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
Internet of Things
The future of your smart home
by Maarten Ectors on 15 September 2016
You can’t hide from the Internet of Things [IoT] any more. IoT is mentioned in the press almost weekly now, if not daily. Even your grandmother is talking...
Internet of Things
Why open source matters to the IoT market
by Maarten Ectors on 15 September 2016
With everything becoming connected through IoT, security will be key to its success. And the best way to secure a system is to allow anybody to inspect the...
Internet of Things
Flying mobile base stations are coming to the UK
by Maarten Ectors on 26 April 2016
EE, the largest mobile operator in the UK and now part of BT, just announced a collaboration with Lime Micro, a leader in the next big phase of open source...
Internet of Things
When a projector and app-enabled software-defined radio cross paths
by Maarten Ectors on 7 April 2016
We had a chat with our head of IoT, Maarten, to discover what happens when a projector crosses paths with an app-enabled software-defined radio (limeSDR.org)...
Ubuntu
The Internet of Scary Things – #IoScaryT
by Maarten Ectors on 23 February 2016
Your broadband modem is likely vulnerable to critical security bugs that allow hackers to remotely control it and you are at their mercy because your telecom...
Cloud and server
NFV does not equal Hypervisor
by Maarten Ectors on 20 January 2016
Summary: This blog post will explain why network equipment providers are incorrectly investing in hypervisors to provide network function virtualisation and...
Cloud and server
The Top 5 Telecom Problems can be Solved
by Maarten Ectors on 20 November 2015
This year’s TAD Summit was a success but it was another sign that telecom operators are more likely to follow Kodak than become the next Google. The future of...
Internet of Things
Canonical Demos the power of IoT to developers with the Samsung ARTIK
by Maarten Ectors on 11 November 2015
Canonical and Samsung will be at this year’s ARM TechCon to show off the power of snappy Ubuntu Core on the Samsung ARTIK 5 and ARTIK 10 modules. The...
Internet of Things
#InternetOfToys – let the toy battles begin
by Maarten Ectors on 30 October 2015
Wouldn’t it be great to play with toys and get paid for it? If this sounds like music to your ears, then this blog post is for you. If you are a business...
Internet of Things
PiGlow API: one small snap for humanity…
by Maarten Ectors on 16 October 2015
Victor Palau created a very nice blog post around the PiGlow. With his permission we are reproducing it here. My first steps into snappifying, I have publish...
Internet of Things
Canonical launches new ‘#InternetOfToys’ initiative with partners
by Maarten Ectors on 2 October 2015
Internet of Things
Crowdsourcing the #AppEnabledHome: GE, FirstBuild and Canonical
by Maarten Ectors on 22 September 2015
IoT is changing the home. Soon you will have apps and app stores on any type of home appliance. Earlier this year, GE’s FirstBuild brought to market the...