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SUMMARY:Grazer Linuxtage (Graz\, Austria)
DESCRIPTION:Grazer Linuxtage is a conference taking place annually in Graz on Apirl 5-6. Grazer Linuxtage is organized by volunteers and offers attendees the opportunity to learn more about open source software and open source hardware. \nOpen Mainframe Project Ambassador Sarah-Julia Kriesch\, IT consultant for Accenture\, will be on-site on Saturday\, April 6 at 10-10:45 am (Europe time) to present and overview of the Linux Distribution Working Group and how the different distributions collaborate. \n\nopenSUSE\, Fedora and Debian have joined forces with an IBM representative as the Linux Distributions Working Group in the Open Mainframe Project with the aim of maintaining the respective mainframe (s390x) ports together and ultimately providing all Linux distributions with the corresponding patches and can integrate extensions. At first this idea was viewed with some surprise from outside\, but at community level we are an “international” Linux community consisting of different Linux distributions. In the meantime\, SUSE\, Canonical (Ubuntu)\, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux have also joined. In the same way\, they started to develop the tooling for automatic tests together with openQA. \nThis lecture\, given in German\, will present the advantages of joint collaboration on Linux distributions with different communities and\, using the example of the Linux Distributions Working Group\, show how we can develop together so that everyone has an advantage in the end. \nCheck out the complete schedule here. \nThis event is not managed by the Linux Foundation. To learn more\, visit the main event page here.
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/grazer-linuxtage-graz-austria/
CATEGORIES:Ambassadors,Industry Conference,Linux Distributions Working Group
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SUMMARY:Open Source Summit North America (Seattle\, Washington)
DESCRIPTION:Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers\, technologists\, and community leaders to collaborate\, share information\, solve problems\, and gain knowledge\, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors. \nOpen Source Summit is a conference umbrella\, composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies\, topics\, and issues affecting open source today. One of these is events is LinuxCon\, where Elizabeth Joseph\, Open Mainframe Summit Ambassador and Global Head\, Open Source Program Office for IBMZ at IBM\, will be on-site to give a presentation about the Linux Distributions Working Group. \nOn Wednesday\, April 17 at 2-2:40 pm\, she will give a presentation titled\, “How Our Mainframe-Focused Working Group Solved Our Linux Distribution Maintainer Isolation Problem.”  \nWhen you’re the only maintainer caring for a somewhat niche part of your project\, it can be very isolating. This was happening with maintainers of the s390x (mainframe) port of a number of Linux distributions\, and so in 2021 we founded The Open Mainframe Project Linux Distributions Working Group to try and solve this. \nThe working group brought together maintainers of the s390x port of openSUSE\, Debian\, Fedora\, Rocky Linux\, and more to discuss and collaborate on shared issues\, future planning\, and access to hardware resources for development and testing. \nThis talk will provide a basic introduction to the s390x architecture to provide context to why collaboration is required and why maintainers sometimes struggled. Then we’ll dive into some of the specific technical success stories the distributions have from this working group\, and how that’s managed to knock down those walls that were causing us to feel so isolated\, and create a friendly\, collaborative team. Add this to your schedule here. \nYou can find the complete schedule here. Learn more about the event or to register for it\, visit the main Open Source Summit North America website here.
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/open-source-summit-north-america-seattle-washington/
CATEGORIES:Ambassadors,LF Event,Linux Distributions Working Group
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240426
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SUMMARY:GSE UK Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:The GSE UK Virtual Conference will be hosted online on April 23-25. There will be ten parallel streams during the three days with each session lasting for one hour.  Registration will be free for GSE members but a small charge will be made for non-members to cover our expenses.  Access to session videos will be free for GSE members and for two months after the conference for non-member delegates. \nAll sessions are in the UK timezone.  \nWednesday\, April 24:\n1-1:30 pm: How to Build an Internal Mainframe Talent Pool – Darren Surch\, CEO of Interskill and Open Mainframe Project Ambassador \nModern mainframe organizations recognize the persistent shortage of external\, mainframe-skilled personnel and ensure long-term mainframe workforce efficacy by building internal mainframe talent pools. The synergy of workforce succession planning\, strategic mainframe upskilling\, and internal mobility provides a powerful solution to a persistent mainframe industry challenge. Join Lifetime IBM Champion\, Darren Surch\, as he outlines how to build a successful internal mainframe talent pool at your organization! \n3-4 pm: How to Test a Mainframe without knowing the Mainframe! – Eamonn Mansour\, Software Engineer\, and Louisa Seers\, Product Manager\, at IBM \nWriting a test is hard\, automating it is even more challenging if you don’t know the interfaces you are working with. Galasa is an open-source project that provides your automated tests with a common API to allow you to focus on writing the tests.  