IBM is pinning its hopes on some fresh initiatives – the Mainframe Skills Council and the IBM Z Mainframe Skills Depot – to address a shortage of engineers who have big iron expertise . Big Blue revealed the Mainframe Skills Council at the SHARE conference in Orlando, Florida this week, describing it as a forum to bring together organizations with an interest in sustaining a skilled workforce for the mainframe platform. This can include clients, industry partners, academia, user groups, and pret...