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Find and connect with others who are successfully teaching, developing, or doing research with IBM System z products.

Connect online

Connect and interact with academics and like-minded people. Create your own personal profile and custom home page to get instant access to the individuals, groups, feeds, tags, bookmarks, and blogs that you care about.


Destination z
Join this online community. Your school can become a Destination z member school, qualifying your students to apply for the Destination z Enterprise Computing Scholarship.

Academic Initiative System z on Facebook
Connect with hundreds of fellow mainframe enthusiasts on our Facebook page. The mainframe is your friend. Now you can make it official.

System z on Twitter
This free service lets you keep in touch through the exchange of short, frequent messages.

zNextGen
Professors and students are encouraged to join zNextGen, a user-driven community for new and emerging mainframe professionals.

Systemzjobs.com
A no-cost resource to connect the mainframe community with students and experienced professionals seeking System z job opportunities.


Check out these other online opportunities to connect and learn.

Connect in person

SHARE
The world's largest mainframe user group is an independent, volunteer-run association that provides enterprise technology professionals and educators with training, professional networking, and industry influence.

SHARE is proud to offer the following discounts to full-time students and faculty for SHARE conference at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta, GA, 11-16 March 2012:

To begin your registration process, simply download the student and faculty registration form and fax it to 312.644.6363. If you have any questions, please contact SHARE Headquarters at sharehq@share.org.

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