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LINUX NEWS - A Look Back at 2015 – The Year in Linux and Open Source Innovation
INSIDE LINUX AT IBM
- On-Demand Web Event: Building a Flexible, Secure, and Highly Available I/T Infrastructure to Serve Today's Citizens
- Differentiating Your Business in the Cognitive Era
- Support Always On Services
- Introduction to KVM for z Systems
- Exciting New Capabilities for Deploying SAP HANA
- XL C/C++ Compiler for Linux on IBM z v1.2 Announced
- IBM Spectrum Scale for Linux on z v4.2 – Advanced Edition Available
- Introducing the All New Power Systems LC Line of Servers
- IBM z Systems running Oracle Database on Linux with Oracle PeopleSoft applications
- How Do You Build a System of Insight?
- Linux on IBM z Systems and Containers
- POWER8, Cloud, and Juju Charms – A Compelling Story
- Join the Fastest Growing Channel at IBM with LinuxONE
- IBM LinuxONE Now on Twitter
- Delivering Business Agility with Open Source Solutions on IBM LinuxONE and z Systems
- UrbanCode Deploy, Docker and Linux on z Systems – Connecting All the Dots
- The Advantages of Using Linux and Open Source Solutions
- IBM z Systems, Linux and Cloud Demo
- More Hypervisor Options! New Open Source Virtualization Hypervisor
KEY LINUX SUCCESS STORIES FOR 2015 - Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Transforms Online and Mobile Banking Systems
- LSU Deploys New IBM Supercomputer “Delta” to Advance Big Data Research in Louisiana
- EVERTEC Ensures Leaner, Faster Processing for Billions of Transactions
- United Kingdom to tap into OpenPOWER innovation
- Italian Bank Launches Mobile Services on a Secure Platform
- Allegiant Travel: From Data to New Customers: Linux on POWER8 at Allegiant Travel
- IT Service Provider Leverages a World-Class Enterprise Computing System to Ensure 24x7 Customer Service
- IBM Power Systems and ZTEsoft: Open Innovation for Better Service
- Major Utility Organization Expands Services
- Earth Signal – Helping Clients Strike Oil with Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Dense Computing
- Taking Linux to New Heights – Success Stories eBook
LINUX AND KVM EVENTS
- OpenPOWER Summit in San Jose – April 5-7, 2016
- Red Hat Summit in San Francisco – June 28-July 1, 2016
- The Linux Foundation Announces Events Schedule for 2016
- SUSE’s Michael Miller and IBM’s Ross Mauri on the Future of Linux Innovation
- Unleashing the Full Potential of Linux and Open Technologies to Fuel New Innovation – Watch the Video
- Doug Balog’s Red Hat Summit 2015 Keynote Available on Demand
| | LINUX NEWS | A Look Back at 2015 – The Year in Linux and Open Source Innovation
In 2015, big data, mobility, IoT, expanding requirements for security and real-time analytics and the introduction of the Cognitive Era continued to place greater pressure on IT organizations. Linux and open source technologies are at the center of many of the most innovative software and hardware solutions that are addressing emerging enterprise requirements. Here’s a look back at some of the most significant announcements in Linux and open source technology of 2015.
- January 2015
- IBM Launches z13 Mainframe - Most Powerful and Secure System Ever Built
The z13 mainframe is one of the most sophisticated computer systems ever built. It is the first system able to process 2.5 billion transactions per day, makes possible real-time encryption on all mobile transactions at scale, and is the first mainframe system with embedded analytics providing real-time transaction insights 17X faster than compared competitive systems at a fraction of the cost. The z13 also includes new support for Hadoop, enabling unstructured data to be analyzed in the system. Other analytics advances include faster acceleration of queries by adding DB2 BLU for Linux providing an in-memory database, enhancements to the IBM DB2 analytics accelerator, and improved performance for mathematically intense analytics workloads.
