In this panel, John Mertic and Alan Shimmel will discuss mainframe lifecycle management and the challenges and opportunities for it DevOps practices and continuous delivery with Broadcom’s Rose Sakach, Global Product Manager and Vaughn Marshall, Senior Principal Product Manager.
The Open Mainframe Summit will bring together all of the different type of mainframers – from students to hobbyists, seasoned professionals to new engineers, developers and educators – to share best practices, discuss hot topics, learn technical insight from the best, and network with like-minded individuals who are passionate about the mainframe industry. The 2nd annual conference will be held virtually on September 22-23.
Why did we stop teaching mainframe skills? We’ll learn more about why mainframe skills are important, where to go to get these skills, how academic institutions can add this to their curriculum, and a first-hand experience from a student.
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.
Open Mainframe Project has become the focal point for open source on the mainframe. We’ll discuss how open source communities are driving opportunities and how being a member of the ecosystem has benefited them.
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, and the efforts of Open Mainframe Project and other organizations to create resources for COBOL and showcase its value to a broader audience.