From 3270 to Batch jobs\, Galasa can help you to test it even as a new mainframer. In this session we will explain what Galasa is and provide a getting started guide\, all the way from creating a Galasa test from scratch\, running it locally\, and running it in a pipeline. \n3-4 pm: The Next Generation of Mainframers – Moderator John Mertic\, Executive Director of Open Mainframe Project\, Jessielaine Punongbayan\, Senior R&D Engineer at Dynatrace\, Michael Bauer\, Software Engineering Supervisor at Broadcom and Richelle Craw\, Software Engineer at Beta Systems Software \nFor many of the fortune 500 companies the mainframe is and will remain a critical component of the IT infrastructure to run business processes efficiently and process billions of critical transactions safely and securely. \nAs experienced professionals are gradually retiring\, a new generation of professionals are moving up as the “mainframe experts.” \nIn this session\, we’ll chat with a few ambassadors and leaders from Open Mainframe Project who are this next generation. \nThey’ll share their experience with mainframes\, how they got into the industry and advice for others and will share real-world examples of the new generation of mainframers and the diversity that is quietly building behind the scenes. \nThursday\, April 25:\n10:30 – 11:30 am: SSO and the Mainframe – Elliot Jalley\, Product Manager\, and Jakub Balhar\, Staff Software Engineer\, at Broadcom Mainframe Software \nThere is an increasing need for tools\, processes and architecture that allow modern mainframes to move fast without sacrificing quality. APIs are key to securing quick and secure access to data on the platform.\nCome and learn how the Zowe API mediation layer is powering modern workflows with a secure single signon experience from the network to the mainframe\, across sysplexes and security domains. \n10:30-11:30 am: When Units Tests just aren’t Enough\, Application Integration is Key – Will Yates\, STSM CICS Hybrid Cloud\, and Jamies Davies\, CICS TS Development Manager\, at IBM \nThe most obvious answer to effective testing is to make sure each unit test is performed correctly.\nIn the landscape of enterprise systems compromised of cloud providers\, z/OS\, and many middleware\, integration\, and development programs\, it becomes a complex web that can seem impossible to connect and test all together.\nThere is an answer\, and that involves understanding applications\, what areas could easily have integration tests stitched together\, and how to implement testing as a service within your organisation. \nThis session will cover the technical details to understand more about application integration testing\, how Galasa\, an open-source project\, could be implemented at scale and worked examples of integration testing to help make it easier to scale testing at your organisation. \n12-1 pm: Automation and Containers – Two Things guaranteed to be part of your future mainframe strategy – Sujit Neb\, Senior Automoation Engineer at BMC \nEmbark on a real-world journey with me as I share how automation\, containerization\, and the robot framework transformed my life and reignited my passion for work. \nDiscover how these technologies gave me back control and infused joy into my professional journey. \nJoin me in this inspiring exploration of empowerment\, where technology not only revolutionizes workflows but also enhances lives. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative experience. \nTogether\, we can unlock the potential of technology together and embrace a future where work is both efficient and fulfilling. \nThe event is managed by GSE UK. To learn more about the schedule or to register for the event\, visit the main event website: https://conferences.gse.org.uk/2024V.
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/gse-uk-virtual-conference/
CATEGORIES:All,Ambassadors,Industry Conference,Linux Distributions Working Group
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SUMMARY:Webinar: How Open Source is Modernizing The Mainframe
DESCRIPTION:The open source movement has rapidly become the way code is being developed for today’s smart and agile businesses. This webinar will cover how an “open mainframe” is the perfect solution for deploying open source on an enterprise computing platform. Join Vicom Infinity for a Lunch ‘n Learn webinar on Thursday\, April 25 at 9 am PT\, 12 pm ET. John Mertic\, Executive Director of the Open Mainframe Project\, will share: \n\nhow the mainframe platform is a natural technology for Linux deployments and\nhow the mainframe community operates within the 18+ open source projects and working groups hosted by Open Mainframe Project.\n\nWith projects such as COBOL\, Zowe\, Mentorship\, Feilong\, Zebra\, and Mainframe Open Education\, many of these programs complement each other and we’ll take you through how to participate and join the collaboration. \nSpace is limited\, so we ask that you register for the webinar. \nREGISTRATION: \nSend email to Leonard.Santalucia@convergetp.com requesting “please register” and a webex calendar invitation will be sent to you. \n  \nThis webinar is managed by Vicom Infinity. 
URL:https://openmainframeproject.org/event/webinar-how-open-source-is-modernizing-the-mainframe/
CATEGORIES:All,Ambassadors,Mainframe Modernization
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