IBM highlights Surrey MSc in launching 3rd “UK Student Mainframe” Contest
Sunday 11 May 2008
IBM officially announced that registration for the 3rd annual "UK Student Mainframe" contest will open on October 14, 2008, identifying the importance to industry of the IBM-led module on Mainframe Computing that is also being run on Surrey's MSc programmes.
The competition is designed to familiarise students with concepts for the growing large enterprise computing industry and build mainframe skills, enabling them to become the business and IT leaders of tomorrow.
The contest is part of IBM’s Academic Initiative for System z programme, a global project to align with colleges, universities and businesses across the globe to develop mainframe and large enterprise skills for future employment and Fortune 500 companies. The Academic Initiative for System z programme has now worked with more than 400 colleges and universities to help train and educate more than 50,000 students worldwide.
For further details, see the IBM press release.