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New Courses Now Available From Interskill Learning

Checkout some of our NEW and updated mainframe training courses this quarter. If you are already a customer, be sure to enroll for these courses. z/OS Connect Curriculum Introduction to z/OS Connect - New DevOps Curriculum DevOps Fundamentals - New C Programming Curriculum C/C++ on z/OS for C Programmers - New Visit http://www.interskill.com/recently-released.html for more information

Interskill Learning Announces New Courses!!

Our entire Database Curriculum has been updated to DB2 v11. Titles below. You can get info on these new titles and see our entire catalog at http://interskill.com/recently-released.html   Database Curriculum - Updated to DB2 v11 Database Series DB2 Fundamentals Managing DB2 Operations DB2 - Database Management System Series Introduction to RDBMSs and the DB2 Manage Data Definitions with DB2 DB2 SQL Fundamentals (Previously titled Manage Data with DB2 SQL in the v10 Curriculm) Advanced DB2 SQL (Previously titled Manage Data with DB2 SQL in the v10 Curriculm) Create and Maintain DB2 Programs DB2 Stored Procedures Optimize DB2 Application Performance Visit www.interskil.com  for more information.

Visit Interskill Learning at IBM Technical University in October. Booth 74

Be sure to visit Interskill Learning at this year's IBM Technical University in Orlando Florida October 5-7. Booth 74. Come by and see why we are the industry's leading provider of online mainframe training. We will have the award winning caricaturist Rafael Diez for you System z folks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Z0l0JGFBg

Recent News on Mainframe Skills Shortage is Alarming

The recent news from Compuware's study of CIO's planning for the looming mainframe skills shortage is not surprising. Compuware did a similar study in April 2012 and found that 71% of CIOs were worried about the mainframe skills shortages looming due to the first set of baby boomers reaching their retirement age. In the recent study, 70% of the 350 CIOs are concerned with the lack of mainframe training and knowledge transfer will be an issue and risk. What was a bit more alarming is that 39% of those CIOs have no plans to address this risk.  The survey also shows a few interesting statistics: 88% believe their mainframe would remain a key business asset for at least the next ten years 81% see their mainframe running new and different workloads driven heavily by distributed applications 78% see the mainframe enabling innovation So given these new findings, this is a perfect opportunity for future mainframers or existing ones, to get the proper training they ...

New Rational Developer for System z Training Courses Available Now!

Interskill Learning ​ is pleased to announce two new Rational Developer for System z (RDz) courses in this quarter's release. - Rational Developer for System z Basics - Creating and Managing Applications Using RDz Rational Developer for System z Basics : This RDz training course are an excellent introduction to IBM Rational Developer for System z for anyone needing to know the basics: from management to application testers. Creating and Managing Applications Using RDz : This course is designed for application development personnel preparing to use IBM Rational Developer for System z. For details on each course, click here . Be sure to check our website for more Mainframe Training courses at www.interskill.com