Mainframe Computing in Transition: Open Source Projects and Changing Hardware Landscape – Infrastructure Matters Episode 8

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Krista Macomber, and Steven Dickens discuss various topics related to the tech industry and mainframe computing. They begin by mentioning upcoming events like VMware Explore and Google Next. Steven Dickens talks about his Forbes article covering the Open Enterprise Linux Association, which involves SUSE, Oracle, and Six collaborating to support a forked version of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). The conversation touches on the importance of choice and community collaboration in the open-source space.

Topics include:

• Upcoming industry events, open-source collaboration, and mainframe computing

• Steven Dickens discusses the collaboration between SUSE, Oracle, and Six to support a forked version of RHEL and the importance of choice in the open-source community

• Krista Macomber highlights AWS Storage Day's focus on data protection and resiliency, especially in the context of cloud-based backup and air gap storage

• We discuss the SHARE Conference, with an emphasis on its changing demographics and the growth of Linux on the mainframe

• We also touch on open-source projects in the mainframe community and the evolving landscape of mainframe computing