The New Year has arrived, bringing with it new beginnings and opportunities for iXsystems. This year we plan to evolve as an organization taking our business to new heights, while promising to meet our goals. Most importantly, we hope to build new relationships by providing innovative products and quality services.
To kick off the New Year, iXsystems will attend numerous tradeshows to promote and increase awareness of Open Source Software, and showcase its new products. We are extremely excited and ready to attend some of the most elite open source conventions in the world. We invite you to attend these events and stop by our booth to learn more about our organization.
We will be attending the following tradeshows this year:
Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE): February 25-27
The 9th Annual SCALE Expo will take place at the Los Angeles Hilton hotel. The expo features technical seminars to promote and educate the public about various topics in open source software. In addition it allows people within the open source community to share their projects with leading experts in open source. Among those experts, BSD Guru Dru Lavigne will discuss her role as PC-BSD® Community Manager and introduce PC-BSD® to beginning users. As the corporate sponsor of PC-BSD® and supporter of the FreeBSD Project, we will be exhibiting these operating systems at the event.
AsiaBSDCon: March 17-20
This conference will be held at the Tokyo University of Science, attracting users and developers of BSD operating systems around the world. Kris Moore, Creator of PC-BSD®, will discuss new developments within the PC-BSD® project. If you want to learn more about PC-BSD® and FreeBSD, this conference is not to be missed.
LinuxFest Northwest: April 30th-May 1st
The 12th Annual LinuxFest Northwest conference will be held at Bellingham (WA) Technical College, where experts, users, and enthusiasts of open source software will discuss various topics within the field. On behalf of the FreeBSD Project, we will demonstrate the latest features of the PC-BSD® and FreeBSD operating systems. Come learn new tips and tricks from our very own BSD experts.
BSDCan: May 13-14
This conference is most notable for its focus on technical topics of BSD. The event will take place at the University of Ottawa, bringing together a wide range of people from developers to new users. Dru Lavigne, author of three books about FreeBSD, will present about the BSD Certification program. Kris Moore, PC-BSD® Founder, will speak at the event educating PC-BSD® enthusiasts about the latest features. Lastly, Josh Paetzel, Director of IT at iXsystems will discuss the new installer for FreeBSD 9.0, an upcoming release.
Dru Lavigne, BSD Guru, is one of the most passionate and enthusiastic members of the FreeBSD Foundation. She is an author of O’Reilly’s FreeBSD Basics Column and the books BSD Hacks, The Best of FreeBSD Basics and the Definitive Guide to PC-BSD®. She is also dedicated to promoting the FreeBSD and PC-BSD® operating systems at tradeshows around the world. She is most recognized for speaking about PC-BSD® and the BSD Certification Program. If you would like to meet Dru Lavigne, she will be attending these shows:
SCALE, Los Angeles, Feb 25-27
Indiana LinuxFest, Indianapolis, March 25-27
Flourish, Chicago, April 1-3
BSDCan, Ottawa, May 11-14
PGCON, Ottawa, May 19-20
OpenHelp, Cincinnati, June 3-6
Southeast LinuxFest, Spartanburg, June 10-12
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