Maarten Ectors
VP IoT, NG Networking & Proximity Cloud
Maarten Ectors is responsible at Canonical for Internet of Things, the next-generation of networking and cloud solutions that are in proximity of the user or at the edges of the network. Previously he was strategy director for cloud, big data and IoT. Maarten reports to Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical.
48 posts by Maarten Ectors
Cloud and server
The future of access networks
by Maarten Ectors on 16 September 2015
IoT, Docker, Big Data, Cloud, mobile apps, Video on Demand, etc. It seems like innovation is accelerating but without a roadmap, business plan or strategy....
Internet of Things
Pi-Cubes – App-Enabled HVAC Control
by Maarten Ectors on 9 September 2015
This is a guest post by the Cube-Controls team as part of “the startup stories”, a series of blog posts about how and why innovative companies are using...
Internet of Things
The App-Enabled Spider
by Maarten Ectors on 8 September 2015
This is a guest post by the Erle-Robotics team as part of “the startup stories”, a series of blog posts about how and why innovative companies are using...
Internet of Things
Meet Mycroft: Open Source Artificial Intelligence Powered by Snappy
by Maarten Ectors on 14 August 2015
This is a guest post by the Mycroft team as part of “the startup stories”, a series of blog posts about how and why innovative companies are using Ubuntu...
Internet of Things
The first app-enabled spider
by Maarten Ectors on 5 August 2015
If you are into robot spiders then the erle-spider is something to look forward to. It will be the first app-enabled Snappy Ubuntu Core and ROS powered robot...
Internet of Things
Java on Snappy
by Maarten Ectors on 3 August 2015
Snapcraft is a new tool allowing developers to easily and quickly package their favourite projects as Snappy Apps or Snaps. Since lots of enterprise...
Internet of Things
Spreedbox – most private video chat and file exchange
by Maarten Ectors on 30 July 2015
This is a guest post by Struktur AG. Today, most organizations use online services for communication and often have confidential data shared and stored with...
Cloud and server
More Juju, Big Data and Snappy Beauty from Dataart
by Maarten Ectors on 23 July 2015
What do you get when you combine Juju with Spark & Apache Zeppelin, Raspberry Pi with Snappy, Bluetooth Low Energy, DeviceHive and a TI SensorTag? Check out...
Internet of Things
Flying mobile base stations
by Maarten Ectors on 9 July 2015
Lime Microsystems builds open source hardware chips to enable any type of wireless communication, called software defined radio. Elre-robotics makes...
Internet of Things
Internet of Things
IoT World and the power of Snappy Apps everywhere
by Maarten Ectors on 19 May 2015
IoT World was an eye opener for many. The same open source operating system that everybody loves from the cloud now powered the first smart fridge with apps...
Internet of Things
First drone with apps – Ubuntu Core Drone
by Maarten Ectors on 11 May 2015
This is a guest post from Victor Mayoral from Erle Robotics. Erle-Copter: the first drone with apps powered by Ubuntu Core Over the last months and with the...