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S'pore students get taste of mainframes, Linux
SINGAPORE--Local institute of learning, Republic Polytechnic, has partnered IBM and Red Hat to groom IT professionals with expertise to meet rising adoption of open source software and mainframe virtualization. The institute has launched a new course that provides training on IBM's System z mainframe based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. At a media briefing Wednesday, Eden Liew, RP's deputy principal overseeing corporate services, said up to 150 students and 75 industry professionals are expected to be trained over the next three years.