RSVP to attend the March 9th Linux on IBM Z Meetup

This quarter’s council focuses on containerized solutions being deployed to Linux on IBM Z. The event will kick off with IBM’s Program Director for LinuxOne Ecosystem Dale Hoffman, discussing IBM’s new offering for building and deploying a containerized private cloud - IBM Cloud Private. Next on the agenda, the team from FatBrain will talk about their new real-time decision making software. After the break, we have a discussion around the new IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator on IBM Z Secure Service Container appliance. Maryela Weihrauch will discuss the architecture of the appliance and how it utilizes Docker and IFL capacity. Bob Perih will then talk about Citi’s experiences during the beta of IDAA on IBM Z and the benefits they anticipate running it on IFLs. We are also pleased to have Regis Paquette from Canonical who will be giving an update on Ubuntu and other new announcements from Canonical. Last on the agenda, Len Santalucia from the Linux Foundation will talk about conclusions made from a recent survey completed by the Open Mainframe Project regarding the usage of Linux on IBM Z.

Agenda

8:30 AM Arrival and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM Opening Remarks and Introductions - David Rossi, IBM, Senior Z Security Architect - Paul Houde, IBM, Z Client Architect

9:10 AM IBM Cloud Private (ICp) - Dale Hoffman – IBM, Program Director LinuxOne Ecosystem

9:55 AM FatBrain Real-time Decision Making Engine - Shawn Carey, Peter Ritz, Rajarshi Das - FatBrain Software

10:40 AM Break

10:55 AM IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator on IBM Z - Bob Perih – Citi, Director Global Enterprise Database - Maryela Weihrauch – IBM, Distinguished Engineer WW Analytics on IBM Z

11:40 AM Ubuntu Update - Regis Paquette – Canonical, Director of Cloud Enablement Technology Alliances,

12:25 PM Open Mainframe Project Survey Conclusions - Len Santalucia - Linux Foundation, Chairperson Open Main-frame Project

12:35PM Lunch