* Qualcomm Innovation Center Joins Linux Foundation as Platinum Member
* The Linux Foundation Launches Industry-Wide Open Compliance Program
* LinuxCon Japan Just Two Weeks Away
* Program Announced for Linux Foundation End User Summit
* APLcomp, Palamida, Texas Memory Systems and Zenoss Join
* Individual Members Profiled on Linux.com
* The Linux Foundation in the News
* Upcoming Training Courses from The Linux Foundation
==> Qualcomm Innovation Center Joins Linux Foundation as Platinum Member <==
The Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc. (QuIC) has joined The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member. This is the highest level of corporate membership at the Foundation and includes a short list of companies that includes Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, NEC and Oracle.
QuIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated and is focused on developing software for mobile open source platforms, optimizing open source software for mobile technologies, and enabling developers to build applications easily for the millions of devices powered by Qualcomm’s chipsets.
“QuIC’s membership in the The Linux Foundation represents the evolution
and growth of the Linux operating system and its increasing use in the
mobile and consumer electronics markets,” said Jim Zemlin, executive
director at The Linux Foundation. “We’re very excited to have QuIC join
The Linux Foundation at the Platinum level and look forward to
continuing our work to advance Linux in this important market.”
Read more from the press release: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/node/6545
==> The Linux Foundation Launches Industry-Wide Open Compliance Program <==At LinuxCon, The Linux Foundation - together with major industry heavyweights - announced The Open Compliance Program. This Program is a comprehensive initiative that helps companies comply with open source licenses, increasing adoption of open source and decreasing legal FUD present in the marketplace.
As the use of Linux and other open source software has exploded in recent years, especially in mobile and consumer electronics products, the need has arisen for a trusted, neutral, non-commercial compliance program that offers a comprehensive offering of compliance training, tools and services. With today’s complex supply chains, it can be difficult to keep up with the code and licenses present in shipping products.
The new Open Compliance Program addresses this evolution with Training & Education, Tools, Self-Assessment Checklist, the SPDX Standard & Workgroup and an Open Compliance Directory, among other resources.
For more information, please visit the Open Compliance Program website: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/legal/compliance.
==> LinuxCon Japan Just Two Weeks Away <==
LinuxCon Japan takes place September 27-29, 2010 in Tokyo.
LinuxCon Japan is the premiere Linux conference in Asia that brings together a unique blend of core developers, administrators, users, community managers and industry experts. It is designed not only to encourage collaboration but to support future interaction between Japan and other Asia Pacific countries and the rest of the global Linux community. The conference includes presentations, tutorials, birds of a feather sessions, keynotes, sponsored mini-summits.
Highlighted keynotes and sessions include:
* Japanese Kernel Developer Panel:
Developers from NTT, Fujitsu and Hitachi will discuss kernel
development challenges and opportunities as they relate specifically to
developers and companies in Japan. Moderated by LWN Editor Jon Corbet.
* Greg Kroah-Hartman, fellow at Novell and Linux kernel maintainer, will discuss the Linux Kernel Stable Tree: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/2010/linuxcon-japan/kroah-hartman
* IBM's Dan Frye will share IBM's experience in working with Linux and within the collaborative development model over the last 10 years: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/2010/linuxcon-japan/frye
* Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation, will talk about how Linux has become the fabric of computing and what this means for developers, vendors and users: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/2010/linuxcon-japan/zemlin
* Hitachi's Takahiro Yasui will provide the Development Status of LVM Mirror: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/2010/linuxcon-japan/yasuiTo register, please visit: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=33
==> Program Announced for Linux Foundation End User Summit <==
The Linux Foundation End User Summit will take place October 12-13, 2010 at the Hyatt
Regency Jersey City in New Jersey and will provide end users and kernel
developers a direct connection to one another for advancing the features most
critical to using Linux in the enterprise.
The Linux Foundation End User Summit will feature keynotes, Open Spaces Sessions, technical conference sessions and case studies. Open Spaces Sessions are intended to provide attendees a forum in which they can actively be a part of the discussion on a particular topic and not just an observer. This facilitates collaboration and active progress on requirements among all community members – enterprise users, kernel developers and vendors.
Highlights from this year’s program include:
* Keynote from British Telecom’s Chief Scientist JP Rangaswami – “Purple Haze to Purple Rain: Why the Cloud Rocks”
* Bob Evans, vice president at NASDAQ OMX, will share what is working today with Linux and what would really work in his environment.
