{"id":29032,"date":"2019-09-19T11:43:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T10:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=29032"},"modified":"2019-09-20T11:17:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T10:17:18","slug":"obsidian-systems-end-to-end-coverage-of-open-source-week-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2019\/09\/19\/obsidian-systems-end-to-end-coverage-of-open-source-week-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsidian Systems&#8217; end-to-end coverage of Open Source Week 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Obsidian Systems, a leading South African open source firm and provider of OS technology and services, has confirmed its Diamond Sponsorship of the acclaimed and much-anticipated Open Source Week, managed by the organisers of PyConZA, LinuxConfZA and PostgresConfZA tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Source Week runs from October 7 to 11 at The Wanderers Club in Johannesburg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 7 |&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linuxconf.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinuxConf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 8 |&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/postgresconf.org\/conferences\/SouthAfrica2019\" target=\"_blank\">PostgresConf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 9-11 |&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/za.pycon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">PyConZA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the world\naround us becomes smarter, from virtual assistants to everyday household\nappliances, Obsidian is working toward keeping the market a step ahead \u2013\n\u2018smarter\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With key\ntrends in collaboration, automation, cloud computing and data, Obsidian is\nusing its past in Linux to build open solutions for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The message\nfrom the company is that globally, businesses are moving towards a transparent,\nsingle touch integrated world and it is time to think beyond open-source code \u2013\nand to think of open systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Obsidian is expanding its offerings across the various layers of technology, we have also seen an increase in the value of Open Source Week from infrastructure to the contribution of Python to the community,&#8221; said Muggie van Staden, MD at Obsidian Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPartnering with Red Hat, Redis, Gitlab and Chef, we are thrilled to be delivering various tutorials and deep dives into solutions for DevOps, automation and the power of abstract data structures,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Source\nWeek will feature industry-leading talk schedule, workshops and side-events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Running\nparallel to the talks are side-events organised by Obsidian including a GitLab\nsession, a DevOps How To with the Obsidian Team and Ansible Workshops with Red\nHat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obsidian Systems, a leading South African open source firm and provider of OS technology and services, has confirmed its Diamond Sponsorship of the acclaimed and much-anticipated Open Source Week, managed by the organisers of PyConZA, LinuxConfZA and PostgresConfZA tracks. 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