Tarus Balog
| Tarus Balog | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Group_photo_with_Tarus_Balog_(crop).jpg Balog in 2017 | |
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59)[1] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[2] |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Harvey Mudd College[3], various[4] |
| 💼 Occupation | CEO[4] |
| 📆 Years active | 2001–present |
| Known for | OpenNMS, open-source advocacy |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Tarus Balog (born 1966) is an American open source advocate, software developer, commentator and blogger.
He is the lead maintainer of the OpenNMS project.
Early life and background[edit]
Balog was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to parents of Hungarian extraction.[2][5] He spent his childhood in Asheboro, North Carolina.[6] In 1984 Balog graduated from high school at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.[7]
OpenNMS[edit]
Oculan and Sortova Consulting Company[edit]
In September 2001, Balog joined Oculan, which was developing the open-source OpenNMS network management software framework under the leadership of the project's founder and the original chief technologist Steve Giles.[8][9][10] His role was to build a business around support and services for OpenNMS, as a complement to Oculan's previous channel-only approach to selling its line of OpenNMS-powered network management appliances.[8][9]
In 2002, Oculan discontinued work on the OpenNMS open-source project, turning its focus solely to its appliance business. Concerned that the project would die without a caretaker, Balog requested to become the new project maintainer. Giles agreed, on the condition that Balog leave Oculan the same week.[8]
Balog developed the software project further, gained customers and recruited a group of volunteer core developers while operating as Sortova Consulting Company.[8] Eventually he moved his employment and the OpenNMS assets to a local Internet service provider, where he continued to work on the project until 2004.
OpenNMS Group[edit]
In 2004, CEO Balog founded The OpenNMS Group along with the president David Hustace and the chief technology officer Matt Brozowski.[8] With the exception of a five-month period in 2013, Balog has been the company CEO since its founding.[11] The company has its headquarters in Apex, North Carolina, with satellite offices in Georgia in the US, Ontario in Canada and in Germany.[12]
Advocacy and writing[edit]
Industry and open-source conferences[edit]
Balog frequently speaks at conferences concerned with open-source software and network monitoring and management.
He has spoken at the Southern California Linux Expo in 2007, 2010 (as keynote speaker) and 2015.[3][13] In 2009 and 2014, he delivered talks at the Open Source Monitoring Conference in Nuremberg, Germany.[14] He has spoken at SouthEast LinuxFest in 2011, 2013 (delivered keynote) and 2015.[15] Balog spoke at Indiana LinuxFest in 2011 and at Ohio LinuxFest in 2011, 2012, and as keynote speaker in 2017 [16] and speaker [17].
Published writing and blogs[edit]
As of January 2018[update], Balog has written 14 articles for Opensource.com[18]. In a 2009 blog post, he popularized the term fauxpen source as a satire of the open-core business model.
References[edit]
- ↑ Reed, Benjamin (January 10, 2016). "Tarus's 50th Birthday Party (January 10, 2016)". Flickr. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Balog, Tarus (5 February 2013). "Super Bowl". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Speakers". SCALE 13x. Linux Expo of Southern California Inc. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tarus Balog". Opensource.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ↑ Balog, Tarus (22 March 2013). "It's Friday, So This Must Be FInland". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Balog, Tarus (14 April 2009). "Neo-Hippies?". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Balog, Tarus (11 June 2014). "30 Years". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Balog, Tarus (1 September 2007). "Happy Anniversary". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "New Company Aims to Transform Network Management Market". Oculan.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2001. Retrieved January 4, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "OpenNMS - Free and Open Network Management Software". Archived from the original on May 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Balog, Tarus (1 August 2013). "I Lost My Job!". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
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- Friend, David (6 January 2014). "Ron Louks Hired By Blackberry To Head Device Group". huffingtonpost.ca. HuffPost News. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Contact - The OpenNMS Group, Inc". OpenNMS.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Southern California Linux Exposition - Speakers - Tarus Balog". socallinuxexpo.org. Linux Expo of Southern California. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
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- "So, You Think You Want to Start an Open Source Business". socallinuxexpo.org. Linux Expo of Southern California. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "OSMC 2009 - Talks". NETWAYS GmbH. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
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- "OSMC 2014 - Talks". NETWAYS GmbH. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "SELF2011-Schedule" (PDF). southeastlinuxfest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter
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- "SELF-2013-Schedule-Final" (PDF). southeastlinuxfest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2018. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)
- "2015 SouthEast LinuxFest Final Schedule" (PDF). southeastlinuxfest.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Speaker List 2011". Indiana LinuxFest. Archived from the original on February 25, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2018. Unknown parameter
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- Balog, Tarus (28 August 2011). "Ohio LinuxFest 2011". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- "Meet the Penguin Track". ohiolinux.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- "Tarus Balog to Keynote Ohio LinuxFest 2017". ohiolinux.org. June 17, 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "So, you think you want to start an Open Source business". lata.org.lv/.
- ↑ "Tarus Balog authored content". Opensource.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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