#Mainframe Staffing

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With operations in over 150 countries around the globe, we have the ability to help companies of all sizes find the talent they need. Whether you need a mainframe developer or a research scientist, Infotree has the expertise to help clients bring their products and services to the marketplace.

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How to choose a right IT staffing agency for your organization?

Anyone who has accomplished anything noteworthy didn't do it by themselves. And you shouldn't either! Your team is the support for your aspirations. Ensure that they are sturdy enough! Finding, attracting, hiring, and keeping bright workers who will not only perform at a high level but also fit in with your workplace naturally is one of the most important factors in corporate success.

Any hire, whether temporary or permanent, falls under this. Staff is in control of what has been successfully constructed and what has to be accomplished in the future, supported by the organization's values, objectives, and purpose. Because of this, it's critical to recruit, develop, and keep a talented and effective workforce. But sometimes speaking the truth is simpler than acting. Hiring procedures take time and don't always yield the expected outcomes. You wouldn't want to waste your time and money working with a staffing company that couldn't understand and fulfill you’re hiring needs, after all.

So how do you pick a right IT staffing agency for your organization?

Here are some helpful suggestions to take into account when choosing a staffing agency to help you with the decision-making process. But first, let's take a quick look at some of the advantages of working with a hiring firm.

What Benefits Can You Get from Working with Remote Staffing services?

A staggering 77% of millennial clients plan to increase their use of staffing firms over the next five years, according to a survey. So let's examine the rationale behind why businesses depend on staffing firms to streamline and expedite the recruiting process.

Cut down on hiring time

According to the most recent Manpower Group data, 69% of employers worldwide are having trouble finding talent with the ideal mix of soft, technical, and personal skills. This is a 15-year high.

Your company can overcome that difficulty with the aid of a reliable staffing partner. You can have access to a sizable database of pre-screened individuals by working with a reputable staffing agency. As a result, you gain the ability to quickly hire from a talent pool of competent candidates.

Save money

By turning to a staffing agency, you may cut the costs of hiring specialized people to locate, evaluate, and hire candidates. Working with staffing agencies also ensures additional cost savings by eliminating costs associated with recruiting permanent employees, such as health insurance, employer taxes, 401k retirement plans, and others.

Expert Direction

Should you search for contingent, contract-to-hire, or direct-hire talent? What qualifications do you need to look for in a specific position? How many more team members are needed to reach your workforce expansion objectives for the upcoming year?

Do not worry if you are unable to respond to these inquiries. You can develop a tailored hiring plan with the aid of a reliable staffing partner to handle your workforce difficulties.

Find a Remote Staffing service that specializes in your industry:

While some staffing companies specialize in particular areas, others cover the entire spectrum of businesses. if the one you're about to choose has a multispecialty industry concentration and is a general staffing company. In that instance, consider the strength of their staff, your industry, their clientele, and whether they have account managers with competence in your area.

Think about the staffing company's location:

Staffing assistance is required in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, or Chennai even though your head office may be in Bangalore. Do they have a location close to your branches in all of India to facilitate talent acquisition branch-, city-, and state-specific? Verify how many recruiters are on hand at the specified location. Verify their historical employee deployment rate.

Evaluate the staffing firm:

Investigate the staffing company's expertise in the industry, experience in the staffing field, specialties, brand reputation, staffing company policies, social media presences, client testimonials, and client list (occasionally due to competitors, the entire client list is not made publicly available; contact the agency & get the list or schedule a call by sending inquiry), and website.

 In general, a company that has been around for more than 15 years and has worked with reputable clients or your competitors is likely to provide high-quality service. A fast conversation regarding "Service so far, reliability, professionalism, efficiency, closure timeframes, quality of talent & other pertinent questions" should be had if you can connect with any current clients of the staffing agency.

Examine the hiring and selection procedure:

Check the number of people who are currently employed across various industries as a result of the staffing support that the recruitment agency has offered to other brands. Plan a meeting or phone contact to learn about and discuss their hiring practices. You might not find the suitable talent for your needs if the agency is still involved in placing advertising in the neighborhood newspaper or publishing job listings on job sites.

The recruitment agency is likely to give you effective outcomes in a cost-effective way & also in a shorter amount of time if it appropriately utilizes different talent search platforms, outdoor talent outreach techniques, social channels, and digital marketing.

