Linux Foundation Expands Mainframe, Network and Storage Initiatives | Linux Today

Linux Foundation Expands Mainframe, Network and Storage Initiatives

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Sean Michael Kerner
Aug 18, 2015

SEATTLE—The Linux Foundation’s annual LinuxCon USA event started here today, with a trio of announcements that could help propel the mainframe, networking and storage worlds forward: the official announcement of the Open Mainframe Project, led by IBM; the IO visor networking project from PLUMgrid; and the Kinetic storage project, which benefits from code contributions from Seagate

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Sean Michael Kerner

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