Power Systems: IBM i

IBM i running on Power Systems is used in today's marketplace worldwide across all industries. Companies have been relying on this very reliable IT infrastructure to support their business critical applications based on i for many years. The demand for IT skills is growing, and students with skills on Power Systems and i will expand their job and career opportunities worldwide.

Benefits
Our Power Systems program includes a worldwide community of participating schools, IBM technical experts, customers and business partners. There are benefits for everyone:

• Professors can build relationships with industry, increase employment opportunities for students, and gain access to a wide variety of resources.
• Students can advertise their talents in our Student Opportunity System resume database.
• Employers can find schools that are teaching Power Systems IBM i and students with the skills they need.

Resources
We have a wide array of resources to help you learn and teach about IBM i, including no-charge training and professionally developed courseware that you can use in the classroom. But, the best news is that we offer Academic Initiative members remote virtual access to the Power Systems environment (so that you don't have to install and maintain the systems) or significant discounts if do you choose to lease or buy.

Learn about IBM Academic Initiative Power Systems resources and program goals:

IBM Power Systems to a New Generation (530KB) Get Adobe® Reader®

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Get an overview of Power Systems and IBM i advantages, and check out these additional resources:

IBM i advantages IBM i Information Centers IBM i Redbooks System i (IBM i) literature

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Take advantage of our no-charge training opportunities and prepare yourself for teaching about Power Systems and IBM i topics.

• Try the sandbox: Explore the Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for IBM i, which lets you experience and evaluate the latest solutions for modernizing and deploying core IBM i applications in a "tinker, test and try" environment without having to download or install any software.

Instructor-led training

Academic Initiative members can request vouchers for many IBM instructor-led courses at no charge. Not all courses in our Course Catalog are available for Education Vouchers.

• Get started with these basic level classes
  • AS430: Introduction to IBM i for Computer Professionals
  • AS240: System Operator Workshop for IBM i
  • OL190: System i Administration and Control
  • OL500: System i Security Concepts and Implementation
  • OL490: System i Application Programming Facilities Workshop
  • AS060: System i RPG IV V5 Programming Fundamentals Workshop
  • OD040: DB2 Web Query Getting Started

Voucher and enrollment instructions

Certification opportunities

• Academic Initiative training & certification discounts: Academic Initiative members can request a 50% discount for themselves and their students on some IBM Professional Certification tests at Thompson Prometric Centers.
• All IBM i training and certification: Explore our other training and certification opportunities.

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