Malcolm Beattie works in IBM's System z (mainframe) business in the UK Systems and Technology Group as an IT Specialist and Linux Technical Consultant and also supports IBM's System z Academic Initiative. He has 20+ years experience with Linux and 15+ years experience with mainframes. He provides technical sales support for UK clients in the area of System z hardware and software, particularly z/VM virtualisation technology and Linux on System z. For the System z Academic Initiative, he engages with educational institutions across Europe on the subject of "Large Systems Thinking" and enterprise computing with the System z platform. This includes guest lectures, curriculum discussions and visiting lectureships at Surrey University and Sheffield University where he teaches mainframe modules focussing on z/OS. He also manages and runs "Zeus", the mainframe hub that provides free online System z access for education use to universities across Europe. Malcolm began his mainframe career at IBM in 1985 and has also spent 9 years as Systems Programmer for Oxford University Computing Services where he worked on a number of open source projects. He holds a BA, MA and DPhil in Mathematics from Oxford University.
Email: beattiem@uk.ibm.com