Hi Steve,
A very quick perusal of their careers page shows that they are looking foe someone with Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or Information Technology •ITIL certifications •1 year of experience in ITIL processes •2 years of experience in Application development •Knowledge of ITIL process and procedures •Experience managing outsourced providers in the delivery of technical services (i.e. contractors) •MVS/CICS/DB2 skills, no scripting necessary. •Proficient knowledge of mainframe environment including z/OS including basic mainframe tools and navigation So maybe the "down for maintenance" was more of an OOPS! notice of boat anchor dragging? Looks like they might need some serious training on that mainframe - they don't seem to know how to use it properly. <VBG> Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Comstock" <st...@trainersfriend.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 1:29:58 PM Subject: Maintenance at two in the afternoon? On a Friday? Well, I just tried to do some online credit card account maintenance with my Capital One card, and got the message 'System Unavailable'. I called tech support and they said they were doing maintenance on the system. Regular weekend maintenance. At 2:00 on a Friday afternoon? Does anyone know if they are using mainframes for their online / web based work? Sheesh! Someone should teach them they can use mainframes and do maintenance while the system keeps running! Makes you wonder about staying with them. -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! + Training your people is an excellent investment * Try our new tool for calculating your Return On Investment for training dollars at http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