Discover the retention rates by asking:

Consider finding the ideal candidate and releasing the offer letter as having completed 20% of the work. 35% of the DOJ is when the employee accepts and shows up for work. The retention of the same staff over the long term, or until the project or contract job is completed, makes up the remaining 45% and is crucial. Check the employee retention rates for your sector as well as the overall rate for all employees. One of the crucial factors in determining the caliber of the talent offered by the staffing agency is this.

Companies nowadays are aware that the more competent workers they acquire, the greater the return on their investment will be. You may get the talent your business needs for success by working with a staffing partner that is suited for you and who has your best interests in mind.

[maintec]

Strategies to Overcome the Staffing Challenge: Addressing the Mainframe Talent Shortfall

Since the mainframe's inception in the 1960s, contemporary computing has relied on it as a foundational piece. Despite the recent advancements in technology, the mainframe has remained essential in enabling some of the most difficult and time-consuming computer jobs worldwide. Yet, a talent shortage is developing as the staff in charge of maintaining and running mainframe systems ages and retires. Since the loss of expertise could interrupt crucial business processes and leave companies vulnerable to security breaches, this scarcity has become a major worry for many mainframe-dependent organizations. In this piece, we will examine several fallback tactics that firms can use to overcome the mainframe talent shortage.

Despite the increased desire for digital transformation, businesses in all sectors can only make small changes because of budgetary constraints. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain legacy IT infrastructure and technology for several reasons. Finding sufficient IT personnel to manage these antiquated systems is tough with this gradual method.

Although mainframes have consistently demonstrated their utility, only a small proportion of students majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics opt to pursue careers in mainframe technology. This is especially problematic as the majority of mainframe employees are getting close to retirement.

To ensure that these key systems, services, and solutions can continue to power the IT infrastructure underpinning today's most significant enterprises, corporations, MSPs, and mainframe sector companies must fill mainframe positions and train personnel.

Due to the difficulty in finding new staff and the shrinking talent pool, the mainframe industry is at risk. Due to a dearth of Mainframe-specific professional training in educational institutions and inadequate training facilities in IT firms, the shortage of Mainframe workers is experiencing serious problems. With our on/offshore-based staffing services, Maintec provides a thorough solution to a range of personnel-related problems.

Know How Businesses Can Find and Retain Talent for Mainframes-

There is no quick fix or simple solution to the mainframes' branding and knowledge gaps. Nonetheless, there are three ways that firms could approach bridging the mainframe skills gap:

Make a mainframe career path apparent, leaders and decision-makers in the field of IT must actively seek out new tech workers. To do this, they must have a strong presence and relationships with institutions and educate students about the significance of these positions and the opportunities that exist within their organization. While lack of awareness is the issue, it will be simpler to recruit talent if the mainframe is included on the list of considerations IT students should make as they get ready for the workforce.

Establish networks with faculty and students, participate in recruitment forums, and take part in proactive university engagement. As an investment, offer to participate in training and nurturing activities at schools. When academic authorities acknowledge and concur that the mainframe's demise is not imminent, students are more likely to consider mainframe operations as a suitable career path. IBM has invested in the IBM Z Academic Initiative to get learners to enroll in mainframe programs.

Cross-training is a different tactic that businesses can use to deal with the mainframe talent shortage by enticing staff members to pick up new duties and expertise. Organizations may create a more adaptable workforce that can handle a variety of jobs and responsibilities by giving employees the chance to work on various technologies. Cross-training can make staff more well-rounded and versatile by assisting them in learning new skills that can be used in mainframe operations.

Using external resources, outsourcing, and offshoring are two options that might assist firms in addressing the mainframe talent shortage. These strategies can assist businesses in utilizing the knowledge of specialized mainframe service providers or outsourcing businesses that can offer affordable and superior mainframe services. Organizations can take advantage of the expertise and knowledge of these service providers by outsourcing or offshore their mainframe needs, saving themselves the expense of hiring, retaining, and training internal personnel.

To fill the talent gap for mainframes, mainframe staffing enterprises have a great chance to groom and develop fresh talent through apprenticeship programs. These programs can be utilized to give aspiring mainframe experts practical training and experience, and they can be modified to match the particular demands of a business. Apprenticeship programs can assist new employees in acquiring the knowledge and expertise required to develop into fully qualified mainframe specialists by partnering them with knowledgeable mentors who have more experience.

