New Generation of Mainframers - John Mertic, The Linux Foundation & Len Santalucia, Vicom Infinity
For many of the fortune 500 companies the mainframe is and will remain a critical component of the IT infrastructure to run business processes efficiently and process billions of critical transactions safely and securely. Did you know that: - of the world's top 100 banks, 92 use the mainframe for their core business. - The mainframe plays a central role in 23 of the world's largest retail groups. - The 10 largest insurance companies use the mainframe as a strategic platform. - 80% of the world's critical business data still resides on the mainframe. - 85% of total credit card transaction volume is still traded on the mainframe. - Mainframes handle 68% of the workload of all global IT production, but the cost represents only 6% of total IT costs. As experienced professionals are gradually retiring, a new generation of professionals are moving up as the "mainframe experts". In this session, we’ll chat with leaders from Open Mainframe Project who are helping to train the next generation. They’ll share details about the skills gaps, open source on the mainframe and offer resources, best practices and advice for developers looking to join the industry.