Alive and Kicking: Making the Case for Mainframe Education

Autor/inn/en	Murphy, Marianne C.; Sharma, Aditya; Seay, Cameron; McClelland, Marilyn K.
Titel	Alive and Kicking: Making the Case for Mainframe Education
Quelle	In: Information Systems Education Journal, 8 (2010) 44, (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-679X
Schlagwörter	Computers; Computer Science Education; Information Science Education; Inclusion; Curriculum Development; Universities; Reliability; Energy Conservation; Industry; Business; Information Storage; Cost Effectiveness; Professional Personnel; Personnel Selection; Job Placement; College Graduates; Educational Benefits; Arkansas; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Digitalrechner; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Informationstechnologische Bildung; Inklusion; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; University; Universität; Reliabilität; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; Industrie; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Informationsspeicherung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Personalbestand; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Bildungsertrag
Abstract	As universities continually update and assess their curriculums, mainframe computing is quite often overlooked as it is often thought of as "legacy computer." Mainframe computing appears to be either uninteresting or thought of as a computer past its prime. However, both assumptions are leading to a shortage of IS professionals in the mainframe computing area. First, most large companies such as financial institutions have relied on mainframe computing for years and as many baby boomer mainframe workers reach retirement there is a growing need to fill these positions. Additionally, there is growing interest in many companies to turn to mainframe for their computing solutions. The mainframe technology is more reliable, cost effective and in today's environmentally conscience world, mainframes provide a "green" solution to the increased computing needs of many organizations. In this paper we make the case for adding mainframe content to the IS curriculum. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals. Box 488, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480. e-mail: publisher@isedj.org; Web site: http://isedj.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01