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Inuits on Stage
As an Open Source company we are proud to have different of our consultants to be active in the Open Source community, contributing to different projects and presenting about their experiences at different conferences around the globe.
Next week, 6 and 7 february the 10th edition of Fosdem will take place in Brussels, for some of our consultants it will indeed be the 10th time they will be at that conference.
Inuits will be presenting differen talks at Fosdem, and other upcoming conferences.
Stijn Beauprez will kick off the Embedded Devroom on Saturday with a talk titled Rich Mobile UI Designs: do's and don't
On Sunday you can attend a talk by Frederic Descamps about Daily Maintenance of big databases/tables in the MySQL development room, followed later that day by Kris Buytaert talking about MySQL High Availability in that same MySQL Devroom.
A bit further from our corporate Igloo Jochen Maes will be presenting about Djagios at Open Source Days 2010 In Copenhagen which will take place on the 5th and 6th of March at the IT-University of Copenhagen
Later that month, from 23 to 25 march, Kris Buytaert will give a session on MySQL High Availability with Pacemaker at the UKUUG Spring Conference , in Manchester.
At the NLUUG Voorjaarsconferentie 2010 which will trake place on may 6th 2010 in Ede, the Netherlands , Tom De Cooman will be presenting the Open Source Monitoring Tools session and Kris Buytaert will be evangelizing Devops, Devministration, Agile Administration, or How to Survive the 10th floor test.
So there's plenty of opportunity to meet us in person the next couple of months, don't be shy.
Devopsdays 2009
Late last october the IBBT in Gent was the host for the first edition of DevopsDays
The conference was announced as follows
"Some call this phenomenon devops, others agile system administration
Truth is that agile techniques used in development have an impact on the way operations organizes it work. Similar, operations and sysadmins are becoming programmers because of the virtualization and automation trend where everything is managed through an API. So if you are a developer with a interest for system administration, or a sysadmin interested in development."
This obviously triggered our interrest, so we threw in our support , and money, Development and Engineering are two things we combine a lot, we design and develop infrastructures, and we write code and we assist in building automated toolchains.
DevopsDays turned out to be exactly what we expected from it , a small but vibrant community where a whole range of different interresting topics were tackled. We discussed different Version control mechanisms , how to take an existing IT infrastructure and migrate towards a manageable and automated infrastructure , kanban for sysadmins, the different available cloud computing platforms, kvm vs xen and much much more.
DevopsDays was a good start of what undoubtly become a bigger conference in the next couple of years !
Enterprise Open Source Adoption Conference , BT, London,
Last monday some Inuits quickly crossed the channel for a day of speeches and talks regarding Open Source and its Adoption, the event organised at BT brought together a mixture of techies, legal persons and management to listen to and discuss about the current state of Enterprise Open Source adoption
The short introduction was done by JP of Confused In Calcutta , who mainly introduced Mark "I`m from outer space" Shuttleworth. Mark keynoted about Ubuntu .. he talked about Aubergine being the new Brown ... ranted (as everybody) about the Cloud , talked about a stronger focus to services rather than product building , talked about the ecosystem of "people close to you" for supporting solutions .
Steve Bouch, of the Synapse Project at BT discussed ao the decisions they had to make, the varialbes they took in to account when starting
to use Open Source , discussions such as the reputation of the project, the internal skill zet, the ease of importing and exporting data in and
out of the project, and the different license terms were covered.
Andrew Katz , legal guy , who's also working on the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review gave an overview of the legal impact of Opensource . We learned that his customers have similar questions as ours, such as when to publish the code, what code to publish, when to look for alternative licenses etc
There was avid discussion regarding the Affero GPL license and using Open Source as a key component to build your killar webinfrastructure while not contributing back etc.
During the pannel discussion questions like Software Patents, and the fact that Ubuntu One won't be fully Open Source were tackled For us , most of the event was confirmation that what we are doing is the right thing to do, And that is worth a lot !
Inuits Launches New Site
Inuits, the leading Linux and Open Source consultancy group is launching it's new website.
After 25 months Inuits decided a fresh new styled website, you are looking at it right now, was needed. The site comes with more interactivity for you, the user or customer. You can follow the Inuits Bloggers using the Planet feeds and you can follow us on Identica (the Open Source Twitter implementation).
Over those 18 months Inuits has grown both in numbers and quality and has managed to grow both employee base and customer base with some interresting people and customers. Our goal is to continue bringing quality Open Source stacks to organizations with an Open mind.
