OIT to Shut Down Decades-Old IBM Mainframe Computer Next Year
Posted by Mike on Friday, June 4, 2010 - 562 views
KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee Office of Information Technology (OIT) will shut down the university’s IBM mainframe computer next year as its last major application, the Student Information System (SIS), is replaced with the new Banner Online Services system.
The IBM mainframe, online since the late 1960s, will be powered down and removed from use once Banner Online Services is up and running. The target date for the mainframe’s removal is June 2011.
