Red Hat is highlighting its collaboration with IBM on Sovereign Core, a solution aimed at providing provable digital sovereignty for organizations. The offering includes automated compliance validation and 24/7 in-region EU support. Separately, the Open Mainframe Project has opened applications for its Summer 2026 Mentorship Program.
Organizations seeking control over their data no longer want just another cloud service, according to Red Hat. The company promoted IBM Sovereign Core with Red Hat, which delivers automated compliance validation for various frameworks and round-the-clock support within the EU region. This turns digital sovereignty into an architectural reality, Red Hat stated in posts on May 5, 2026, ahead of events tagged #RHSummit and #IBMThink. A related blog post details how the solution ensures verifiable independence: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/provable-digital-sovereignty-how-ibm-sovereign-core-with-red-hat-delivers-verifiable-independence?sc_cid=RHCTG1250000462391. In a separate announcement, the Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project opened its Summer 2026 Mentorship Program. The program, running from June 1 to August 31, offers five opportunities focused on digital sovereignty, AI-driven modernization, mainframe modernization, data modernization, and Zowe workflow APIs. Applications are open now via https://openmainframeproject.org/blog/open-mainframe-projects-summer-2026-mentorship-program/. These developments underscore growing interest in sovereignty and open-source modernization efforts within the tech community.