As for the technical part it comes to no surprise that our site is build on top of Acquia Drupal and is running on a Centos based LAMP stack.
Inuits is the leading Linux and Open Source integrator in Belgium. We help organisations design, implement, rollout, manage and support stable and scalable infrastructures and products based on Open Source technology. Inuits is operating from Belgium with Global Customers
The Inuit and the Penguin
On our family day INUITS adopted a Penguin in the Zoo of Antwerp. This sponsorship is an opportunity for our company INUITS to get involved in nature and to help the Zoo to feed this animal. The Penguin is well known for its magnificent teamwork in harsh conditions which is why we have chosen this animal. The Penguin symbolizes our technology “Open Source” and by adopting it we want to reflect our concern for this specific endangered animal.
INUITS is ready for the Zoo's "Green Commitment"
Inuits at T-Dose 2009
Brasschaat , Sept 2009, Inuits, the leading open source company is once again happy to announce
to have multiple presentations at T-Dose 2009 , next october in Eindhoven. Kris Buytaert and Jochen Maes will both be presenting at the conference,
T-DOSE is a free and yearly event held in The Netherlands to promote use and development of Open Source Software. During this event Open Source projects, developers and visitors can exchange ideas and knowledge. This years event will be held on 3 and 4 October 2009 at the Fontys University of Applied Science in Eindhoven.
Kris Buytaert will bring a presentation about the Impact of Open Source in VirtSec and CloudSec, with both Virtualization and CloudComputing being hot topics security is often an aftertought, his presentation will discuss the problems and opportunities for Open Source and infrastructure in genereal.
Jochen Maes will be presenting on the state of Djagios, Djagios is an open source Nagios web based configuration tool. The goal of Djagios is to make Nagios usable for non-Nagios admins, Jochen is the lead developer of the project
There be different other Inuits at the conference don't hesitate to talk to us !
Djagios
As an Open Source company Inuits often engages in existing projects , but it is not every day that we can announce the start of a fresh new Open Source project.
We have been active in the Open Source monitoring area for quite a while, we know different tools in and out , so we pretty much also know where the pain lies, so when our customers feel the same pain we do it's an easy step to actually trying to fix it.
Enter Djagios
Djagios is a Nagios configuration tool written in Django. At this time it's in development phase but development is going pretty good now. Today about 95% of the Nagios objects are modeled, documentation is at 90% but there is still a lot of work to be done.
The project is still young ,
BSA viseert Open Source Sector
BSA denkt dat het gebruik en downloaden van Open Source software illegaal is ? BSA (Business Software Alliance) waarschuwt in een dreigende brief ons bedrijf INUITS en onze branche (Open Source sector) te gaan focussen over het illegaal gebruik van software zonder licentie. Het BSA gaat er van uit dat wij als technologie bedrijf verplicht zijn om een taks te betalen aan een klein aantal monopolisten die geld vragen voor licentie die een gebruiker beperkte rechten geeft voor het gebruik van zijn software. Niets is minder waar Open Source is net de oplossing en/of het antwoord op de licentiepolitiek van closed source propriety vendors (Microsoft, SAP, Oracle ...) Mooie en populaire voorbeelden hiervan zijn Open Office (ipv Office) en Firefox (ipv Internet Explorer) die legaal “gratis” kunnen gedownload worden van het internet met dezelfde of zelfs betere functionaliteiten en mogelijkheden naar flexibiliteit, stabiliteit en security (open standaarden). Open Source licenties geven een gebruiker veel meer vrijheden dan proprietary software licenties, ze zorgen voor meer flexibiliteit, en dat alles aan een betere prijs. Ook in Nederland zijn soortgelijke acties reeds ludiek aan de kaak gesteld, Holland Open en Open Office brachten in 2006 reeds de folder Het gemak van de kopie; hoe kopieer ik software, films en CD’s (pdf) uit. De willekeur waarmee BSA bedrijven aanschrijft en angst zaait (negatieve benadering) bij de IT services sector is in deze moeilijke economische tijden onaanvaardbaar en onbegrijpbaar. Of is het net deze crisis die hen voedt naar extra opbrengsten ? Zou BSA zich niet beter focussen op het gedrag (positieve benadering) waarom we software gebruiken zonder die licentie te willen betalen ? Zijn het de ongeoorloofde upgrade scenario's en vendor lock-in politieken die we niet meer als normaal en oprecht ervaren ? Misschien moeten we z'n allen kijken met frisse nieuwe ogen naar de mogelijkheden van het veranderende IT landschap (Proust) en een ontdekkingsreis maken met Open Source en BSA gewoon thuis laten ! Dit lijkt ons een beter antwoord en advies op een goed software beleid voeren.
