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Jordan and Karen’s Office Update
Jordan and Karen report on the office life at iXsystems. This little daemonette is pleased to report that upon her recent return from India, iX remains the same... Our boys continue to be "creative" in the back; Matt's dog, Prada, still rules the office; Daemons...
Q&A With Andrew Madrid
iXsystems shows you a glimpse of the work life of our Product Manager, Andrew, with a few questions and answers. Guess who does the answering! 1.) What's the most fun aspect of being a Product Manager? The part of being Product Manager that I enjoy the most is...
Sneak Peek of PC-BSD® 8.1
These are exciting times on the PC-BSD® front! With 8.0 out the door, we've already finished most of the major enhancements for 8.1 (and are even starting work some features for 9.0). FreeBSD 8.1 is slated for sometime late July, and we will be making a major effort...
iXsystems Donates New Server Hardware for the FreeBSD Project’s Quality Assurance Tinderbox
iXsystems has hosted the Quality Assurance Tinderbox used within the FreeBSD ports infrastructure for several months. The Quality Assurance Tinderbox (QAT) is an automated QA system used to identify problems in FreeBSD ports and packages, by building ports and...
iXsystems, Inc. Announces Availability of Servers Featuring Intel® Xeon® 5600 Series Processors
iXsystems, Inc. server families that previously utilized Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors now leverage the latest Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors as well. The iX-Neutron, iX-Green Neutron, Gemini Twin, Gemini Squared, and Orion I and II server series are all...
PC-BSD® Development
With PC-BSD® 8.0 Hubble out the door, we’ve already begun working on features / fixes for 8.1. New options for the installation, such as more complex ZFS setups with multi-disk zpools & mount-points, along with GPT & gpart support and more have already been...
Production Team Spotlight
Austin is the Operations Director of iXsystems. He is directly in charge of, and responsible for production, support, shipping, receiving, RMA, and purchasing. He has been with iXsystems since its beginning. He started working for no pay and slept in his office. In...
Technical Team Update
The iXsystems tech department is working hard on FreeBSD development and on the FreeBSD Mall and Slackware websites. James and John are coordinating efforts to improve the interface of the sites and to migrate all of the data to a new system for easier management....
iXsystems Launches PC-BSD® 8.0 Hubble Edition
iXsystems announced today the latest release of PC-BSD™, Version 8.0, Hubble Edition. This fully functional open source desktop operating system is built upon the new FreeBSD 8.0 release. FreeBSD is one of the most widely used UNIX-based operating systems, providing...
iXsystems, Inc. Introduces the iX-N4236 Orion II Server Series
The iX-N4236 Orion II Storage Server is designed to handle storage-intensive tasks while remaining at an optimal temperature and drawing less power than other servers in its class. The Orion II's powerful complement of features and light energy footprint create an...
