Obsidian Systems, an established supplier of open source solutions, will take centre stage at Red Hat Day Cape Town 2025 on 12 March, where CIO Karl Fischer will deliver an insightful demonstration on the power of Ansible automation. Titled The Taming of the IT Shrew: Automate or Be Automated, Fischer’s session will reveal how Ansible simplifies configuration management, application deployment and security compliance. The session is designed to provide IT teams with insights on how to automate their infrastructure.
With companies increasingly turning to automation to manage complex IT environments, Fischer’s session will highlight real-world use cases, showcasing how Ansible can be leveraged to patch multiple machines simultaneously while integrating security insights using Mondoo, a compliance and vulnerability management platform. His live demonstration will illustrate how IT teams can detect common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) across an entire infrastructure, analyse security risks and deploy remediation strategies using Ansible's automation capabilities.
"IT teams today are under immense pressure to manage sprawling environments efficiently," says Karl Fischer, CIO of Obsidian Systems. "With Ansible and Mondoo, we can automate the identification of security vulnerabilities and deploy patches at scale. This turns a complex, time-consuming process into a seamless, automated workflow. At Red Hat Day, I’ll be showing how businesses can leverage these technologies to reduce risk, improve compliance and accelerate their digital transformation."
Red Hat Day Cape Town 2025 is a premier gathering of open source innovators, industry leaders and technology experts, offering attendees the opportunity to explore the latest advancements in automation, AI and cloud infrastructure. Obsidian Systems' presence at the event underscores its commitment to helping South African businesses harness the power of open source technologies to drive efficiency and security in IT operations.
Join Obsidian Systems at Red Hat Day Cape Town 2025
- Event Date: 12 March 2025
- Location: Hazendal Wine Farm, Stellenbosch, South Africa
For more details on Red Hat Day and to register for the event, click here.
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Obsidian Systems is an established supplier of Open Source software solutions. The company was started in 1995 as a modest services provider targeting businesses and organisations looking to integrate and leverage off Linux infrastructure.
Subsequently, the organisation has expanded by partnering with Autumn Leaf and RadixTrie.
The expansion of skills has seen the establishment of a formidable team finding ‘smarter’ ways to align our expertise for Enterprise Open Source solutions for you. This includes retail and subscription services; support and observability for managed services; consulting, architecting and software services across hybrid IT models for your business.
Obsidian Systems and its subsidiaries, Autumn Leaf, and RadixTrie strive to bring three legs to the South African market: the first being vendor-certified products; the second being local skills providing consulting, development, support and training; and the third being innovative offerings built on the latest open technology. With these three elements, any organisation can trust the enterprise open-source solution provided.
Obsidian Systems is a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowered supplier of open-source software solutions in South Africa. We help teams to get their code to the best platforms and the correct data.
Telephone: 0860 4 LINUX (0860 4 54689) Telephone (International): +27 11 795 0200 | Physical Address: Unit 5 Randridge Office Park, Ateljee Street, Randpark Ridge 2154, South Africa | Postal Address: P.O. Box 4938, Cresta, 2118, South Africa