Make sure the mainframe IT salaries are competitive. Mainframe employees typically earn between $50,000 and $75,000 per year. Mainframe professions have to provide comparable or superior benefits than other well-known IT jobs. Mainframe employment won't be supplanted by other, more desirable computing professions thanks to competitive remuneration. This presents recent college graduates with an excellent opportunity to enter the field and rapidly begin their careers.

These tactics for attracting and retaining mainframe talent are sound and ought to give businesses an advantage in the upcoming years, but a larger conversation is necessary to come up with a long-lasting solution. 

The future of the technology employment market will depend on initiatives for mentorship programs and education, as well as the marketing of mainframes within businesses (via job advertisements and recruitment materials). For many modern firms, mainframes are the IT foundation, and they are too crucial to leave. The only element affecting the mortality of mainframes is talent, which can vanish with a new picture.

Key Takeaways:

Offer apprenticeship programs to groom and develop fresh mainframe talent.

Provide cross-training opportunities to create a more adaptable workforce.

Utilize external resources such as outsourcing and offshoring to address the mainframe talent shortage.

Make a mainframe career path clear to students and actively seek out new talent.

Establish networks with faculty and students, participate in recruitment forums, and engage with universities.

Ensure mainframe IT salaries are competitive to attract and retain talent.

Invest in training and nurturing activities at schools and participate in the IBM Z Academic Initiative.

[mamainframesupport]

Mainframe Staffing

[jillmary023]

Benefits of Mainframe staffing services

Mainframe staffing services offer several benefits to organizations that rely on these large, centralized computer systems to run their operations. Here are some of the key advantages:

1. Expertise: Mainframes are complex and specialized systems that require a high level of expertise to operate effectively. Staffing services provide access to a team of skilled professionals who have experience with mainframe systems, ensuring that your organization has the necessary expertise to keep your systems running smoothly.

2. Scalability: Mainframe staffing services can provide staffing solutions that are tailored to the needs of your organization.

3. Cost-effectiveness: Outsourcing mainframe staffing services can be a cost-effective option compared to hiring full-time staff. You only pay for the services you need, without having to bear the costs of training, benefits, and other overhead expenses associated with in-house staff.

4. Flexibility: Mainframe staffing services offer flexibility in terms of the types of services they provide. They can offer a range of services, from basic support to more advanced services such as system upgrades and migrations.

5. Focus: By outsourcing mainframe staffing services, organizations can free up internal resources and focus on core business activities. This can lead to increased productivity and efficiency, allowing the organization to achieve its goals more effectively.

In summary, mainframe staffing services can provide organizations with the expertise, scalability, cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and focus needed to run their mainframe systems effectively and efficiently.

[newvegasorbust]

"Raul, he's getting away!"

"Not for long, Boss..."

This started out as a fun doodle of Raul based off that photo of Olympic Gold-medalist sharpshooter Vitalina Batsarashkina that's going around, and ended up as an excuse to practice digital painting. Everything was done in Clip Studio.

Lineart and reference photo under the cut.

There are actually 2 of my post-game headcanons guest-starring in this piece. One is the R for Rafaela on his revolver grip, and the other is the Lucky 38 chip (the placement of Vitalina's medallion was the real reason I wanted to draw this pic). In my big, interconnected Fallout story (the one Master, Blaster and Vincent are from), my Courier leads Vegas to independence, then with the help of Arcade, the King, and others establishes a council rule. The Courier, despite having de-facto control of the Lucky 38 and Securitrons after dispatching House and winning the SBOHD, has no interest in being a despot, and the Lucky 38 Hotel and Casino is given to the Kings to run, staffed by Freesiders, with all profits shared and put back into the community. The Courier only asks to keep the penthouse, Yes-Man's mainframe and Securitrons, and establishes herself as the New Sheriff of New Vegas, answering to the council. The Securitrons, instead of hassling residents over fines, are paired with human (or ghoul) deputies to patrol Vegas, Freeside, Westside, and the Mojave, dealing with Legion stragglers, escorting caravans, and aiding fleeing refugees and NCR deserters in getting to the shelter of the city.

