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Skills shortage fears for mainframe computing

Posted by Mike on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 305 views

The large-scale mainframe computers that run banks, insurance companies and government departments are being maintained by an ageing workforce and a skills shortage is looming.

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Much Work to be Done Before the Boomers Bolt

Posted by Mike on Friday, March 5, 2010 - 1 views

Though more marathon than sprint, insurers are indeed in a race to glean as much as they can from a graying IT workforce possessing increasingly rare skill sets and a vast amount of institutional and system-specific knowledge.

Considering the stakes, carriers need to make tactical considerations, including shifting internal staff and outsourcing certain functions, in order to maximize the effectiveness of these workers. READ MORE