Read the announcement here. - March 2015
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Introduces Little Endian Distribution Support for Power Systems
Red Hat introduced Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 with support for POWER8 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian. Running on POWER8 offers higher performance especially for big data applications through multi-threading, more cache and greater data bandwidth, while little endian mode removes an application portability barrier and allows datacenters running Power Systems to leverage Red Hat’s vast ecosystem of certified applications originally developed for x86 architecture. This also means that these certified applications can be more easily migrated between x86-based and POWER processor-based systems, giving customers the advantages of both architectures. Previously in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, only the big endian variant was offered for IBM Power Systems.
Read the announcement here.
- SUSE and Veristorm Partner to Bring Hadoop Solutions to IBM z and Power Systems
SUSE and Veristorm announced a partnership to improve big data intelligence gathering by providing certified high-performance Hadoop solutions that run directly on Linux on IBM Power Systems, IBM z Systems, and x86-64. The initiative will help their existing hardware systems to effectively process growing amounts of data to make better business decisions.
Read the announcement here. - May 2015
- Wave for z/VM 1.2 Simplifies Management of Virtualized Environments
IBM introduced a new version of IBM Wave for z/VM. Helping to reduce the cost and skills of managing z/VM and Linux environments on z Systems servers, IBM Wave for z/VM (IBM Wave) simplifies the management of virtualized environments into an intuitive experience. IBM Wave Release 2 further expands the capabilities by delivering increased support for Linux distributions and devices, as well as additional enterprise-grade security and performance enhancements.
Read the announcement here.
- June 2015
- IBM Announces Major Commitment to Advance Apache Spark
IBM announced a major commitment to Apache Spark, potentially the most important new open source project in a decade that is being defined by data. At the core of this commitment, IBM plans to embed Spark into its industry-leading Analytics and Commerce platforms, and to offer Spark as a service on IBM Cloud. IBM will also put more than 3,500 IBM researchers and developers to work on Spark-related projects at more than a dozen labs worldwide; donate its breakthrough IBM SystemML machine learning technology to the Spark open source ecosystem; and educate more than one million data scientists and data engineers on Spark.
Read the announcement here. - New Docker-Based Container Services for Enterprise Cloud Application Developers
At DockerCon in San Francisco, enterprise-class containers that make it easier for clients to deliver production applications across their hybrid environments were introduced by IBM. The IBM Containers, based on Docker and built on Bluemix, IBM’s platform-as-a-service, provide a more efficient environment that enables faster integration and access to analytics, big data and security services. IBM also became a founding member of a coalition of partners and users to create the Open Container Platform (OCP) that will ensure that containers are interoperable.
Read the announcement here. - July 2015
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation Drives Alignment Among Container Technologies
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation was launched by The Linux Foundation to advance the state-of-the-art for building cloud native applications and services, allowing developers to take full advantage of existing and to-be-developed open source technologies. Cloud native refers to applications or services that are container-packaged, dynamically scheduled and micro services-oriented.
Read the announcement here. - August 2015
- SAP Announces General Availability of SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems
In a move that represented an extension of one of the most successful partnerships in the IT industry, SAP announced the availability of SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems in August 2015. “With this release, SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems is supported for customers running SAP Business Warehouse on IBM Power Systems,” wrote Kyle Garman, Managing Director, Global Strategic Partners, SAP, and Anil Saboo, Sr. Director, Global Strategic Partners, SAP, in a blog post.
Read the announcement here. - IBM LinuxONE Debuts With New Flexible Pricing
At LinuxCon North America, IBM announced a significant expansion of the enterprise compute strategy embracing open source-based technologies and open communities. The company disclosed it is shipping two new Linux servers – called LinuxONE – which the company brands as "the most secure Linux servers in the industry." The company also announced it is ramping up its support for open source offerings on its mainframe systems. LinuxONE provides flexibility in pricing, with organizations able to pay for the hardware and software based on their usage.
Read the announcement here. - IBM Fellow Donna Dillenberger demonstrated the IBM LinuxONE system for scalable financial trading has racked up more than 140,000 views.
View a video of the demonstration here.
- Coinciding with the launch of LinuxONE, SUSE also announced SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as the first server operating system supported by new KVM for IBM z Systems, open source-based server virtualization for the IBM mainframe.
