https://pressroom.prlog.org/Sinenomine_Assoc/ About Sine Nomine Associates, Inc. - Dr. Margarete Ziemer, CEO and co-founder, states: “Founded in 1999, the company was conceived as a research and development engineering firm which transforms emerging technology into practical business solutions. This goal has been the consistent lead". https://www.prlog.org/13139157-sinenomine-associates-data-center-services-improve-cooling-efficiency-with-cool.html If your PUE is 1.6 imagine how everyone would feel if it was 1.2 within three months.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:12:25 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13138202-sine-nomine-principal-engineer-associates-have-been-recognized-as-ibm-champions-for-2026.html Sine Nomine Associates is pleased to announce, Two of our principal engineer associates have been recognized by IBM with their IBM champion award for 2026.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:52:51 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13129797-adroit-game-jam-celebrates-10th-anniversary.html Sine Nomine Associates continues tradition of mentorship at Game Jam 2026Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:40:44 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13128837-openafs-accepted-as-mentoring-organization-for-google-summer-of-code-2026.html Sine Nomine Associates are thrilled to announce that the OpenAFS project has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026! This is a fantastic opportunity for us to engage with talented students and contribute to the...Mon, 23 Feb 2026 01:55:17 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13124458-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-container-storage-interface-csi-driver.html This is from a series of releases showcasing the power of OpenAFS applied in creative ways. Most of these are being used in production environments today. OpenAFS benefits corporations, non-profit organizations, small companies and universities.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:42:51 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13116958-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-ai-use-case-6-shared-llm-inference-artifacts.html Some of the smartest people are using OpenAFS with its record of long-term stability in new ways for leading edge AI projects.Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:21:08 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13116323-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-ai-reproducibility-advantage-use-case-5.html Remember that feeling when your AI model finally started to work, the real proof was seeing if it would work a second time proving it to be a reproduceable solution. OpenAFS capabilities can give you the edge you need. We are ready to help.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:27:46 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13114306-sna-openafs-ai-use-case-4-unified-data-plane.html How much time does your team spend synching datasets, a unified data plane using OpenAFS can help reduce this activity.Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:30:45 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13112853-openafs-ai-use-case-3-multi-institution-ai-collaborations-eg-universities-or-research-labs.html OpenAFS is a great open-source distributed file system with interfaces for stable legacy systems using IBM and Solaris. This is the third of a series of potential use cases for OpenAFS as a tool for AI / LLM infrastructure.Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:14:07 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13112008-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-artificial-intelligence-use-case-2.html Use case 2: Model Checkpoint Sharing and Versioning Use case: When training or fine-tuning LLMs across multiple machines, checkpoints and optimizer states must be saved and accessed consistently.OpenAFS advantage:Checkpoints can be written once and...Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:49:51 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13110090-openafs-for-artificial-intelligence-computing-use-case-1.html OpenAFS is a great open-source distributed file system with interfaces for stable legacy systems using IBM and Solaris. This is the first of a series of potential use cases for OpenAFS as a tool for AI / LLM infrastructure.Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:37:58 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13102416-sine-nomine-associates-our-michael-macisaac-presenting-zlma-at-ibm-techxchange-2025.html October 6th, 2025, in Orlando Florida is going to be a big day for our team as we present our work on a new project named Zelma for z/VM and Linux Modern AdministrationTue, 30 Sep 2025 18:37:34 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13102415-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-google-summer-of-code-projects-have-been-completed.html We are very thankful for the efforts of David Bostch (at Cornell) as he was the OpenAFS organization administrator who helped on that part of the effort.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:04:54 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13076310-sine-nomine-associates-announce-2025-google-summer-of-code-openafs-projects-chosen.html We are thankful so many people contributed their proposals for improving the OpenAFS experience. We are pleased to congratulate the owners of the two winning proposals.Mon, 12 May 2025 15:48:16 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13064252-openafs-accepted-as-mentoring-organization-for-google-summer-of-code-2025.html Sine Nomine Associates are thrilled to announce that the OpenAFS project has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025! This is a fantastic opportunity for us to engage with talented students.Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:37:03 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13060534-sine-nomine-assocaites-inc-ibm-changes-openafs-license.html Sine Nomine Associates Inc. Is a trusted contractor of IBM. After many years IBM has changed the OpenAFS License. This distributed file system project is over 25 years old.Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:44:10 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13049638-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-1-813-and-1-625-security-release-for-unixlinux-announced.html OpenAFS 1.8.13/1.6.25 are the next releases in the current and old stable series of releases for Unix/Linux systems.Mon, 25 Nov 2024 03:03:09 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13046446-sine-nomine-associates-announces-openafs-1-812-2-new-maintenance-release-for-unixlinux.html OpenAFS 1.8.12.2 is a regular point release of OpenAFS for recent Linux kernel support. Upgrading to 1.8.12.2 is only needed on clients with leading edge Linux kernel versions. (and users of openSUSE 15.6 which pulled in some upstream kernel bits)".Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:09:06 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13046444-sine-nomine-associates-accept-project-maintainers-role-for-openafs-distributed-file-system.html Our SNA OpenAFS software programmers and support providers Andrew Deason and Michael Meffie were nominated and accepted the role of OpenAFS project maintainer. This is a continuation of our more than 25 years of fearless computing.Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:50:40 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13036604-sine-nomine-associates-inc-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary.html Sine Nomine Associates is proud of 25 years of customer success!Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:21:20 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13035301-sine-nomine-associates-github-action-runners-published-in-enterprise-executive.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our company's chief scientist, Neale Ferguson, published an article for the Enterprise Executive.Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:09:58 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13035148-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-1-812-1-maintenance-release-for-unixlinux-released.html OpenAFS 1.8.12.1 is the next release in the current stable series of OpenAFS releases for UNIX/Linux systems.Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:32:59 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13035146-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-1-812-maintenance-release-for-unixlinux-announced.html OpenAFS 1.8.12 is the next release in the current stable series of OpenAFS releases for UNIX/Linux systems.Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:21:22 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13023415-sine-nomine-associates-inc-is-pleased-once-again-be-sponsor-for-the-vmworkshop-2024.html The VM Workshop is a grassroots non-profit organization made up of customers, ISVs, and business partners with an interest in the use and growth of the z/VM platform, Linux on IBM Z, and VSE (z/VSE and VSEn).Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:07:29 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13023413-sine-nomine-associates-afs-technologies-workshop-event-june-10-11-2024.html The AFS Technologies Workshop is an annual gathering of operators, developers, and enthusiasts of the AFS distributed file system and related technologies.Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:49:16 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13014212-openafs-1-811-maintenance-release-for-unixlinux-announced.html OpenAFS 1.8.11 is the next release in the current stable series of OpenAFS distribute file system releases for UNIX/Linux systems.Mon, 01 Apr 2024 17:44:34 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13003774-sine-nomine-associates-introduces-3d-character-model-james.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our 3D Interactive Team is now releasing 3D character model offerings available for purchase.Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:00:22 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12993715-sine-nomine-associates-introduces-3d-character-model-delaney.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our 3D Interactive Team is now releasing 3D character model offerings available for purchase.Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:13:18 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12992963-sine-nomine-associates-introduces-3d-character-model-alex.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our 3D Interactive Team is now releasing 3D character model offerings available for purchase.Tue, 07 Nov 2023 17:52:17 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12985408-sine-nomine-associates-introduces-new-3d-character-model-lee.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our 3D Interactive Team is now releasing 3D character model offerings available for purchase.Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:04:12 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12979742-sine-nomine-associates-introduces-3d-character-model-lisa.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our 3D Interactive Team is now releasing 3D character model offerings available for purchase.Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:19:20 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12976255-sine-nomine-associates-announce-ssh-v2-scp-and-sftp-utilities-for-zvse-and-vse-systems.html Sine Nomine Associates, in partnership with Barnard Software Inc., is pleased to announce the availability of SSH v2, SCP and SFTP utilities for z/VSE and VSE systems.Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:15:38 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12971284-sine-nomine-associates-introduces-3d-character-model-inaya.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, announces our 3D Interactive Team is now releasing 3D character model offerings available for purchase.Tue, 27 Jun 2023 13:05:19 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12971070-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-1-810pre1-release.