The Lucky 38 quickly becomes the favorite hotel for Ghoul clientele and anyone else who enjoys spitting on House's legacy, and the revolving cocktail lounge finally becomes the social hotspot it was made to be. The Courier, now the Sheriff, has Yes-man manufacture copies of the Platinum Chip to act as stars for her deputies, of which Raul is the most respected and deadly. He isn't seen very often in the City, preferring to act solo as the ghost vaquero, and sneaking into the city incognito in his old maintenance suit when he does visit. The Sheriff keeps the presidential suite vacant at all times just for the companions when they come to stay, and more than once she's been sitting in the cocktail lounge, smoking with the King and Swank, when Yes-Man taps her gently on the shoulder to tell her that someone special just arrived. She excuses herself to the elevator, and as the doors open to the suite, she hears that familiar rasp.

"Hey, Boss. Good to see ya."

[tagnoob]

Pax Dei offers a Vision of EVE Online in a Medieval Setting

Earlier this week a studio named Mainframe, staffed by some former CCP, Blizzard, and UbiSoft developers, revealed their first game.  Called Pax Dei it, as the headline says, it will attempt to bring the player interactions of EVE Online into a medieval setting. Pax Dei with farms and fields Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… because that has been the premise of a few titles up to now,…

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Frender Drabbles: Going Crazy

"Having seen Insane In The Mainframe recently, I’d love to see Bender be a little (maybe a lot) more concerned about Fry being trapped in a cell with stab-happy Roberto while in the asylum."

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Humans were far too fragile for their own good. Getting attached to one was the opposite of a good idea but it was far too late for Bender. The fact that Fry seemed particularly soft even by human standards only made that attachment more annoying. It meant Bender felt bad for him when he complained and whined about their situation and how bad being in a robot asylum supposedly was for a human – rather selfish of him, almost as if Bender wasn’t also having a hard time. He was even tempted to try to comfort or help Fry at times and might’ve given in to that impulse if he didn’t have a reputation to maintain. But he’d reached a breaking point and had to risk ruining that reputation or risk Fry getting himself killed like a moron. As bad as the former was the latter was worse.

Breaking out of his own cell was far easier than getting into Fry’s was proving to be. Finding it was the issue, there were no name tags and breaking into the front office proved to be a waste of time since it wasn’t written down anywhere in there either – which made sense, the bots staffing the place probably just had that kind of information memorized. He was forced to resort to going down the hall and pressing the button to open every door to check and immediately closing it if it wasn’t the right room all the while hoping that the night warden would continue to not show up.

Every minute that passed Bender became more and more convinced that Fry was probably dead. Roberto was a stab-happy maniac with no love for humans. He’d probably proceeded to slice Fry to bits the moment they’d been locked in together. Stupid humans and their stupid fragile squishy bodies. And stupid Fry in particular for being cute and endearing and then getting himself locked in a small room with someone who’d have a fun time killing him. … Okay so maybe that wasn’t Fry’s fault. Maybe this whole situation was more Bender’s fault for being the one who…

Like every other duo he’d interrupted tonight both Roberto and Fry froze as their door opened. Out of habit, Bender almost immediately pressed the open/close button again but stopped himself just in time.

“Bender!” Fry said doing nothing to try to hide the relief in his voice. “Boy am I glad to see you.” He was pressed back into the corner of the room, looking dirty and ragged as he’d been ever since they’d ended up here. He was bleeding now too; a rather nasty looking cut on the side of his face oozed blood and there were a quite a few cuts visible on his arms too, mostly on his forearms from obvious attempts to shield himself from Roberto’s knife.

“What do you want?” Roberto asked, giving Bender a suspicious glare. He still held his knife up, its edge dripping with Fry’s blood.

“Uh…” Now that Bender was here, he wasn’t really sure what to do. Considering how very alive Fry still clearly was, his worry had perhaps been unwarranted. But then again if he hadn’t come than things could’ve and probably would’ve continued to escalate to a rather bad place so… “I need to talk to my meatbag.” Extending an arm, he grabbed Fry by the wrist and pulled him out past Roberto, earning a small pathetic squeal of fear from Fry. Before Roberto could try to follow him out, Bender pressed the button again, closing the door in his face.

“I thought he was going to kill me,” Fry said, still shaking. “Thanks for saving me. Now let’s the get the fuck out of here.” He took a step and then paused to look back at Bender, desperation on his face. “Uh… how do we get out?”