* A panel comprised of key Linux kernel developers who will review what’s next in Linux storage and filesystems. Panelists include Ric Wheeler, Manager and Architect of the File System Team at Red Hat; Christoph Hellwig, kernel developer specializing in file systems and virtualization; and James Bottomley, Distinguished Engineer at Novell and Linux Kernel maintainer of the SCSI subsystem, the Linux Voyager port and the 53c700 driver; and Ted Ts'o, North America’s First Kernel Developer and an Engineer at Google working on filesystems and storage.
* Technical Case Studies presented by CitiGroup, Intel, and Morgan Stanley. For example, Intel Senior Application Engineer Evgueny Khartchenko will cover “Latency Spike Linux Kernel Performance Analysis - Uncovering Root Causes.”
* IBM’s cloud computing and open source expert Gerrit Huizenga will host a technical session on public and private clouds.
* Keynote from The Linux Foundation’s Jim Zemlin on how Linux is becoming the fabric for next-generation enterprise computing.
* The unstructured and collaborative Open Spaces Sessions will address Virtualization, HPC/Multicore, Filesystems and Tracing.
To request an invitation, please visit: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=40.
==> APLcomp, Palamida, Texas Memory Systems and Zenoss Join <==
The Linux Foundation this month welcomes four new Silver members, including:
* APLcomp is
an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software vendor that primarily
serves the financial services industry. It is using a cloud-based
strategy that includes a Linux-based GUI desktop interface
to provide immediate end user support for new features and
functionalities.
* Palamida is a
provider of software application security solutions exclusively for
open source software. Palamida is participating in The Linux Foundation's Open Compliance Program, among other initiatives.
* Texas Memory Systems. The company designs and builds solid state storage systems for accelerating enterprise applications. Texas Memory Systems will work with The Linux Foundation and the Linux kernel community to help ensure that its SSDs are supported in the mainline kernel. The company’s efforts to upstream the Linux driver for supporting PCI-e SSD drives are part of an industry effort it is leading to ensure all storage manufacturers have support for new storage devices in the mainline Linux kernel.
* Zenoss. Zenoss products enable enterprises to assure IT service delivery and manage operations for business services, networks, and servers across physical, virtual, and cloud-based datacenters. The company uses the open source development model to design and build its products and is joining The Linux Foundation to collaborate with Linux and open source developers and users on requirements for enterprise-level, end-to-end network monitoring
==> Individual Members Profiled on Linux.com <=="The People Who Support Linux" is an ongoing Linux.com series that profiles The Linux Foundation's Individual Members and begins to collectively illustrate a very important part of the Linux community. Individual members help support the work of creator Linus Torvalds and other important activities that advance Linux, while getting a variety of other valuable benefits. It is this collective support from thousands of individual members that enables The Linux Foundation to provide important services for industry and community.
This month, Linux.com profiled Alex Hooper and Chase Crum.
Alex Hooper: Supporting Linux is a Family Affair: http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185-jennifer-cloer/354855-the-people-who-support-linux-its-a-family-affair
Chase Crum: Supporting Linux at Work and at Home: http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185-jennifer-cloer/357528-the-people-who-support-linux-at-work-and-at-home
If you're an individual member and would like to be profiled for the series, please email editors@linux.com.
==> The Linux Foundation in the News <==
Linux Chief Sounds Off on Android, Apple and App Stores
Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/linux-chief-sounds-off-on-android-apple-and-app-stores/
MeeGo to Power In Vehicle Infotainment, Joins Host of Linux Running Your Life
Notebooks.com
http://notebooks.com/2010/08/02/meego-to-power-in-vehicle-infotainment-joins-host-of-linux-running-your-life/
Linux Foundation Provides Help with Open Source Compliance
InfoWorld
http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/linux-foundation-provides-help-open-source-compliance-522
Qualcomm Joins The Linux Foundation, Gets Seat on Board
Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/08/qualcomm-joins-the-linux-foundation-gets-seat-on-board.ars
Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin Offers Sneak Peek at 2010 End User Summit
Ostatic
http://ostatic.com/blog/linux-foundations-jim-zemlin-offers-sneak-peek-at-2010-end-user-summit
Highlights from LinuxCon 2010
eWeek
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Highlights-from-Linuxcon-2010-342357/
The Difference Engine: Chattering Objects
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21009505
==> Upcoming Training Courses from The Linux Foundation <==
Developing Linux Device Drivers
October 25-29, 2010
Virtual
http://training.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=56
Developing Linux Device Drivers
November 1-5, 2010
Washington, DC
http://training.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=57
Embedded Linux Development
November 8-12, 2010
London
http://training.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=67
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