ZooCamp Antwerp
Inuits is the proud sponsor of ZooCamp; Antwerp, ZooCamp Antwerp was the 3nd Barcamp style event in Antwerp this year, after an earlier Antwerp Barcamp an CloudCamp Antwerp (also sponsored by Inuits). ZooCamp will have a strong focus on the Internet of Things, be expecting Inuits to walk a round with TouchaTags, Chumby's and TuxDroids
Inuits to rebrand as Pinuits
Obivously this was an April's fools joke !
INUITS verandert van naam
(English Version below) INUITS, het grootste Open Source bedrijf in Belgie zal met ingang van 1 april 2009 met een nieuwe naam door het leven gaan. De nieuwe naam wordt PINUITS, en sluit aan bij de behoefte naar een meer herkenbare identiteit. De naamsverandering was volgens het INUITS team noodzakelijk om als grootste MySQL integrator, meer in lijn te komen met andere grote MySQL bedrijven zoals Percona, Pythian, Proven Scaling. Op die manier zal de link met MySQL voor de community nog duideliijker worden.
“Er zal met nieuwe frisse ogen naar ons worden gekeken. Dit is ons antwoord op het grondig veranderende IT landschap. Deze nieuwe naam zal ons absoluut meerwaarde geven. Wij maken ons sterk dat we binnenkort één van de grootste europese spelers worden op vlak van Open Source. Ons team is er in ieder geval klaar voor” zegt Kris Kerremans, eigenaar van PINUITS.
Het INUITS team is sinds de start uitgegroeid tot één van de grootste integratoren op vlak van MySQL en andere Open Source platformen en heeft meerdere bekende MySQL community members onder haar werknemers.
De letter P refereert naar onze sterke binding en focus met andere P-tools zoals het LamP platform, inclusief APache, PHP, Perl, Python, en uiteraard DruPal.
De PINUITS consultants geven zowel advies aan onze klanten om schaalbare en high available oplossingen te bouwen gebaseerd op Open Source alsook helpen we onze klanten de juiste Open Source tool te kiezen voor hun business vraagstukken.
PINUITS zorgt voor een volledige Open Source oplossing van A tot Z , van technische tot de gebruikerskant.
De letter P in onze nieuwe naam maakt duyidelijk aan de Open Source community dat we een sterk bedrijf zijn op gebied vvan MySQL en Open Source consultancy. Het maakt het ons mogelijk sterke partnerships te creeëren met andere open minded “P “-bedrijven” zegt Kris Buytaert, senior consultant bij PINUITS.
INUITS rebrands
Inuits, the leading Open Source integrator announces that as of today it is rebranding to Pinuits.
As one of the leading MySQL integrators in the low countries the Inuits team decided it would be easier for the community to recognise us as a great MySQL company after rebranding to a more appropriate name in line with the other MySQL Consultancing Companies , Percona,Pythian, Proven Scaling
"With our new name Pinuits, we plan to become an even bigger player in the European Open Source Consultancy Landscape, our team is ready for the next step, " says Kris Kerremans ,owner of Pinuits.
The Inuits team has been integrating MySQL and different other Open Source platforms for over a decade and has different recognised MySQL community members.
The P in Pinuits refers also to our strong focus on other P tools such as Puppet and the full LamP platform, including APache, PHP, Perl, Python, and obviously also DruPal.
At Pinuits engineers will both support their customers with building a scalable and highly available infrastructure based on Open Source tools , and helping the business user to use Open Source tools for his business needs. Pinuits looks at an Open Source integration from both the technical and the human side.
"Having a P in our new name will tell the Open Source community that we are serious about MySQL consultancy and Open Source in general, it will help us building strong partnerships with like and openminded other Pcompanies." says Kris Buytaert, Senior Consultant at Pinuits
ABOUT PINUITS
Pinuits was founded in 2007 under the name Inuits. Pinuits is the leading Linux and Open Source integrator in Belgium. We help organisations design, implement, rollout, manage and support stable and scalable infrastructures and products based on Open Source technlogy. Inuits is operating from Belgium with Global Customers
For more information , contact Kris Kerremans or call +32 473 441 636, check www.pinuits.be, or follow us on Twitter or even better on Identi.ca
