The Open Mainframe
The Open Mainframe series spotlights all aspects of Open Mainframe Project from the community, project and technology perspectives. Key topics include open source, COBOL, Zowe, mentorships, training and diversity and inclusion. Launched in 2015, Open Mainframe Project has increased membership by 225% and projects by 1500% in just five years. Now with more than 40 business and academic institutions, it is the connection between mainframe and IT innovation for a more flexible, scalable and secure enterprise solution. Produced by Techstrong Group.
Episodes
The financial services industry has been a long-time consumer of open source software, using it to power innovation and deliver seamless, delightful customer experiences on the front end. Behind the scenes, the mainframe has been the traditional workhorse, providing the processing power necessary to handle workloads for the world’s largest banks and Fortune 500 organizations. As financial institutions face new pressures from market...
During the pandemic, there was an increase in contributors and momentum across almost all open source communities. But with that, challenges also increased including risks and vulnerabilities with third-party software, tools and processes. These challenges have many people asking the same question - can open source be secure? Hosts Alan Shimel and John Mertic are joined by panelists Kate Stewart (Dependable Embedded Systems), Alan...
While you might think of the mainframe as a relic from an earlier computing era, these mega machines still play a role inside large institutions running intensive workloads. The Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe project currently has more than 20 projects and working groups, and over the last few years has successfully built many open source tools and technologies for Linux mainframes. The community has been an integral part of int...
COBOL has a long and illustrious history; after all, not many other languages have been in use since 1959 and are still going strong! But far from being a relic, COBOL continues to evolve and is finally getting the credit it deserves. The Open Mainframe Project’s COBOL Working Group, which launched in 2020 as a response to increasing interest in COBOL (and misinformation about it), aims to promote and support the cont...
What do AlmaLinux, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Rocky Linux, SUSE and Ubuntu have in common? They are all Linux distributions, sure, but wait–there’s more! Now, thanks to Open Mainframe Project’s Linux Distributions Working Group, they all work closely together toward a common goal: To oversee the health and maintenance of the s390x port of various Linux distributions to ensure that the s390x remains a supported...
Last month at Open Mainframe Summit, Open Mainframe Project announced the availability of a z15 Mainframe system dedicated for training next-generation talent and developing new open software technologies to further strengthen the integration of mainframe and cloud. Donated by Broadcom Mainframe Software Division, the z15 will be available for use by all Open Mainframe Projects and the open source community at large b...
The term “modernization” is being used to mean different things causing confusion in the market. Some define “modernization” as moving away from mainframes and COBOL and others define “modernization” as updating existing systems in place. Modernization, especially application and process modernization, is absolutely essential to the future of the mainframe ecosystem. Open Mainframe Project wants to provide leadership ...
Diversity in the workplace is essential – even more so in the technology sector – but Workforce Management estimates that 68% of business leaders still report a lack of diversity in their tech workforce.
An inclusive work environment offers opportunity for growth and achievement to a broader range of works. This is an important step towards creating more resilient communities and a more equitable world. ...
On Sept. 21-22, Philadelphia will be overrun with mainframers from all walks of life – students, hobbyists, seasoned professionals, new engineers, developers and even educators.They’ll be meeting up at Convene (Commerce Square) for the first-ever in-person Open Mainframe Summit. This year, Open Mainframe Summit will highlight security as it relates to all aspects of mainframes and beyond. The event will also be stream...
“Let’s talk Zowe LTS V2!” Despite the massive migration to the cloud, development on mainframe systems continues to power many of today’s mission-critical systems. Zowe offers modern interfaces through which developers can interact with IBM z/OS in a way that is similar to what they’d experience on cloud platforms–from securely managing, controlling, scripting and developing on the mainframe. LTS. Zowe LTS V2, release...
Today, Alan Shimel and John Mertic are joined by Len Santalucia (Open Mainframe Project Governing Board Chair) and we will get an overview of Mentorship and speak with two mentee graduates Hartanto Ario Widjaya and Divya Goswami who are still involved with their projects.
To celebrate Women’s History Month, TechStrong TV and Open Mainframe Project are highlighting several powerful women who help lead the project. In fact, currently more than 35% of women hold leadership positions in Open Mainframe Project. These influential women are exceptional at their job and lead their teams, projects and communities firmly and with grace. Do they feel as though they’ve hit a glass ceiling? Maybe b...
Open Mainframe Project’s Zowe is an integrated and extensible open source framework for z/OS. Zowe offers modern interfaces to interact with z/OS and allows you to work with z/OS in a way that is similar to what you experience on cloud platforms today. In fact, Zowe recently won the “Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution” category in the DevOps Dozen awards. In this episode, Alan Shimel and John Mertic will discuss updat...
With more than 20 projects and working groups, the Open Mainframe Project, has a track record of being the focal point for mainframe and IT innovation for a more flexible, scalable and secure enterprise solution. In today’s panel discussion, Alan Shimel and John Mertic to discuss 2022 predictions with leaders for three of Open Mainframe’s most mature and popular projects, Kip Twitchell (IBM), Peter Fanel (Rocket Softw...
Continuous delivery is about reducing the risk and transaction cost of taking changes from version control to production. To achieve this, developers need to implement a series of patterns and practices to create fast feedback loops and work in small batches. This leads to more stable and higher-quality products and services at lower costs. In this panel, John Mertic and Alan Shimmel will discuss mainframe lifecycle m...
Joining hosts John Mertic and Alan Shimel for this segment will be Alan Clark, CTO of Emerging Technologies at SUSE, and Coreen Wilson, Product Marketing Lead for Z Systems at Rocket Software, to discuss why they are Platinum sponsors of the event, what sessions they’re excited for and what they hope to achieve.
Why did we stop teaching mainframe skills? In this session, hosts Alan Shimel and John Mertic discuss mainframe education with Dr. Cameron Seay, Professor at East Carolina University, Lauren Valenti, Head of Mainframe Education and Customer Engagement at Broadcom, and Tye Glenz, 2021 Open Mainframe Project Mainframe Open Education Mentee. We’ll learn more about why mainframe skills are important, where to go to get th...
Join our hosts Alan Shimel and John Mertic (Linux Foundation), for a roundtable discussion about the importance of Zowe, its Conformance Program and what the future looks like for the project. Speakers include Zowe community and Conformance Program members: Alex Kim, Vicom Infinity – Rose Sakach, Broadcom – Ulf Heinrich, Software Engineering – Ed Jaffe, Phoenix Software.
Open Mainframe Project has become the focal point for open source on the mainframe. In this panel, we’re joined by Open Mainframe Project members April Hickel (Vice President, Product Management BMC), Rick Perret (AR and Client Voice Program, Broadcom), Meredith Stowell (VP of IBM Z Ecosystem, IBM), John Mertic (Director of Program Management, Linux Foundation), and Peter Fandel (Sr Dir Prod Management for Mainframe M...
COBOL is the lifeblood of mainframe applications that power the global economy. It is proven, reliable, and the foundation of most mission critical financial services at the world’s biggest banks. Hosts Alan Shimel and John Mertic are joined by Cameron Seay from East Carolina Univ. and Suharshan Srinivasan of IBM. Together they will take a look at the COBOL’s history, the sudden demand for it, the academic landscape, ...
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