IBM's approach to Developer Advocacy: Open Source All The Things!

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Open source software is eating the software world. Since the advent of modern computing, the ability of passionate programmers to collaborate on open source code has led to some of the most important software breakthroughs. From the 2.5 billion Android devices to Kubernetes ushering in a new era of cloud computing open source software is more important than ever.

IBM is the best kept secret in open source. From the beginning we’ve been driving to an open world by donating our code, establishing open licensing, pushing for open governance in the communities, and helping to establish open source as technology that was safe (and good!) for the enterprise.

In this session we'll cover topics such as: why is open source important to IBM?, the communities we contribute to, major contributions to open source programs, an overview of our Data Assets eXchange (DAX) and Model Asset eXchange (MAX), and how contributors to open source are rewarded.

Come join us to learn how you can leverage our open source assets, what programs are available to learn more about open source software, and how to participate in our digital platforms.

Presenter:
Steve Martinelli is a Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) at IBM. He has worked as a software developer in many different organizations of IBM, from WebSphere, to Open Source, and now focused on Developer Advocacy. As an avid technologist, Steve can be found tinkering with various technologies, from Kubernetes, to OpenWhisk, to Watson AI. Steve can be seen obsessing over using Python to automate the most tedious tasks, writing helpful documentation, and helping his peers become more productive and successful. Steve has spoken at various conferences such as the Open Infrastructure Summit, CASCON (the Centre for Advanced Studies Conference), Viva Technology Conference, and the Cloud Identity Summit. Steve is a co-author of Identity, Authentication & Access Management in OpenStack, a book published by O'Reilly Media in 2015.

JJ Asghar works as a Developer Advocate representing the IBM Cloud all over the world. He mainly focuses on the IBM Kubernetes Service and OpenShift trying to make companies and users have a successful onboarding to the Cloud Native ecosystem. He’s also been known in the DevOps tooling ecosystem and generalized Linux communities. If he isn’t building automation to make his work streamlined he’s building the groundwork to do just that.

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