Zabbix Innova Challenge Gathers Students in Mexico
March 20, 2024
The Zabbix Innova Challenge hackathon took place from March 14 to March 16 in Mexico City and brought together students from all across Mexico. A member of the team with the best project will have the opportunity to participate in the Zabbix Conference Latam 2024 in São Paulo, Brazil.
The finals of the Zabbix Innova Challenge, organized by the Fundación Para Desarrollo Digital y Conocimiento Abierto (DEDICA) and sponsored by Zabbix, gathered 125 students for a Hackathon at the National Technological Institute of Mexico, Campus Iztapalapa (Mexico City).
In total, 125 students from 19 universities took part in a three-day immersion for the development of projects involving Zabbix.
Miguel Ángel Acosta, Chief of the Computing Systems Department at the Technological Institute in Iztapalapa and the professor responsible for the project, considers the initiative essential for the academic and professional development of students. "We have participation from students from the entire central zone of the country, south and southeast, from Chiapas, Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, Puebla, State of Mexico, and Mexico City," Acosta comments.
The hackathon projects used Zabbix to address issues across 4 different verticals, with two related to data visualization and cybersecurity, one specific to supporting the biodigester system of the Technological Institute of Iztapalapa, and the last related to applications in local Mexican companies.
"Open-source technologies offer professional development alternatives for our talent and even the possibility of generating new leaders in technological innovation" said Manuel Haro, president of the DEDICA Foundation and organizer of the event. In addition to mentorships for project development, participants attended lectures focused on technology, business models, and Zabbix functionalities.
At the hackathon's opening event, Fernanda Moraes, Communications and Marketing Manager for Zabbix Latin America, presented the company's mission and shared the importance of educational movements like the Zabbix Innova Challenge with the students. "Developing educational projects is part of the collaborative essence that we work on in our business model,” said Moraes. “It’s something fundamental that supports the development of the technological community." Since the beginning of Zabbix's operations in Mexico, the company has been offering educational scholarships to students from various regions of the country as part of the cooperation agreement signed with the DEDICA Foundation in March 2023.
The theme is one of the objectives for the company with operations in the region. "Education is a fundamental part of the collaborative culture we support for the democratization of technology, and sponsoring projects like this is an important movement for us,” says Luciano Alves, CEO of Zabbix in Latin America. “It is rewarding to see the students' progress in such a short time and realize that our cooperation will yield more fruit in the future."
In total, the Zabbix Innova Challenge awarded over 70 educational scholarships for the 3 best projects selected in each of the 4 verticals, including complete Zabbix Certified User, Zabbix Certified Specialist, and Zabbix Certified Professional training sessions. The investment made by Zabbix in the development of technological talent is approximately $80,000.
For the in-person event, 33 projects were selected. The winning team, comprised of students from the Higher Technological Institute of the West of the State of Hidalgo (ITSOEH) in Mexico, developed the project “Energy Monitoring in a Smart Building.” The proposal is aimed at the vertical "Development of the Visual Layer of Zabbix: Dashboard and Widgets."
In addition to being awarded Zabbix certifications, the winning team of the hackathon gets the opportunity to select a participant to represent the team in person at the Zabbix Conference Latam 2024, which takes place in São Paulo, Brazil this June.
The members of the “Aquajet” team, winner of the best project:
Leader: Cira Yesenia Martínez Hernández
Hackers: Fernando García Moreno
Angela Victoria Gonzalez García
Victor Jesus González Valencia
Jesús Arturo Díaz Isidro
Yuritzi Aislin Valenzuela Felipe
About Zabbix Company
Established in 2005, Zabbix LLC is a global software development company. The company’s flagship product is Zabbix – an enterprise-class, open-source distributed monitoring solution.
Zabbix LLC also provides a wide range of commercial services such as technical and consultative support, Zabbix integration, implementation, and customized development services, and Zabbix professional training. The company’s focus is on a flexible approach to customer needs and the ability to deliver world-class services at affordable prices.
Zabbix has over 250 partners around the world, as well as a large portfolio of customers in multiple industries, including several Fortune 500 companies.
Website: www.zabbix.com