The Storage Networking Industry Association’s Software Developer Summit (SNIA SDC) 2017 took place just after vBSDcon 2017 from September 11th through 14th in Santa Clara, California. Developers and decision makers from the largest storage vendors in the industry attended this event and I found it invaluable to my role as iXsystems Senior Analyst.
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vBSDcon 2017: BSD at Work
iXsystems’ Senior Analyst Michael Dexter shares his experiences at vBSDcon hosted by Verisign which took place in the Washington, DC area.
vBSDCon 2017 Conference Reflection
The third biennial vBSDCon was held in Reston, VA on September 7-9. vBSDCon is a sister conference to MeetBSD, running on alternate years on the East Coast, while MeetBSD runs the other years on the West Coast.
VMworld 2017 Wrap Up Post
Las Vegas was hot, and it wasn’t just the desert. VMworld was smoking! Last week, 25,000 IT professionals descended upon Las Vegas, a city known for its neon light architecture, and discussed a different type of architecture at VMworld — one that is virtualized. The iXsystems devils were busy at Booth #1224 sharing our expertise on how to protect VMs and ensure fast and reliable access to data.
Conference, Collaboration, and Cincinnati: Open Help Conference Reflection
Open Help is a conference designed to help documentation writers learn about new tools and share writing insights. Hosted in an historic part of Cincinnati, the conference was lightly attended, but bursting with ideas and opportunities to exchange knowledge. The best method to summarize this enlightening meeting of the minds is with three “C”s: Conference, Collaboration, and Cincinnati.
Help Shape the Future! Visit iXsystems at VMworld! (Booth #1224)
VMworld 2017 is just around the corner and iXsystems is looking forward to seeing you in Las Vegas. Attendees will take a lot home from the five days of general sessions, hundreds of breakout sessions, group discussions, and expert panels. Rove the exhibit hall and see products from hundreds of vendors and partners.
Southeast LinuxFest (SELF) 2017 : Joe Maloney and Josh Smith’s Reflections
The iXsystems team headed down to Charlotte, North Carolina for the Southeast Linuxfest (SELF 2017) to spread awareness about FreeBSD, FreeNAS, and TrueOS. As sponsors, we had a tremendous time at the event, and it was extremely rewarding engaging and speaking with the Open Source community down there.
LinuxFest Northwest Trip Report
The team that attended the LinuxFest Northwest 2017 conference recapitulate the events that occurred there as well as their overall experience. Over the Saturday and Sunday, the team assembles a FreeNAS system, answers questions regarding FreeNAS Mini and XL, and Allan Jude even gives a talk regarding the history and overview of FreeNAS.
Codestock 2017: Josh Smith’s Reflection
Our own Josh Smith reflects on his experience at Codestock 2017, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. He briefly states what talks he and his fellow co-workers attended and then ends the post with a parting thought.
SambaXP 2017: John Hixson’s Reflection
John Hixson of iXsystems reflects on his experience at SambaXP 2017 which was held in Gottingen, Germany this year. John gives us a basic description on what happened each day at the conference and ends with a few parting thoughts.