Re: AS/400 job market

["Edward Koziol" <koziol@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The market for AS/400 consultants  between Chicago,  Madison, WI and 
Milwaukee, WI. is steady.   What I saw in management last year was a 
reluctance to add qualified staff to support the AS/400's.  So, 
they assign someone in-house to perform their basic operations and 
administrative duties without the knowledge to configure these 
systems correctly, right from the start and minimize their 
administrative costs.  This presents wonderful opportunities to 
correct all aspects of their systems, from security to performance.  
This is especially true when companies hire RPG programmers (power 
and control experts) to adminster their systems.  Even more 
opportunity here!  There are exceptions to every rule and I 
acknowledge that.  We see it with PC's and networks too.  I am 
familiar with a local company that moved 37 of their NT boxes to the 
AS/400.  Why would an organization do something like this?  It's 
smart and it's simple!  The Consolidation Concept started 20 years 
ago.  IS Management that took the risks shined in the industry. With 
the enormous flooding of PC's (points of failure) in business it 
won't take IS management long to re-group again.   And But of 
Course - the AS/400 is a wonderful platform to do it on.  Reduce 
administrative costs, increase system availability and utilize the 
investment already made in resources. The old saying still holds 
true, You can pay now or you can pay later.  Lack of properly 
planning and implementing any system or network results in positive 
job oportunities for us.  These types of  businesses are continuing 
to grow in the Midwest.  I expect they are everywhere.   Although a 
particular locale may be slow, it is temporary and  important that we 
continue to provide positive, cost-effective business solutions to 
any company in any geographic location.      

Keep up the good work and have a great week!

Ed Koziol
Chaney Systems, Inc.
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