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Mainframe Skills Shortage Not as Big a Problem as Some Fear

Big Iron Skills Shortage Not as Big a Problem as Some Fear

Despite being saddled with the stigma of being "old technology," the mainframe keeps on keeping on. Buoyed by four quarters of sales growth, mainframe king IBM has launched several initiatives designed to promote Big Iron with younger programmers. It also demonstrated the gear's ability to run new apps by consolidating nearly 4,000 of its own servers onto 30 mainframes running Linux. But what about existing mainframe code? Some companies fret that there may not be enough programmers versed in COBOL to maintain it. While it doesn't foresee an immediate crisis, Forrester Research says it's a good idea to plan for a possible mainframe skills gap. 
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