Mainframe Training Courseware

Mainframe Training Sitemap

Submit Mainframe Questions

Mainframe New York Schedule

Enrollment

Knowledge Transfer

Web-based Training Services

Delivery Medium

Courseware for Teaching
Back in the 1970's when mainframe was “king”, IBM was the major player (with all due respect to Burroughs, Control Data, Honeywell, and Unisys), and the common complaint was that the IBM manuals were difficult to read and looking up information and finding answers to questions required searches in multiple sources. The outcome from all that effort was typically a lot of partial answers. There was universal agreement that the IBM documentation on MVS, DOS/VSE and VM programming skills, programming languages, systems software, telecommunications, was acceptable for reference, but not designed for helping DP professionals learn. That was one of the compelling needs behind the founding of SYS-ED and an area of comparative advantage in relation to the software companies and our competitors in the training business. In the years to follow, several members of our staff would author industry standard text books in conjunction with developing SYS-ED courseware.

As the industry has evolved in response to competitive forces and new technologies and methodologies in software engineering have brought unique products to market, SYS-ED has remained a comforting constant in the field of information technology. Our library of mainframe legacy courseware consisting of sample programs, skeleton programs, tailored workshops and training aids was developed in conjunction with consultancy assignments. Unlike IBM documentation, SYS-ED courseware has been designed to teach and explain; we call it knowledge transfer. It is an integral component of our fast-track programming skills and language courses and integrated training programs - TSO/ISPF, JCL, COBOL, Assembler Language, REXX, PL/1, Fortran, and RPG. SYS-ED courseware is updated and refined when there are new releases by the source software company and each time we teach from it. Our core mainframe curriculum and accompanying courseware have been submitted to the New York State Department of Education for licensure. Sample and derivative content, along with integrated learning paths, and validation assessment questions are available from our mainframe programming language, utilities and development tools and system software websites.

Explain and Teach
SYS-ED’s hard earned consultant’s swagger spans the modern era of information technology. Many of our original cadre of instructors are still with us; albeit with their expertise having logically expanded into WebSphere MQ middleware in conjunction with open source and proprietary software. They average 30 years experience in the field and are experts in the increasingly hybrid mix and match software configurations - WebSphere and Java, IBM mainframe and UNIX, WebSphere MQ middleware and Oracle or .NET, to name a few. We translate project specifications into performance objectives; it plays a significant role in ensuring that our students generate code which is efficient and maintainable. Bottom line, when it comes to educational consultancy, few source software or consulting companies have the credentials or experience that SYS-ED has. And most importantly, we recognize that our reputation is only as good as our last course. We continually apply the new technologies for helping people learn and become more efficient back on the job.

IBM and SYS-ED

Software Companies and SYS-ED

Mainframe Training Programs

New York State Department of Education Standards

Mainframe Training: History of Excellence

Consultancy and Mainframe Training:
IBM Legacy Systems Software in the 1980's

Learning Paths

No one is allowed to enroll in a SYS-ED course without a consultation with our Director of Education. We review the project specifications and the operational objectives for the organization evaluating whether to send its employee for the training. The employee is only allowed to register if they have the appropriate background corresponding to the appropriate learning path.