Bender hadn’t exactly been planning on escaping tonight, he’d just wanted to make sure Roberto wouldn’t kill Fry. And breaking out of places was always substantially harder than breaking in. Also if they got caught trying to break out they’d be thrown in solitary confinement for who knows how long? Which was the last thing Fry needed right now since humans needed water and food or they’d die. So… “The easiest way to get out is to give them what they want. Convince them you think you’re a robot and they’ll let you out no problem.” It would also guarantee he wasn’t immediately thrown back in if he was caught for another crime later on.

“But I’m not!”

Bender shrugged, going back to pretending he didn’t care. “Just act like robot and they’ll…”

“I can’t! I’m on the verge of going crazy here. I haven’t properly slept in… days? Weeks? I didn’t even fucking know any more. So I just… I… I can’t.” Fry needed to be let out of here sooner rather than later. Ugh, stupid fragile humans.

“Shut up before someone hears you.”

Fry whimpered and huddled closer. “Please Bender! I got to get out of here.” At least he was finally whispering now.

“I know.” And Bender had to find a way to solve this because he cared way more than he ever wanted to admit even to himself but it was too late to stop now. “Just uh… temporarily convince yourself you’re a robot and that should get you let out in no time. You already said you’re going crazy, right? Just embrace it for a bit.”

“You really think that’ll work?”

Bender had no idea but repeating a lie often enough always made it feel truer, meaning it could theoretically work so… “Yeah totally.”

“Okay I’ll uh… try that then. … I’m not going back in there with Roberto though, he’d kill me for sure.”

“I know. Come on.” He looped his arm through Fry’s and started them walking down the hall. “You can switch rooms with me tonight. I got a new roommate tonight too. They’re an insane welding unit who’s been driving me crazy. They’re physically harmless though so you should be fine.” And Bender could put up with Roberto for a little while. It might even be fun.

[vikram739]

What is RPA and why is it Important?

Business processes across domains are becoming more comprehensive, complex, technology-driven, and cost intensive. Managing such processes entails giving proper focus and time and making employees more productive and efficient. It calls for replacing repetitive manual tasks with automation courtesy Robotics Process Automation (RPA). Here, processes are automated using advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics, thereby facilitating streamlined operations and deriving minimal costs, reducing scope of error, and better profitability. Even so market predictions for the usage of RPA seem to touch $1.89 billion in 2021, which is a phenomenal increase of 19.5% from 2020.

Further, the growth is expected at a CAGR of 34% by 2027 (Gartner). It is a given that RPA has transformed businesses by eliminating or minimizing human intervention in routine rule-based jobs, thereby achieving significant levels of ROI. If repetitive manual processes take about 10% to 25% of the employees’ time, robotics process automation changes that by automating most of such processes (around 70% to 80%). This allows employees the bandwidth to focus on more value-added jobs. Let us find out what RPA is all about.

What is Robotics Process Automation or RPA?

Robotics Process Automation, or RPA, aka Software Robotics, is about leveraging automation technologies to automate mundane back-office operations usually done by human operators. These operations may include creating test cases, extracting data, maintenance of records, filling forms, answering queries, or performing calculations, and much more. One area where RPA has left its mark is in the creation of automated test cases, or should we say, RPA testing. Governed by structured inputs and business logic, enterprise RPA can help businesses to interpret applications for carrying out a host of activities. These include manipulating data, processing transactions, communicating with other digital systems, and triggering responses.

Business process automation scenarios involving the use of RPA include generating an automatic email response to deploying bots to automated tasks in an ERP software application. In fact, CIOs and COOs are increasingly interested in transforming business processes without increasing staffing or costs Surprisingly, RPA supports not only most applications such as Java, .NET, or HTML, but also systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Mainframe. RPA does not depend on coding but leverages artificial intelligence to streamline workflows, increase compliance, enhance quality, minimize errors, and boost productivity, efficiency, and profitability.

How does RPA enable business transformation?

The enterprises of today have adopted digitization to meet a host of objectives, including greater competitiveness, customer-centricity, and profitability. Testing software applications through automation has become highly sought after in the Agile-DevOps driven application development process. RPA software testing have emerged as useful tools for businesses to garner a range of benefits, as mentioned below:

Error-free operations: Robotic process software testing helps businesses to eliminate costly mistakes or errors, especially the ones leading to poor decision making and analytics. RPA helps enterprises to become efficient and precise in conducting operations by eliminating errors. It allows businesses to address customer queries in a hassle-free manner.

