Far From Extinction

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A new Web site celebrates the mainframe’s comeback

November 2009

Winning Play

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How nuBridges CEO Paul Olson changed pro football

November 2009

Captain Hawaii

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Gordon Bruce talks his way into a high-profile IT gig

September 2009

Collective Wisdom

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IBM Jams tap into the power of the crowd

July 2009

A Serendipitous Life

Stop Run | Barry Merrill’s accidental discoveries enhance the mainframe.

May 2009

Memories of a Mainframe

Stop Run | IBM mainframe users share memories of Big Iron to commemorate the 45 anniversary of the System/360 announcement

March 2009

The Wedding Dancer

Stop Run | For DB2utor Troy Coleman a career in IT came as easy as dancing with the Fresno Civic Ballet.

January 2009

The Passionate Inventor

Stop Run | IBMer Jane Xu innovates to change the technology world

November 2008

Web Everywhere

Stop Run | Mobile Web combines cell phones with Internet to provide mobile applications.

September 2008

Getting Some Face Time

Stop Run | IBM reaches out to the college community—and hopefully the next generation of mainframe computers—through online networking tool Facebook.

July 2008

Generation z?

Stop Run | High school junior Sushen Patel managed to out-mainframe nearly 1,800 other competitors in his bid for the 2007 “Master the Mainframe” contest crown.

May 2008

20 Years on the Mainframe

Stop Run | In the 1980s, IT professionals often had diverse and unexpected career and educational backgrounds that, by today’s standards, would rarely hint at an eventual career in IT.

March 2008

The Legend of Zelden

Stop Run | Mark Zelden’s MVS Utilities resource has been a popular site for new and established mainframe users, with more than 350,000 visits since 1997.

January 2008

A Wiki Situation

Stop Run | If IBMers, business partners and other technology professionals could work from their home offices, on their own time, would more participate in Redbooks projects?

November 2007

Playing Games with DB2

Stop Run | IBM’s introductory-level DB2 game was set up to teach the basics of DB2 relational-database concepts by demonstrating how the technology could be leveraged to navigate real-life scenarios.

September 2007