Read the announcement here.
- Later, at SUSECon in Amsterdam (in November 2015), SUSE announced it was extending IBM's pricing model to include the SUSE Enterprise Linux distribution pricing for LinuxONE, creating a flexible end-to-end pricing option.
Read the announcement here.
- IBM Teams with Canonical to Put Ubuntu on LinuxONE
IBM and Canonical announced they were teaming up to create an Ubuntu distribution for LinuxONE and z Systems at LinuxCon. “The collaboration with Canonical brings Ubuntu scale-out and cloud expertise to the IBM z Systems platform, further expanding its reach and support,” noted Jane Silber, CEO of Canonical.
Read the announcement here.
- Linux Foundation Brings Together Industry Heavyweights to Advance Linux on the Mainframe
As the industry marked 15 years of Linux on the mainframe, The Linux Foundation announced the Open Mainframe Project, an initiative that brings together industry experts to drive innovation and development of Linux on the mainframe. The Open Mainframe Project focuses on finding ways to leverage new software and tools in the Linux environment that are ideal for taking advantage of the mainframe's speed, security, scalability and availability. The project seeks to significantly broaden the set of tools and resources that are intended to drive development and collaboration of mainframe Linux, and also aims to coordinate mainframe improvements to upstream projects to increase the quality of these code submissions and ease upstream collaboration.
Read the announcement here. - September 2015
- The Linux Foundation Estimates the Total Development Cost of Linux Foundation’s Collaborative Projects at $5 Billion
The Linux Foundation released its first ever report that attempts to estimate the cost of how much it would take to develop the technology and understand the value these projects collectively deliver to the industry. According to the report, the total lines of source code present today in Linux Foundation’s Collaborative Projects are 115,013,302; the estimated total amount of effort required to retrace the steps of collaborative development for these projects is 41,192.25 person years; it would take 1,356 developers 30 years to recreate the code bases present in Linux Foundation’s current Collaborative Projects; and the total economic value of this work is estimated to be more than $5 billion.
Read the announcement here. - October 2015
- New IBM Linux Servers Infuse Technology from OpenPOWER Foundation to Run Big Data Workloads at Lower Cost
A new line of IBM POWER8-based Linux servers – the Power LC (Linux cluster) Line – was launched. The new Power Systems LC servers are the first to be based on technologies and development efforts contributed by OpenPOWER Foundation partners – including Canonical, Mellanox, NVIDIA, Tyan and Wistron. The OpenPOWER Foundation, an independent organization with more than 170 members worldwide, builds solutions on top of the open architecture of IBM’s POWER8 processor
Read the announcement here. - IBM Launches Industry's First Consulting Practice Dedicated to Cognitive Business
IBM launched the industry's first consulting organization dedicated to helping clients realize the transformative value of cognitive business. IBM Cognitive Business Solutions extends the exclusive cognitive leadership of IBM Watson and the company's established market leadership in business analytics. The new practice draws on the expertise of more than 2,000 consulting professionals spanning machine learning, advanced analytics, data science and development, supported by industry and change management specialists to accelerate client journeys to cognitive business.
Read the announcement here. - November 2015
- IBM and OpenPOWER Members Deliver Accelerated Technologies to Break Big Data Speed Barriers
IBM and fellow OpenPOWER Foundation members revealed new technologies, collaborations, and developer resources to enable clients to analyze data faster and more deeply. The new offerings center on the tight integration through CAPI (Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface) of IBM’s open and licensable POWER processors with accelerators that can be optimized for computationally intensive software code.
Read the announcement here. | INSIDE LINUX AT IBM
| On-Demand Web Event: Building a Flexible, Secure, and Highly Available I/T Infrastructure to Serve Today's Citizens
Federal agencies have a mandate to provide a highly available and secure I/T infrastructure to provide services in an increasingly mobile environment. Challenges that agencies face today include architectural complexity, network latency, reduced availability, and steep software costs that outweigh the advantages of a scale out architecture. This session discusses a vertically-scalable platform for running massive applications and a horizontally-scalable platform for consolidating hundreds of low-capacity servers that will increase security, service delivery, and provide economic advantages to meet today's CIO office mandates. Webcast available on demand. Differentiating Your Business in the Cognitive Era
Data will be the basis for competitive advantage for many organizations. IBM z Systems has stood the test of time, helping many organizations achieve a digital transformation using their IT infrastructure as the cornerstone. IBM z Systems has helped many organizations to fully embrace new generation applications without compromising the end user or customer experience through security and availability issues.
