Peninsula Linux Users' Group Meeting, Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Mon Jul 25 09:15:13 PDT 2005



    Peninsula Linux Users' Group, Thursday, July 28, 2005

      We have a meeting of the Peninsula Linux Users' Group (PenLUG) this
      week!  Here are the details about the next meeting.  For more
      information or directions go to http://www.penlug.org/

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      Date:     Thursday, July 28th, 2005
      Time:     7:00 - 9:00 PM
      Location: 100 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
                Room 104

      Agenda:
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      7:00 - 8:30 PM: Presentation by Simon Crosby:
                      "Enterprise Grade Virtualization with Open Source
                       Technologies"
      8:30 - 9:00 PM: Members' Minutes
      8:45 - 9:00 PM: Adjourn to IHOP (Belmont) for social & food time

      Presentation by Simon Crosby:
      "Enterprise Grade Virtualization with Open Source Technologies"
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      Open Source operating systems like Linux offer the potential to make
      virtualization fast, easy and a commodity by introducing the required
      changes into the OS as part of the standard kernel. Fast virtualization
      with a low overhead, furthermore makes it possible for the first time to
      use it in production environments (rather than just test and development).

      Xen, the leading Open Source virtualization technology has quickly become a
      standard adopted by many leading ISVs to build comprehensive data center
      efficiency and management solutions. This session will provide an overview
      of Xen and discuss best practices for deploying it to achieve enterprise
      grade virtualization.

      Simon Crosby is the VP of Technology Strategy at XenSource and joined
      XenSource from Intel, where he was a Principal Engineer leading strategic
      research in distributed autonomic computing, platform security and trust.
      Previously Simon founded CPlane Inc., a network optimization software
      vendor. At CPlane Simon held the roles of President & CEO, Chairman, CTO
      and Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to CPlane Simon was a tenured faculty
      member at Cambridge University, UK, where he led research network
      performance and control and multimedia operating systems. He is author of
      over 35 research papers and patents.


      Members' Minutes
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      Members will have an opportunity to take a few minutes to...

          * Describe their latest Linux discovery
          * Ask questions and get help from other members
          * Discuss Linux projects

      You can just stand up and talk, or give a short demo or
      presentation. If you need audio/visual support for your Members'
      Minute, please contact me in advance to arrange for your needs.

      We have a limited number of books courtesy of Prentice-Hall and
      O'Reilly to give away as an added inducement to participate in this
      portion of the meeting.  :-)

      RSVP
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      Although it is NOT required, we like to have an idea of how many
      people to expect, so if possible please email rsvp at penlug.org if
      you are planning to attend.

      Bill Crooke
      PenLUG Speaker Coordinator