Stream: Open Mainframe Project
Time: 11:15 - 12:00
z/OS provides a wealth of secure tools from the open-source community to enable advanced development. In this talk we explore integrating open-source into all aspects of application development. First we look at using Python for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, application development, and system automation. We also look at the Go programming language and the ease with which it permits rapid development of applications with the best security profile. Then we will look at z/OS Open Tools, which makes available critical open source software to the z/OS community. With z/OS Open Tools, z/OS users benefit from enhanced functionality and security, achieved through currency with community sources. Security is also enhanced on an ongoing basis through available vulnerability audits. Notably, z/OS Open Tools provides critical dev-ops tools such as Git, Vim, Bash, GNU Make, etc, supporting modern z/OS workloads, plus over 200 other popular tools and libraries.
Bill is the Technical Lead for Go on z/OS at IBM. He has experience in a wide variety of technological areas, including compilers, web services, programming languages, business process design and operating systems. In his career, Bill has worked with C, C++, OCaml, Go, Python, Java, Fortran, assembly language, and others. Previously, Bill acted as a team lead for the port of the Go language (compiler, assembler, linker) to the Linux on Z platform. He has also been Principal investigator on several projects in the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies. Bill has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Syracuse University.
From being a Compiler Tester to a Compiler Developer, Steven is developing and maintaining the latest Python interpreter to bring the Python programming language to z/OS.
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