Learn how your business can use data in the new era of cognitive computing with IBM z Systems, which has been optimized for real-time analytics here.
Support Always On Services
In today's hyper-connected world, it is no longer enough to have a digital presence like a mobile channel or e-commerce site. The extra mile to strive for is interactive engagement at a cognitive level through bi-directional communication and always-on-services.
Learn more here.
Introduction to KVM for z Systems
IBM now has three strategic virtualization platforms: IBM z/VM, IBM PR/SM, and KVM for IBM z Systems. KVM for IBM z delivers server virtualization based on open source KVM Linux technology. KVM for IBM z virtualization technology enables you to share real compute, memory, and I/O resources through server virtualization. KVM for IBM z will be installed on z Systems processors similar to an operating system and can coexist with z/VM virtualization environments, Linux on z Systems, z/OS, z/VSE, and z/TPF. A recent webinar featuring Tony Gargya, KVM Systems Management Architect, IBM Germany, provided an introduction to KVM for IBM z.
To access an on-demand replay of this webinar, go here.
Exciting New Capabilities for Deploying SAP HANA
Earlier this year, SAP and IBM announced that SAP Business Warehouse deployments on SAP HANA could be integrated with IBM Power Systems, achieving a level of flexibility, resiliency and performance that customers tell us is unique in the industry. Now, just a few months later, we have several new milestones to report.
XL C/C++ Compiler for Linux on IBM z v1.2 Announced
IBM has announced the XL C/C++ Linux on z Systems V1.2. The update delivers significant execution performance improvement over GCC with advanced optimization technology, enabling users to exploit z/Architectures (z10, z196, zEC12, z13) and increase overall platform competitiveness. Now it is possible to combine Clang and IBM C/C++ front-end compilation technologies to provide best of breed support for the latest C and C++ language standards and GCC language extensions. The update enables more options and source compatibility with GCC and Clang for additional ease of migration, while providing binary computability with GCC.
For more information about XL C/C++ for Linux on z Systems, go here.
And, to access a new blog post by Roland Koo, Product Manager, IBM Compilers, titled, “Supercharge your Linux on z Systems applications with XL C/C++ V1.2 compiler magic,” go here.
IBM Spectrum Scale for Linux on z v4.2 – Advanced Edition Available
IBM Spectrum Scale, based on IBM GPFS technology, is a high performance shared-disk file management solution that provides fast, reliable access to data from multiple nodes in a cluster environment. New with v4.2 is the asynchronous multisite disaster recovery (DR), enabling active/passive configuration at the fileset level, and the support of the IBM Spectrum Protect v7.1.4 backup-archive and space management client.
To learn more, go here.
Introducing the All New Power Systems LC Line of Servers
In a world awash in data, the way that companies engage with their customers has forever changed. Where companies used to rely on telephone customer service centers and antique suggestion boxes, they are now inundated with data of all kinds, from multiple sources and devices, requiring different responses.
IBM z Systems running Oracle Database on Linux with Oracle PeopleSoft applications
A new data sheet summarizes the value of deploying the PeopleSoft Enterprise applications on the IBM Mainframe running Oracle Database. An architectural diagram is included.
Go here.
How Do You Build a System of Insight?
Three months ago, IBM announced a major investment in Apache Spark, committing thousands of researchers to the future development of what has been called the most important open source project in a decade being defined by data. Spark builds on the recent advances in big data acquisition, placement and computation to accelerate large scale data processing, not only by improving application performance, but also by simplifying the process of developing the applications.
Linux on IBM z Systems and Containers
This blog provides a terrific developer resource focused on topics on container technology and its use in Linux on the mainframe. Go here.
