We wrapped up our spring tradeshows at the end of May. With the incoming heat of summer, we now prepare ourselves for a new lineup of shows and conferences. Here are a few that we have already attended and some we are gearing up for:

Last weekend, iXsystems employees participated in a fundraiser dodgeball tournament event for the Diabetic Youth Foundation. This was a charity event with all proceeds going to the Foundation and their mission to improve quality of life for diabetic children and their families. iXsystems team member, Shawn Cox, graciously offered to share his experience in this latest blog post:

This past weekend, iXsystems attended another successful Linuxfest Northwest conference in Bellingham, Washington. From the moment we crossed state borders, Washington’s endless span of greenery welcomed us. We have faithfully attended this show for over seven years, and every time we are warmly received by the diverse and friendly community at Bellingham Technical College.

This month’s issue of BSD Magazine highlights FreeNAS, the free and open source embedded NAS operating system developed by iXsystems. iX employees Dru Lavigne, John Hixson, Mark VonFange, and Annie Zhang contributed articles, and the featured interview is with Alfred Perlstein (iXsystems VP of Software Engineering and FreeNAS Project Leader).

Spring is teeming full of events this year. With boundless energy, iXsystems looks ahead to the lineup of spring tradeshows. Starting with April, we will have schwag at BSD Day in Naples, Italy, then have representation from several members of the iXsystems team at NAB, Write the Docs, and Linuxfest Northwest. In May, we’ll check out Interop, reunite with some old friends at BSDCan, and then head back south to Texas Linuxfest. We look forward to seeing familiar faces everywhere we go!

Three days, three hundred photos, and twenty-one cups of coffee later, iXsystems is finished with yet another conference. It’s been an amazing weekend at SCALE 11x and we enjoyed every moment of it. As our employees head back home, I’d like to recap our experience at SCALE this year.