the z/OS System 1.11 JCL ...

Inside This Issue : o Retaining Data Center Skills and Knowledge o Learning Spotlight - SDSF o Vendor Briefs (IBM, CA, BMC, Compuware, ASG) o Should you be adopting ITIL? o Test your Knowledge: JCL Problem Resolution o PROGRAMMERS PLACE - Understanding Re-Entrant Programming Each issue contains a number of FREE, 1 hour mainframe training courses from our curriculum, and is packed with useful training tips, information on leading industry trends, and insightful advice to help you achieve career excellence! SIGN UP HERE to receive the Mainframe Training Newsletter every quarter! You can simply "opt-out" at any time by clicking on the “remove me” link in each issue.

February 1 sees Interskill Learning's first e-learning courseware release of 2011. The Datatrain 10.3 Release will contain the following online mainframe courses: The complete z/OS Series (JCL curriculum, ISPF curriculum, JES2 curriculum, z/OS curriculum) updated to V1.11 The z/OS Assembler Language Series updated to V1.11. (The Assembler z/OS Advance course is to be released Q2, 2011.) The complete z/Linux Series updated to current Linux Kernel level 2.6.35 A new series on Virtualization that includes z/VM 6.1 and Linux on System z A new Introduction to IBM Mainframe Communications Series at V1.11 that replaces the old VTAM Series. A further course on TCP/IP to complete the series is to be released in Q2, 2011 The complete CA OPS/MVS® Event Management and Automation Series updated to V11.8

Interskill’s mainframe e-learning is currently the ONLY up-to-date curriculum of online training available to the mainframe computing industry. Since 1993, across a client base of over 1,000 corporations and government bodies worldwide, Interskill’s e-learning curriculum has become a global mainframe education standard. This comprehensive range of online mainframe training products includes: o Mainframe e-Learning Courses : The mainframe industry's most comprehensive, technology-based education offering, encompassing over 150 titles of unmatched depth, breadth and currency. o Mainframe Skills Assessment : Extensive banks of scenario based questions enable an organization to accurately evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their workforce. Analyses of the data are used to set benchmarks, identify skill gaps, measure learning effectiveness and calculate ROI. o Mainframe Learning Plans : Provide mainframe personnel with a graphical, defined path of learning activity tha...