Modern Trends in Corporate Information Technologies

Course guarantor:

Tomáš Oberhuber

Lecturer:

Tomáš Oberhuber

Tutor:

Tomáš Oberhuber

Supervisor:

Department of Mathematics

Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to deepen students knowledge in the field of mainframe systems and to provide an understanding of IT deployment in the corporate environment. The course is taught by external specialists from Broadcom. As part of the course, students will participate in real software projects.

Requirements:

Basics of operating systems, mainframe and databases. The course credit is awarded upon successful completion of the work planned within the assigned project.

Syllabus of lectures:

The course content is always related to the specific project the students are working on. These projects are primarily focused on the following areas:

1. Mainframe hardware.

2. Security in the mainframe environment (SAF, RACF).

3. Transaction systems (CICS).

4. Virtualization (History, Basic terms, Virtualization concept, Mainframe hardware

virtualization).

5. Non-relational databases.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Knowledge: Basic overview of the mainframe

administration technics and technology.

Skills: Orientation in the area

of mainframe system administration.

Study materials:

Key references:

IBM, Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics, IBM, 2005.

Recommended references:

IBM, Introduction to the New Mainframe: Security, IBM, 2006.

IBM, Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VM Basics, IBM, 2003.

Media and tools:

Computer training room with Windows/Linux.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2025/2026:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Aplikace informatiky v přírodních vědách (elective course)
• Matematické inženýrství (elective course)
• Matematická informatika (elective course)