BayLISA meets next Thurs, 18 Apr, 7:30 pm

Thu Apr 11 13:38:17 PDT 2002

  If you're the sort of person who knows for sure that they can't make it
  to something unless it's solidmly marked in their schedule, then get your
  pen, PIM, or stylus ready...

  BayLISA is meeting next week, on Thursday, in the evening.

        Topic    - Avoiding Drowning in Your Own Log Files
        Speaker  - Adam Sah
        When     - 7:30 pm until oh, 9:30 or so... expect to get out around 10.
        Where    - Incyte Genomics HQ
                   3160 Porter Drive
                   Palo Alto

... The Topic

   Server systems invariably write detailed activity logs, whose value is
   widespread... just creating or storing a million records is a problem,
   much less actually trying to get your real data back out of them.

   Adam will discuss what sort of weaponry has been tried on the modern 
   version of the paper tiger, the technology Addamark is trying to bring
   to the fray, and present, as he quotes Tom Lehrer "a modest example" --
   running SQL+perl in parallel across a cluster of Linux-based PCs.

... The Speaker

  Adam Sah bears an MS degree from Berkeley, where he specialized in 
  distributed databases and programming languages.  His MS thesis (compiling
  TCL) was accepted to the TCL language core in v8.0.   With years of 
  experience with the headaches of such large enterprises as Inktomi, Ovid 
  (now a division of Kluwer), Cohera (now part of PeopleSoft) and iPIX 
  (exclusive provider of eBay photohosting), Adam decided in 1995 to sign
  up for the super-max-pack size.  He is currently the co-founder and CTO 
  of Addamark Technologies, which makes software to manage enterprise log 
  data, a source of recurring nightmares for him since 1995.  :D

... The Place   

  Porter Drive is between Foothill Expressway and El Camino, along Page Mill i
  Rd.

  Travelling:
     south (From Foothill/280) -- turn right
     north (from El Camino)    -- turn left

  It's the third driveway on the right: 
     1. Wall Street Journal 
     2. right next to 3 
     3. silver monolith with Lockheed Martin and Incyte Genomics logos on it 
        - shiny enough that they're both hard to see.  

  Incyte is the building in the back.  We'll see you there if you can make it :)

... The Usual

  Do let us know on the wheels list, blw at baylisa.org, if you desire to borrow
  a past tape so we can bring it along.

  Enjoying the meetings?  Good :D  We now have two methods for membership:
  the good old fashioned "money in your pocket" method, make sure to bring
  your checkbook or visit the ATM in the cafeteria;  and the brand new, 
  online with Paypal method.  Either one will help us bring in speakers from
  all over the place and maybe even provide a little Hospitality at the area
  conferemces.  For everyone who's already a member, thanks!

  Corporate sponsorships are now being actively sought.  If your company would
  like to be known as a Sponsor of BayLISA contact Alberto Bagliomini via
  email to treasurer at baylisa.org, for details and the benefits.  Some present
  corporate sponsors have expired so there is room for new interest.

  A bunch of us like to go to a nearby restaurant afterwards for pizza, 
  sandwiches, snacks, drinks, and more conversation.  NOTE: This month we 
  intend to go to a new location... so make sure to stick around long enough
  for directions.

-* Heather Stern * Arch (secretary) BayLISA Board * http://www.baylisa.org/ *-