Vendor Talk: Cutting-edge Linux Kernel Development on New SPARC Systems

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 2:45pm-3:30pm

Wim Coekaerts, Senior Vice President, Linux and Virtualization, Oracle

Abstract: 

Join Wim Coekaerts, SVP of Linux and Virtulization at Oracle for an exclusive session at LISA15 on how his team has been driving Linux development on SPARC.  Get insights on how we have modernized the tool chain and enabled brand new SPARC M7 features like silicon secured memory.  See how you can use our latest development code on the new M7 servers or try it on existing SPARC machines you have. We will be covering what's in the development code and what's coming.

Wim Coekaerts is senior vice president of Linux and virtualization engineering for Oracle. He is responsible for Oracle's complete desktop-to-data center virtualization product line and Oracle Linux. Coekaerts joined Oracle in 1995.

Wim Coekaerts, Oracle

Wim Coekaerts is senior vice president of Linux and virtualization engineering for Oracle. He is responsible for Oracle's complete desktop-to-data center virtualization product line and Oracle Linux. Coekaerts joined Oracle in 1995.