Offer automated responses: Robotic test automation offers scheduling capabilities and responds to events automatically, thereby minimizing response time and delivering superior customer experiences. Since robots can work tirelessly without taking breaks, they do not make customers wait for their queries to be answered.

Better precision and compliance: As robots can be engineered to follow specific workflows, better precision and compliance can be achieved, and human errors can be eliminated or minimized. RPA also allows for conducting audit trails in order to solve queries and track progress.

Minimal coding: Since RPA does not always need a developer or tester to configure the drag-and-drop features, it makes it possible to have non-technical workers as part of the project.

Better communication: Businesses can apply RPA to make changes in documents and replicate the same elsewhere in other materials. RPA QA services can enable seamless, quick, and error-free testing of software code, thereby making the process more flexible, scalable, and efficient. Also, the process ensures the quick dissemination of information to every project stakeholder in a simple and unambiguous manner.

Better flexibility and adaptability: Using RPA for testing for testing can allow more flexibility in business operations. Besides, these can be deployed in different environments where dynamic changes are the order of the day without setting up the APIs.

Higher cost savings: With RPA implementation, the workload of employees can be reduced, thus allowing them to focus on other high-priority areas.

Conclusion

RPA does not disrupt existing systems and allows bots to perform crucial tasks such as building deep integrations when there isn’t any API or resources. The technology can be leveraged to optimize operations with respect to customer relationship management, fraud detection, warehouse management, managing audit requests, processing claims, and verifying information, among others.  

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James Daniel is a software Tech enthusiastic & works at Cigniti Technologies. I'm having a great understanding of today's software testing quality that yields strong results and always happy to create valuable content & share thoughts.

Article Source: medium.com

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Maintec technology | Overview

 Since 1998, Maintec Technologies has been providing mainframe outsourcing, data center management and IT staffing in india, USA and overseas.

Maintec's headquarters and USA data center are located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and another data center is located in Bangalore, India's "Silicon Valley." Maintec Technologies provides onshore data center outsourcing, mainframe colocation, and data center management services for enterprises that rely on IBM Mainframes (System z, Linux for z) and IBM Power Systems (IBM i, AIX, Linux).

Maintec Technologies provides a cost-effective and efficient way to develop, implement and run business-critical applications 24x7, without upfront capital investment. Maintec Technologies offers a wide range of data center management and data center outsourcing services. Globally compliant operational principles, policies and procedures guarantee regulatory compliance and security.

Maintec Technologies' North Carolina data center has the complete IT infrastructure: hardware, software, security and storage. Maintec also provides a wide range of data center services, including z/OS, Linux and IBM i systems administration and programming. If needed, Maintec Technologies also provides IT staffing services, both at the client's site and remotely.

[stevenodickens]

Maintec is an industry-recognized leader providing comprehensive, IBM i operation support, IBM i hardware maintenance, and technical support for servers within the data center.

[maintec]

Bridge the skill gap & reduce your TCO by 30-40% by leveraging Maintec's Mainframe Services. 

[justxaxstory]

Universe Lore for Colonists AU

General Lore

This universe is set in an unspecified future time period. Safe to say many centuries from now.

Stations and colonies were built to allow mining and other resource based consumption and manufacturing.

They were staffed well in the beginning and then Earth Prime (as it became known) figured out it was an ideal way to get rid of unwanted people - criminals, the poor etc (think like Australia when the British used it as a penal colony). If they died - so be it - there was a low life expectancy for ‘those people’ anyway

The stations themselves met bare minimum code and were frequently shabby, cramped and dangerous. Some were better than others.

The people born on those stations became known first as the Colony and then the Colonists.

The Colonists thrived despite all attempts by Earth Prime to destroy them

The Earthers grew afraid of the Colonists.

Little known fact by everyone but the elite - the triggering event for the war was when the Colonists figured out how to terraform IO, a moon of Jupiter, to allow them to turn it into a proper home world for the Colonists, where the air was breathable, natural water would exist and crops could grow. They would no longer have to rely on Earth Prime

The leaders of Earth Prime panicked and the war began

Only the very elite would have this information or those so politically astute as to have figured it out (aka - none of my boys have figured that out).

Once all the forms of polluting enterprise and mining occurred off the planet, Earth Prime became a paradise - truly beautiful.

They have disposed of so many that there was space for them to spread out and grow into a world of cultural excellence.

