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IBM Training & Skills Blog post: "The Critical Need for Mainframe Skills"

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In this IBM Training & Skills Blog post, IBM's Heather Allen interviews Interskill COO Darren Surch about Interskill's key role in global IBMZ mainframe workforce training & the IBM Digital Credentialing program, plus they cover Interskill's innovative partnership with IBM's TechU Conferences worldwide.
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-training/the-critical-need-for-mainframe-skills/

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