Linux Foundation Brings Together Industry Heavyweights to Advance Linux on the Mainframe - Seite 3

CA Technologies
"CA Technologies is pleased to be a founding member, in partnership with key industry leaders, of the Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project," said David Hodgson, General Manager, Mainframe, CA Technologies. "CA has long been a leader in management tools for existing Linux platforms both on and off the mainframe. We continue to invest in innovation and technology that enables customers to utilize the mainframe as their open platform of choice for a more secure, robust, scalable and cost effective environment. As a mobile-to-mainframe solution provider we are eager to partner with the Linux Foundation to foster leadership and incubate innovation to propel the mainframe into the future and help customers win in the application economy." 

Compuware
"Over the last 50 years, IBM mainframes have evolved to hold the position as the world's most advanced business compute platform. Nothing comes close in performance, reliability, security and resource efficiency. In a world where big no longer beats small, rather fast beats slow, Linux on the mainframe combines big and fast on a single platform to create opportunities for innovation and new mainframe workloads. Compuware is a proud and committed founding member of this Linux Foundation project and looks forward to collaborating on this worthy mission of mainframe innovation," said Chris O'Malley, CEO, Compuware.

IBM
"Demand has grown among academic, corporate and government partners for furthering the mainframe's expansion into the open ecosystem," said Ross Mauri, general manager, IBM z Systems. "IBM looks forward to contributing our expertise to the community and learning from others to find innovative ways to combine the flexibility of open source software with the world-class speed, security and scalability of the mainframe."

Marist College
"As an early adopter of Linux, open source, and mainframe technology, Marist has wholeheartedly embraced the use of these technologies within our business and curriculum," said Bill Thirsk, Vice President of Information Technology / CIO at Marist College. "We are excited for the opportunity to participate in a community such as the Open Mainframe Project that will benefit the Linux environment and open source software on the mainframe."