POWER8, Cloud, and Juju Charms – A Compelling Story Juju certainly isn’t the world’s best kept secret on quickly-and-easily modeling and bringing services to the Cloud, but what may be a more closely kept secret is that because IBM POWER8 supports Ubuntu, the power of POWER, coupled with the magic of Charms, brings open source cloud services modeling and orchestration to the world’s premier open server platform!
Join the Fastest Growing Channel at IBM with LinuxONE
The IBM LinuxONE channel is expanding to meet global demands and address the increasing growth and requirements of Linux in the market. IBM Business Partners that are looking to add LinuxONE to their sales portfolio can get started today. IBM is seeking experienced Business Partner sellers with established skills and demonstrable success in Linux solution deployment to join the LinuxONE team.
IBM LinuxONE Now on Twitter
IBM LinuxONE is a portfolio of hardware, software and services solutions for an enterprise grade Linux environment. IBM LinuxONE brings together the flexibility and agility of the open revolution with the industry’s most advanced, trusted and performance enterprise system. Follow the newest member of the IBM Systems social team @IBMLinuxONE – now on Twitter!
LinuxONE Systems and Solutions Briefs
IBM LinuxONE provides a portfolio of hardware, software, and services that combine the flexibility and agility of the open revolution with the industry’s most advanced trusted, efficient and performant enterprise system for business critical applications. An increased emphasis on mobile, big data, and cloud is not only in sync with new industry trends it also responds to client demands for greater reliability, security, performance, and cost savings. Detailed information about the LinuxOne Systems and Solutions are available from IBM.
Delivering Business Agility with Open Source Solutions on IBM LinuxONE and z Systems
Linux on IBM z Systems provides high levels of performance, scalability and security. A rich open source ecosystem is growing on the platform – from Node.js to MongoDB to Docker – which combines with IBM z’s speed and other unique features to deliver business agility – the ability of an organization to get to market quickly and effectively in order to solve the business problems it faces.
To find out more, read this IBM thought leadership paper here.
UrbanCode Deploy, Docker and Linux on z Systems – Connecting All the Dots
Using Linux containers and Docker radically changes the way applications are built, shipped, deployed and instantiated. A new IBM white paper explains how using Docker, IBM UrbanCode Deploy or Linux on IBM z Systems can help you quickly develop cloud-centric applications or micro services.
Read the white paper here.
The Advantages of Using Linux and Open Source Solutions
Open source software applications are bringing new solutions to IBM LinuxONE and z Systems. New programming languages, run-time environments, relational and NoSQL databases as well as container technologies are all becoming integrated into the enterprise IT tool box. Open source software brings a broad set of new capabilities to LinuxONE and z Systems in the form of more solutions that are optimized for use on an enterprise-grade platform that leverages inherent strengths – speed combined with ultra-security application uptime, limitless capacity for growth, in addition to an inventive and collaborative ecosystem of developers and practitioners – all of which gives enterprises an important edge in improving their business agility. Access this white paper to find out how open technology can improve your agility for your business.
Go here.
IBM z Systems, Linux and Cloud Demo
A new video demonstrates how the combined power of Linux, IBM z Systems, the hybrid cloud, and IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack enhance the benefits of each part to provide the most powerful and reliable enterprise solution.
Go here.
More Hypervisor Options! New Open Source Virtualization Hypervisor
KVM for IBM z Systems provides open source virtualization for the IBM mainframe. Using a combination of KVM virtualization and IBM z Systems provides the performance and flexibility to address the requirements of multiple, differing Linux workloads. KVM’s open source virtualization on IBM z Systems allows businesses to reduce costs by deploying fewer systems to run more workloads, sharing resources and improving service levels to meet demand.
Find out more here. | KEY LINUX SUCCESS STORIES FOR 2015
| Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Transforms Online and Mobile Banking Systems
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. needed to transform its online and mobile banking systems while decreasing IT costs. With the help of IBM, Mizuho updated online and mobile applications, keeping user satisfaction high and expanding its online presence by gaining scalability and sustainability while reducing overall costs. Designed for continuity and scalability, IBM z Systems technology running a Linux operating system and an IBM DB2 data server provided the foundation Mizuho needed for its Linux environment to develop and deploy new services faster and more reliably.
