From 1bd4be47a34a952a79b338a313832ecdf65f60f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pim van Pelt Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 11:19:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Happy New Year, IPng --- content/_index.md | 5 +++-- content/about.md | 6 +++--- content/services.md | 8 ++++++++ hugo.yaml | 4 +--- 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index dcce2d6..1561dbc 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ to be connected to the industry both physically, in terms of software defined ne and software companies, and socially, to the Swiss and European networking community. IPng Networks GmbH provides networking consultancy, hosting, colocation, internet connectivity -options primarily tailored for the Zurich metropolitan area. +options primarily tailored for the Zurich metropolitan area. We are experts in self-hosting, and +on principle only use fully open sourced components to build and run our business. Rather than dazzle you with pictures of clouds, grandiose projections of our "global IP backbone", and other claims that small businesses make to appear larger than they are, we're happy to show what we know, what we own, and how we can help you accomplish your goals if you want to work with us. -### Keywords: SDN, WDM, IP, Network Design and Consultancy, Hosting, and Colocation. +### Keywords: VPP/FD.io, Network Design and Consultancy, (Self-)Hosting, and Colocation. We are proud of our network and the services we operate, because they allow us to provide predictable and reliable performance. We maintain and grow the network judiciously and with the diff --git a/content/about.md b/content/about.md index 30c8077..9af9bf9 100644 --- a/content/about.md +++ b/content/about.md @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ started his career as a network engineer in the Netherlands, where he worked for Intouch, Freeler, and BIT. He helped raise awareness for IPv6, for example by launching it at AMS-IX back in 2001. He also operated [[SixXS](https://www.sixxs.net/)], a global IPv6 tunnel broker, from 2001 through -to its sunset in 2017. Since 2006, Pim works as a Distinguished SRE at Google +to its sunset in 2017. Since 2006, Pim works as a Distinguished Software Engineer at Google in Zurich, Switzerland. In his free time, he goes [[Geocaching](https://geocaching.com)], -contributes to [[open source](https://github.com/pimvanpelt)] projects, and flies -model helicopters. +contributes to [[open source](https://git.ipng.ch/ipng/)] projects, and occasionally +flies model helicopters. diff --git a/content/services.md b/content/services.md index 537367c..379f0df 100644 --- a/content/services.md +++ b/content/services.md @@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ can help broker a deal that is tailored to your needs. You can read more about how we built our own colocation from scratch in this [[informative post]( {{< ref "2022-02-24-colo" >}})]. +### Self-Hosting + +For IPng it's important to take back a little bit of responsibility for our online presence, away +from centrally hosted services and to privately operated ones. We are experts at self-hosting, with +services such as [[Mastodon](https://ublog.tech)], [[Pixelfed](https://pix.ublog.tech/)], +[[Loops](https://flx.ublog.tech/)], [[PeerTube](https://video.ipng.ch/)], [[Mail]({{< ref +2024-05-17-smtp >}})] and myriad others. + ## Project Design / Execution {{< image width="15em" float="right" src="/assets/pdu19.png" alt="19 inch PDU" >}} diff --git a/hugo.yaml b/hugo.yaml index baf25cb..128f567 100644 --- a/hugo.yaml +++ b/hugo.yaml @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ params: showBlogLatest: false mainSections: ["articles"] showTaxonomyLinks: false - nBlogLatest: 14 # number of blog post om the home page + nBlogLatest: 20 # number of blog post om the home page Paginate: 30 blogLatestHeading: "Latest Dabblings" footer: "Copyright 2021- IPng Networks GmbH, all rights reserved" @@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ params: social: email: "info+www@ipng.ch" mastodon: "@IPngNetworks" - twitter: "IPngNetworks" linkedin: "pimvanpelt" github: "pimvanpelt" - instagram: "IPngNetworks" rss: true taxonomies: