OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Conference wrapped up last week here in Portland, Oregon and with over 4,700 attendees, was the largest OSCON to date. I stationed myself at the FreeBSD Foundation booth to help answer the various BSD questions that came up and enjoyed...
Category: Company News
The latest news and developments of iXsystems Inc. can be found here, from our new technology campus to our latest accolades.

New iXsystems Logo
iXsystems recently underwent a logo overhaul. After a solid fifteen year run, the oval blue surfboard with the beastie head above the “i” is being retired and has been replaced by a modernized version of the surfboard tilted on its side behind the iX™ with a sleek,...
EMC Opens up ViPR, but is it Really Open?
EMC is known in the industry as one of the longstanding archetypes of commercial software. They are also known for restricting access to knowledge and information around their storage products. They certainly aren’t what’s considered “open” by anyone’s definition....

iXsystems Named Safest Workplace
I am proud to say that iXsystems received the Workplace Safety Award from the Controllable Premium National Education Association (CPRNEA). You might have read my recent blog post about the recognition iXsystems received from an Intel VP for our work in the open...

Intel Loves iXsystems & Open Source (And You Should, Too!)
The annual North American Intel® Solutions Summit was held last week in Dallas, Texas and iXsystems was invited to attend. I attended on behalf of iXsystems and met with fellow Intel Partners from around the country. It would be impossible to share everything I had a...

LinuxFest Northwest 2015 Recap
iXsystems staff attended LinuxFest NW on behalf of the FreeBSD Project this past weekend. Bellingham Technical College was packed with nearly 2000 attendees, the largest turnout ever for this show. “For being in a town that is quiet, spread out, and full of green...
The iXsystems Experience
I don’t consider myself a salesperson. People are always shocked when they find out I’m in sales. I’m not a super extroverted person. I don’t have finely coiffured hair or wear lots of gold. Sales people generally get a bad rep. At iXsystems, our sales process is...
What’s Special About our Sales Team?
Hi, this is Matt Finney and I’m the Director of Sales. I’ve been at iXsystems for almost 8 years and I’ve seen a lot of cool technology in that time. I came here with a basic understanding of computers. I knew what RAM was. I knew what a processor was. I quickly found...
The History of iXsystems
How did iXsystems get its start? I get asked this question a lot. Sure, you could look it up on Wikipedia or Google, but why get the secondhand version when you could get it straight from the source? That’s me, by the way. I was working at BSDi in 2001 when they sold...

Diabetes Youth Families
We’d like to take a moment to highlight the great work the folks over at Diabetes Youth Families do. DYF strives to improve the quality of life for children, teens, and families affected by diabetes by providing education and recreation programs within a supportive...