To read this case study, go here.
LSU Deploys New IBM Supercomputer “Delta” to Advance Big Data Research in Louisiana
LSU has collaborated with IBM Power Systems to deploy a powerful supercomputer to advance big data research in Louisiana. The new computer has been named Delta, referencing both the Mississippi delta region and the use of the term in the sciences to mean “change.” Delta’s unique design brings a new way of conducting computational research to LSU. The supercomputer will be housed at the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT.
Read more
EVERTEC Ensures Leaner, Faster Processing for Billions of Transactions
EVERTEC, Inc., based in Puerto Rico, offers a comprehensive suite of services for core bank processing, cash processing and technology outsourcing. The company processes billions of financial transactions annually and must ensure 24/7 responsiveness and availability for its systems – or risk failing to provide customers with access to key services. EVERTEC relies on IBM z Systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to support key financial systems and Oracle databases.
Watch a new case study video explaining how EVERTEC processes finance transactions using the IBM z Systems mainframe here.
Read the white paper here.
United Kingdom to tap into OpenPOWER innovation
In the latest endorsement by a major government of IBM’s high performance computing strategy and the OpenPOWER ecosystem, the British government announced it will invest in a groundbreaking partnership with IBM to explore data-centric and cognitive computing research. The government’s Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) – which is one of Europe’s largest multidisciplinary research organizations supporting scientists and engineers worldwide – will gain access to innovations including IBM’s Watson cognitive computing platform and technologies resulting from collaboration among OpenPOWER Foundation members.
Read more.
Italian Bank Launches Mobile Services on a Secure Platform
Banca Carige Group (Banca Carige), one of the largest banks in Italy, has built an analytics environment and a new mobile banking service using IBM software on IBM zEnterprise EC12 mainframes, which provide round-the-clock availability and high security. This enables Banca Carige to launch new services to meet changing customer demands. In addition, the proven underlying technology accelerates deployment and reduces risk, while consolidating to a single platform cuts cost and complexity.
Read more.
Allegiant Travel: From Data to New Customers: Linux on POWER8 at Allegiant Travel
Watch this video to find out how ultra low-cost carrier Allegiant Travel is leveraging big data without wait with IBM POWER8, DB2 and Flash. Discover how they increased performance and scale, saved over one million dollars over x86 solutions and freed up resources to focus on innovation and serving customers better.
Watch it here.
IT Service Provider Leverages a World-Class Enterprise Computing System to Ensure 24x7 Customer Service
Sparda-Datenverarbeitung eG (SDV), the IT service provider for the Sparda-Bank Group in Germany, develops secure and innovative IT solutions for retail banking, payment, distribution and financing to improve the products and services of Sparda-Bank Group.
SDV needed a reliable and cost-efficient platform with minimum downtime to operate large databases and state-of-the-art software for banks. By deploying two IBM zEnterprise EC12 with IBM z/VM virtualization technology to consolidate Oracle Database and application servers on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z, SDV was able to reduce the total cost of ownership by about 50%, cut administration effort and use a team of three to manage 120 servers, accelerate deployment of new systems, and offer excellent availability by providing automated failover within seconds.
Read more. IBM Power Systems and ZTEsoft: Open Innovation for Better Service
A new video explains how outstanding customer experiences demand waitless virtualization, cloud and analytics. Backed by Linux on POWER8, ZTEsoft clients can process 35,000 transactions per second with ease in virtualized cloud environments. That’s unparalleled value without the wait. And for ZTEsoft, that’s 40% better performance with 20% less hardware.
Watch it here.
Major Utility Organization Expands Services
A major utility organization needed to expand its services to new regions in its domestic market while enhancing customer services. To achieve these goals, the company wanted to ensure that it could onboard and manage new suppliers and customers without impacting service quality. The organization migrated its SAP landscape to IBM zEnterprise EC12 servers running IBM DB2 for z/OS, providing the scalability, performance and availability to grow without harming service quality. The utility organization has been able to reduce response times for key SAP applications by an average of 50%, enabling it to manage key compliance and human resources processes up to eight-times faster.
