Companies around the world rely on Power Systems to run their business, the fastest processors in the industry.
Why Power Systems for academia?
Power Systems are used in today's marketplace across all industries, providing companies with a single energy efficient and easy to deploy platform for AIX, UNIX, Linux and IBM i (formerly i5/OS). The demand for IT skills is growing and students with skills on Power Systems will significantly expand their job and career opportunities worldwide.
Program benefits
Our Power Systems program includes a worldwide community of participating schools, IBM technical experts, customers and business partners. There are benefits for everyone:
- Educators: can increase relationships with industry, develop new employment opportunities for their students, and get access to Power Systems courseware and training at no charge.
- Students: can increase their job opportunities with new skills, participate in IBM Professional Certification exams and and advertise their talents in our IBM Student Opportunity System resume database.
- Employers: can establish relationships with our schools worldwide and search the IBM Student Opportunity System to find qualified students for internships and employment opportunities.
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Teaching with Power Systems
We have a wide array of resources to help you learn more about the operating environments that are available on all Power Systems, including discounts on training, and no-charge 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 more about the Power Systems operating environments.
