28.01.2026 –, TECH STAGE Sprache: English
Pro Mente Tirol, a 100% publicly funded NPO in healthcare sector, successfully migrated the majority of desktops to Ubuntu. Our strategy, planning and techn. expertise, combined with ext. professionals, provided the foundation for this success. With Univention as the server platform and Siedl Networks GmbH as the techn. and commercial interface, we found the perfect partners. The systems are now running on refurbed and new hardware: UCS, LDAP, Samba, NFS, PAM-auth., Ansible, Cockpit, Python, Nextcloud and Proxmox. Users were clearly informed and made aware of the implications of the migration.
Michael Astenwald studierte Geographie an der Universität Innsbruck. Dort wurde der Grundstein für seinen Hang zu open source gelegt. Viele Jahre administrierte und beriet er Klein- und Mittelbetriebe unterschiedlicher Branchen als selbstständiger IT-Unternehmer, bis er 2014 die IT-Leitung der pro mente tirol übernahm. Er etablierte dort ein hybrides Netzwerk aus freier und proprietärer Software, mit dem primären Fokus auf open source. Für den Berg muss der Tiroler aber immer Zeitfenster finden.
Michael Astenwald studied geography at the University of Innsbruck, where the foundation was laid for his inclination toward open source. For many years, he worked as a self-employed IT entrepreneur, administering and advising small and medium-sized businesses across various industries, until he took over as Head of IT at pro mente tirol in 2014. There, he established a hybrid network of open-source and proprietary software, with a primary focus on open source. As a true Tyrolean, he always has to find time to get into the mountains.