Maarten Ectors

Maarten Ectors

48 posts

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.

Maarten Ectors
5 August 2015

The first app-enabled spider

Article Internet of Things

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 spider. Curious to see what people will do with it  

Maarten Ectors
5 August 2015

Maarten Ectors
3 August 2015

Java on Snappy

Article Internet of Things

Snapcraft is a new tool allowing developers to easily and quickly package their favourite projects as Snappy Apps or Snaps. Since lots of enterprise developers are using Java for IoT, we wanted to show a preview of how to package a Java war, Tomcat and a JDK as a Snap. The video also shows how to deploy a

Maarten Ectors
3 August 2015

Maarten Ectors
30 July 2015

Spreedbox – most private video chat and file exchange

Article Internet of Things

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 service providers. Just think of Google®, Skype®, WebEx®, GoToMeeting®, BlueJeans® and many others. You may already have used these services to video conference,...

Maarten Ectors
30 July 2015

Maarten Ectors
23 July 2015

More Juju, Big Data and Snappy Beauty from Dataart

Article Cloud and server

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 the video from Dataart.

Maarten Ectors
23 July 2015

Maarten Ectors
9 July 2015

Flying mobile base stations

Article Internet of Things

Lime Microsystems builds open source hardware chips to enable any type of wireless communication, called software defined radio. Elre-robotics makes app-enabled open source drones with Snappy Ubuntu Core. Are you able to create flying mobile base stations? That is exactly what Lime did with an Erlecopter. Imagine...

Maarten Ectors
9 July 2015

Maarten Ectors
28 May 2015

GE’s First Build is the future of smart home appliances…

Article Internet of Things

First Build is the GE team that is responsible for the Chillhub, the first smart fridge with apps. The Chillhub runs Ubuntu Core and as such any Ubuntu developer can make Snappy Apps for it. This week part of the Canonical IoT team has been visiting First Build’s headquarters in Louisville and they have seen

Maarten Ectors
28 May 2015

Maarten Ectors
19 May 2015

IoT World and the power of Snappy Apps everywhere

Article Internet of Things

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 from GE, the first Ubuntu Core drone with apps from Erle-Robotics, industrial gateways with apps, Pengiun Computing professional top of the rack switches with apps,...

Maarten Ectors
19 May 2015

Maarten Ectors
11 May 2015

First drone with apps – Ubuntu Core Drone

Article Internet of Things

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 support of Canonical, Erle Robotics engineers have been working hard to bring the first drone with apps to the market. Last week Erle Robotics introduced...

Maarten Ectors
11 May 2015

Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

The power of Software Defined Networking appliances – SDNA

Article Internet of Things

For Mobile World Congress we purchased the cheapest Intel server with 6 ports from the Amazon Store: After installing Snappy Ubuntu Core and working with partners like Microsoft, F5, Dataart, Cybervision, Forgerock, ARM, Balabit, Zabbix, etc. and the Ubuntu Core engineering team, the server became this: A switch,...

Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

Uber meets IoT

Article Internet of Things

Thanks to Ninjablocks and their Ninjasphere, Uber meets IoT. Use gesture control to call for an Uber ride. Uber revolutionised the world of personal transport via an app on your mobile. Imagine the same power of apps onto any smart device in your home, business, city, etc. using the operating system you are already...

Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

Predictive Maintenance on Industrial Turbines Explained via Duct Tape

Article Internet of Things

In the world of IoT all consultancy slides talk about predictive maintenance as being the “Killer Industrial IoT App”. However Dataart took the theory to a very easy to understand demo thanks to some duct tape. Via the use of a simple accelerometer and their open source DeviceHive solution on top of Snappy Ubuntu Core and

Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

Maarten Ectors
27 March 2015

Autopilot Apps & Boards for Drones

Article Internet of Things

Drones are getting Snappy Autopilot Apps. On Indiegogo you can contribute to the PixHawk Fire (PXF). The PixHawk Fire (PXF) is an open hardware cape (daughter board) for the BeagleBone Black that allows you to create Snappy autopilot apps for drones. Behind the cape there is Erle Robotics, a startup based in Spain and led

Maarten Ectors
27 March 2015

Maarten Ectors
9 March 2015

Why Drones need Snappy Apps?

Article Internet of Things

Erle-Robotics just showed the world how Snappy Ubuntu Core can power the autopilot in their Erle-Copter drone and push drones to their limits. It is a really cool video but the message is a lot bigger. If you are a drone manufacturer or just a drone hobbyist, you might be an expert in building the

Maarten Ectors
9 March 2015

Maarten Ectors
11 February 2015

Ubuntu is Airborne

Article Internet of Things

Thanks to Erle Robotics Snappy Ubuntu Core is now airborne. See the first Ubuntu Core powered drone fly. Erle Robotics said the experience so far was amazing and Snappy Ubuntu is super lightweight.

Maarten Ectors
11 February 2015

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