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce the OpenAFS development release team's new version for OpenAFS users. OpenAFS 1.8.10pre1 is now available for download.Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:22:52 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12966946-make-plans-for-the-2023-vmworkshop-conference-june-22nd-24th-at-the-ohio-state-university.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc. are pleased to once again be a sponsor for the VMworkshop for 2023. You can find all the information at the link below and we hope to see you there.Tue, 30 May 2023 20:01:52 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12962930-three-mindsets-for-rising-to-security-challenges-published-in-enterprise-executive.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our company's owner and CEO, Margarete Ziemer, PhD, published another article for the Enterprise Executive magazine.Wed, 03 May 2023 17:18:27 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12950902-sine-nomine-associates-inc-almalinux-9-1-now-available.html Hello Community! Sine Nomine Associates in support of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation is proud to announce general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.1 codenamed "Lime Lynx".Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:44:30 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12945103-sine-nomine-associates-ceo-margarete-ziemer-lead-article-for-enterprise-executive-issue-6-2022.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our company's owner and CEO, Margarete Ziemer, has published the lead article for the Enterprise Executive issue 6-2022.Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:42:32 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12944535-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-1-89-maintenance-release-for-unixlinux-available-now.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce the OpenAFS development release team's Holiday gift for OpenAFS users: OpenAFS 1.8.9 - Maintenance release is now available for download.Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:05:34 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12924221-sine-nomine-associates-inc-the-flexible-afs-backup-system-fabs.html The Flexible AFS Backup System (FABS) is a suite of tools and daemons for managing backups for an AFS cell. FABS does not directly backup data to long-term storage, but acts as a bridge between AFS and an existing plain-file backup system.Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:37:19 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12924218-sine-nomine-associates-order-of-the-knights-of-vm.html We are proud to announce a member of our team Kurt Acker was Made a Knight of VM at the 2022 workshopThu, 07 Jul 2022 13:22:51 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12920633-sine-nomine-associates-announces-almalinux-version-9-now-available.html We are proud of our support and contribution to our partners AlmaLinux in creating this free version of Linux.Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:42:36 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12919229-we-hope-you-will-join-us-for-the-50th-anniversary-celebration-of-vm-workshop.html You are invited to attend the VM Workshop for some great IBM Z education!Mon, 30 May 2022 18:22:07 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12919228-afs-technologies-workshop-june-14-16-2022.html This will be a Virtual Conference on June 14 through 16, 2022Mon, 30 May 2022 18:01:04 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12914949-sine-nomine-announces-the-beta-release-of-almalinux-v9-0-compatible-with-s390x.html We are proud of our new partnership and the contributions made by our award winning team to the AlmaLinux Open Source project.Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:52:26 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12913074-sine-nomine-associates-ibm-champions-awards-2022.html Sine Nomine Associates are doubly proud to announce our staff members Kurt Acker and Neale Ferguson were chosen for the IBM Champions award for this year 2022. This is the second year in a row that they have been chosen.Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:02:14 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12906253-sine-nomine-associates-ceo-margarete-ziemer-is-finalist-for-northern-virginia-wit-award.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., proudly announces that our CEO, Dr. E. Margarete Ziemer, has been selected as a finalist for the Washington D.C. region 23rd annual Women in Technology Leadership Award in the entrepreneur category.Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:07:19 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12897776-sine-nomine-associates-openafs-1-88-1-maintenance-release-for-unixlinux-announced.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce the OpenAFS development release team's Holiday gift for OpenAFS users.Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:12:28 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12897059-sine-nomine-associates-announces-net-6-0-is-now-supported-on-ibm-and-linuxone.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce a joint effort of Sine Nomine Associates, IBM, Microsoft, and RedHat, as well as the .NET and Mono open-source communities, who, together, have now made.Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:49:41 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12895755-sine-nomine-associates-net-to-article-published-in-enterprise-tech-journal-this-month.html Sine Nomine Associates, Inc., a leader in open-source development and support, is pleased to announce that our Principal Engineer Neale Ferguson has published an article for Enterprise Tech Journal issue 5 - 2021, describing the team effort of Sine...Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:39:44 GMT