Most of us in the UK IT industry are aware that we are facing a skills gap. The demand for expertise in analyzing big data continues to grow, while Brexit threatens to make it harder to bring in skilled people from elsewhere in Europe. The question we need to address is what we are going to do about it. How can we make sure that the UK economy is not held back by a failure to secure the right level of skills in our workforce? This gap manifests itself in two different ways: n

Editor's Comments: With the advent of big data large and medium size businesses should be looking at the mainframe as a serious player. In my opinion, while the mainframe is far from dead IBM needs to invest in some really creative marketing to the C-suite. As long as businesses keep going after the next shiny object and do not take the time to understand Total Cost of Ownership and apply it to their decision making - the mainframe is in much more peril than it needs t