Read more.
Earth Signal – Helping Clients Strike Oil with Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Dense Computing
Oil and gas firms need fast results for 2D and 3D seismic programs to support decisions about where to drill. Seismic data processor Earth Signal has deployed IBM Power Systems S822L servers with IBM POWER8 CPUs running Linux to maximize core- and thread-count within the physical limits of its data center, enabling extremely fast delivery of seismic results to industry clients and 20 times greater server density.
To read the case study, go here.
Taking Linux to New Heights – Success Stories eBook
Clients tell how they simplify, innovate and compete with the enterprise-grade platform for Linux.
Read more. | | LINUX AND KVM EVENTS | OpenPOWER Summit in San Jose – April 5-7, 2016
The OpenPOWER Foundation, an open development community dedicated to accelerating data center innovation by taking advantage of open interfaces, reference designs, and collaboration opportunities on the POWER processor architecture, has announced its 2016 OpenPOWER Summit: Revolutionizing the Datacenter. The industry conference, open to the public at large, will be held April 5-7 at the San Jose Convention Center. Since the inaugural OpenPOWER Summit in March 2015, the OpenPOWER Foundation membership roster has grown from 110 members to now more than 160 members worldwide collaborating on more than 100 development projects and 1,900 applications to drive innovation at all levels of the hardware and software stack.
Calls for speakers and exhibits are open here.
Red Hat Summit in San Francisco – June 28-July 1, 2016
The 12th annual Red Hat Summit will take place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from June 28 – July 1, 2016. Red Hat Summit is a premier open source technology event, bringing together thousands of customers, partners, and open source industry leaders from around the world for a high-energy week of innovation, education, and collaboration.
During Red Hat Summit, Red Hat and technology industry visionaries unveil their views on the future of enterprise technology and explore how open source software is transforming everything from cloud and Linux containers to mobile, big data, the Internet of Things, and more. Business and technical sessions at Red Hat Summit provide attendees with an opportunity to receive hands-on training; dive into the latest product innovations; hear best practices from experts across industries, including Red Hat customers and partners; and network and collaborate with their peers.
The call for papers for Red Hat Summit 2016 will open later this year, with registration opening in early 2016.
Go here for more information.
The Linux Foundation Announces Events Schedule for 2016
The Linux Foundation has posted the dates and locations for all upcoming Linux Foundation and Managed Events in 2016.
Go here for more information.
SUSE’s Michael Miller and IBM’s Ross Mauri on the Future of Linux Innovation
The history between SUSE and the IBM mainframe goes back more than 15 years, observed Michael Miller, SUSE’s Vice President of Global Alliances, Marketing and Product Management, and Ross Mauri, General Manager, IBM z Systems, during a keynote conversation at SUSECon 2015. The companies are continuing their joint innovation across technology, business, and community, Miller and Mauri observed.
To watch an on-demand replay of the keynote, go here.
Unleashing the Full Potential of Linux and Open Technologies to Fuel New Innovation – Watch the Video
Delivering the opening keynotes at LinuxCon North America for IBM, a Diamond Sponsor of the event, Dr. Angel Diaz, Vice President, Cloud Architecture and Technology, IBM, and Ross Mauri, General Manager of z Systems, IBM, reflected on the change taking place in the IT world.
A replay of the opening keynotes is now available on demand here.
Doug Balog’s Red Hat Summit 2015 Keynote Available on Demand
With the confluence of disruptive new forces, including big data, cloud, high performance computing, and new engagement technologies, organizations must innovate in terms of how they build their infrastructure, Doug Balog, General Manager, IBM Power Systems, emphasized in his keynote at Red Hat Summit 2015 What’s needed today is a different mindset in order to be ready to compete on analytics, achieve a deeper understanding of customers, and of their product usage.
For an on-demand replay of Doug Balog’s keynote address, go here. | |
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