Medical science is extremely advanced on Earth Prime so few people would have serious illnesses or injuries (even debilitating injuries such as those to the head or spine). Therefore people like Ivar would be extraordinary and bizarre. 

The war between the Earthers and the Colonists lasted for approximately three generations so few people alive today in either camp would remember the commencement of the war. Everyone young would only remember war as a constant. 

The children of Earth Prime have been largely protected from the war given that the conflict has occurred off their world. The children of the Colonists were not so fortunate.

The Colonists society is divided into Soldier and everyone else. At least 60% of the population of the Colonists are Soldiers. In times of extreme conflict, everyone can fight. 

Soldiers can be any gender or identity (I only play male muses but just for the purpose of world-building, it is important to note societal divisions are not gender based).

The Colonists are scarred, tattooed and frankly kinda terrifying in physical appearance, especially in comparison to Earthers.. 

Popular culture on Earth has Colonists painted as monstrous villains (although some may get off on that - some peeps just dig a baddie).

Sexy Times & Reproduction

For sexual culture and identity, there are two options and I am fine with either:

Sophisticated Earthers vs. Traditional Colonists. In other words, Earth Prime is extremely modern and liberal about sex and sexuality with all that entails. Meanwhile the Colonists tend to be monogamous with more traditional spousal roles (not gender because the lines divide based on who is a soldier and who is not). So the non-Soldier spouse is expected to be sexually submissive as well as performing home care and child care tasks.

Beyond Sex Earthers vs. the Animalistic Colonists. In this version, Earthers no longer engage in ‘sex’ that involves actual physical contact. This type of physical interaction would be intensely discouraged such that it would be rather ingrained in the Earthers. Reproduction is always artificial, with social constructs arranged for optimum rearing of children. In comparison to the Colonists who continue to reproduce naturally if possible. Resource approval would be needed for couples incapable of reproducing naturally. The Colonists would have to apply for permission to have a child. Only the Soldier spouses need apply. The non-soldier spouse is subject to the whims of their Soldier spouse. The children grow up in a family unit as much as possible but tend to get farmed into work at a very young age. By mid-teens everyone is working already.

The Weird and the Kinky Shit

Everything here is negotiable. I’m just a monster. Message me or put it in your tags if something here does not appeal.

Infidelity is a big thing for the Colonists and they tend to be very possessive of their spouses.

If the non-Soldier spouse is capable of lactating, they are provided medication to ensure they can do so. It is a supplementary food-source for their Soldier spouse and means that the non-Soldier spouse receives better food and care. Historically, a non-Soldier spouse had to learn to optimize their value or risk being disposable. Now it is just built into the cultural mainframe so seeing it in public etc would not be unusual.

Non-Soldier spouses will go into some pretty risky situations or places to accompany their Soldier. There isn’t the division between the battle and the ‘home’ as there would be for the Earthers. Since nowhere is safe, they may as well be where someone will prioritize their survival.

Failing to protect your Spouse is a mark of shame for the Soldier spouse and you may not be in future a desirable spouse.

However as a result, the Soldier spouse tends to be strict and domineering. It is under the guise of protection but it translates into nearly everything including sexual interactions. 

Sidenote & Disclaimer: Not every version of this universe must be identical. We can vary it to taste so to speak. If you want to vary it in some way or drop certain components, I am super flexible. I love, love, love collaborative world-building. That is my jam.

[mamainframesupport]

Mainframe services

Since 1998, Maintec Technologies has been providing mainframe outsourcing, data center management and IT staffing in the USA and overseas. Maintec Technologies provides onshore data center outsourcing, mainframe colocation, and data center management services for enterprises that rely on IBM Mainframes (System z, Linux for z) and IBM Power Systems (IBM i, AIX, Linux). Maintec Technologies provides a cost-effective and efficient way to develop, implement and run business-critical applications 24x7, without upfront capital investment.

[jillmary023]

DB2 DBA services offer numerous benefits, including:

Exceptional reliability, availability, and scalability with the ability to recover from data center disasters

Proven security and stability with multi-level access control

Effortless management of multiple workload environments for improved efficiency

Cost and time savings for clients

Enhanced DBA productivity with simplified system management

Superior data compression and included storage virtualization, eliminating the need for data duplication

The low incremental cost and no DBA staffing concerns for clients

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