Posted by Tim Inkpen on Jun 22, 2010
On June 17th, Pythian hosted the June of meeting of OVSAGE. This month, there was a presentation by Bill Stuart, CEO and VP Engineering , Karoly Molnar of Eseri. Eseri is a local Ottawa company that has integrated a full organization IT solution from the best of the world’s open source, from hosted Intranet to desktops to applications, and host it in the cloud for access on virtual desktops.
Essentially, Eseri provides an “office in a cloud”. Within the organizational cloud, clients have access to a wide range of tools, like wiki, documentation management and e-mail. All of the software used is proven open source products such as Ubuntu for the operating system, Evolution as the e-mail client and Mediawiki for the wiki.
The meeting focused on the technical aspects of Eseri’s offering. Eseri uses Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud as the basis for its architechture. Access is provide using NoMachine client software.
There was much discussion about security, with Eseri emphasizing that each organization is a completely separate entity, with all data being kept with the organizational cloud. Access to the cloud is protected by multiple firewalls. In addition each server/desktop has it’s own firewall enabled.
There was also a great deal of discussion about the tools Eseri applications and how these applications are upgraded. There was much interest in this area since some of the applications that Eseri provides (i.e. Drupal) have complex upgrade paths.
OVSAGE’s next meeting is scheduled for July 17th.
Posted by Tim Inkpen on May 13, 2010
Hi folks,
A quick note to say that The Ottawa Valley System Administrator’s Guild (OVSAGE) is holding its monthly meeting on Thursday May 20, at 7pm at Pythian’s Ottawa office in the St. Laurent Centre (Suite 261), just steps away from the Rainbow Cinemas (office entrance at the top of the escalator).
This month we will continue the OVSAGE’s Linux System Administration course. The first part of the meeting will cover installing and configuring the Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server. The second half of the meeting will be devoted to securing connections. Detailed notes for previous course sessions can be found on the OVSAGE website. Note that you need to be a member to access the previous sessions.
The meeting is free and all are welcome to attend. Hope to see you there!
Posted by Tim Inkpen on Feb 12, 2010
Pythian is hosting the February meeting of the Ottawa Valley System Admistrators Guild (OVSAGE). This free event is open to all those interested in System Administration.
Date
Thursday February 18, 2010
Time
Start: 19:00
End: 21:30
Location
Pythian Headquarters
Suite 261
1200 St. Laurent Blvd.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Directions
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Posted by Alex Gorbachev on Mar 26, 2009
Folks, we are looking to bring a Senior System Administrator on board in our Sydney office. If you are interested or know somebody who would qualify, please contact Pythian HR. Remember that we are not hiring by the years of experience but by the skills, dedication and passion.
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