18. The Mainframe is Still Going Strong

Tech Field Day Extra at SHARE Kansas City 2024 Event Page

Despite the hype about modern applications, the mainframe remains central to enterprise IT and is rapidly adopting new technologies. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Steven Dickens, Geoffrey Decker, and Jon Hildebrand talking to Stephen Foskett about the modern mainframe prior to the SHARE conference. The modern datacenter is rapidly adopting technologies like containerization, orchestration, and artificial intelligence, and these are coming to the mainframe world as well. And the continued importance of mainframe applications, especially in finance and transportation, makes the mainframe more important than ever. There is a tremendous career opportunity in mainframes as well, with recent grads commanding high salaries and working with exciting modern technologies. Modern mainframes run Linux natively, support OpenShift and containers, and support all of the latest languages and programming models in addition to PL1, Cobol, DB2, and of course zOS. We're looking forward to bringing the latest in the mainframe space from SHARE to our audience.

Host: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/

Panelists: Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor for The Futurum Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenpdickens/ Geoffrey Decker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreydecker/ Jon Hildebrand: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonhildebrand

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