How it started
No bitcoins!
Don't know how many times I have to explain it is bitcon and not bitcoin... So don't expect any information here on bitcoins...
When I started my company in 2006 I needed a catchy name linking my name (Bart) with my mission IT CONsultancy.
BITCON.be was born.
If I had known, maybe I should have added that second ‘i’ in the name…
C’est la vie!
Build experience
Trusted Advisor
I started +25 years ago as an IT engineer installing Compaq ‘gear’… Name it and I probably installed it.
Through the years I saw my job role changing in becoming a trusted advisor in the design, installation and implementation of IT solutions, initially on-premises and now more and more hybrid solutions with the various clouds out there. And all these edges doesn’t make it simpler these days.
If you are stuck in your digital transformation journey, feel free to contact us, I am sure we will find the perfect solution for your IT challenges.
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Tech Geek
Home lab
One day I heard a story about 2 guys starting a company in their garage. Still a great story, that is what I did as well...
You know how it goes. You need to update the IT environment of a customer to the latest version and needs to get rid of the old hardware.
Well this is how I acquired my first DL 380 G1 server to start learning VMware at that time (must have been version 3.5 if I remember well).
Over time I got more hardware, got a Compaq rack for free, found on eBay a C7000 blade enclosure, was able to buy an HP 3PAR storage array (that yellow thing on the picture) from a company that went bancrupth, replaced the C7000 with HPE Synergy composable infrastructure, replaced that Synergy with hyperconverged HPE Simplivity (to optimize power consumption), added HPE Nimble storage and most recently HPE Alletra MP and 5010 storage through my strategic partner TD SYNNEX...
Will need to clean up things if I want to add more in the future. Or get a new rack 😉
Yes, I have solar panels on the roof of my garage aka my sustainable datacenter.
Never stop learning
Certified Instructor
I am convinced that you should not stop learning when you finish school. Still today I keep on following and learn about the latest technologies in IT. It is great to have a lot of knowledge and hold several certifications from many vendors, it is even better that you can share your knowledge with others to enhance their skills as well. I still remember my first training abroad (I was paid to travel!) which was a Compaq Insight Manager class in Budapest. Since then I traveled the world as a certified instructor (then for Compaq and afterwards HP and now HPE) spreading my knowledge to enhance the skills of the students in the physical and virtual classes. I stopped counting the number of classes and the countries that I visited meanwhile. In need of training? Feel free to contact us.
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Blog
My first post was an issue I had solved for one of my customers, but where I lost too much time in finding the right information on all those vendor websites.
Too much marketing, not enough facts that really help you.
Today I think it doesn’t became easier in this world where digital transformation keeps on going faster and faster
This is why I try to publish articles with no-nonse, no-marketing, no-ideal-world IT information. I always try to give the real facts and value of the solution that I am writing of. You can find any article through the Articles menu option in the top menu, also don’t forget to look at the various How-To articles.