<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(Hi: You're invited to the BayLISA Monitoring SIG, Weds Sept 12, 7PM. See the meeting announcement pasted below: feel free to post it and/or forward it along to anyone else who might be interested. Many thanks, and hope to see you there! -Peter)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=================================================</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sept. 2007 BayLISA Monitoring SIG: Data Integration</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Traditionally, acquiring the tools needed to create customized solutions�that featured data persistence, data stream cross-referencing,�cross-platform deployment, distributed architecture, and data�aggregation from across multiple network domains required extensive use�of proprietary software. (Consider the example of trying to merge Nagios, Ganlgia, SNMP, etc. data so that you can display it simultaneously.)��Roger Ruttimann, project lead for Foundation (<A href="http://gwfoundation.sourceforge.net">http://gwfoundation.sourceforge.net</A>/) will talk about�how Open Source components have�matured to the point where building enterprise-class data aggregation�and mining tools is relatively simple.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What: BayLISA Monitoring SIG X: Data Integration</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Who: Anyone interested in IT monitoring issues and tools (newbies particularly welcome!)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">When: Wednesday, Sept 12 2007, 7PM</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Where: GroundWork Open Source, 139 Townsend St., San Francisco</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">How: 139 Townsend St. is very near AT&T Ballpark. It is two blocks from the CalTrain Depot. Take the MUNI N, T or J trolley to 2nd and King (ballpark stop) or take the 30 or 45 bus (among others) crosstown. The Giants are playing a home game that evening (vs. Arizona, 7:15 start) so things will be hectic on the streets around GroundWork: street parking will be nonexistent, paid parking will be astronomically expensive, and public transportation will be slow and crowded: allow extra time for travel.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cost: Free!!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Abundant�pizza,� an extensive assortment of fine soft drinks, and lots of snacks will be provided by GroundWork. We'll open up the doors at 6:30 or so and start the formal part of the meeting promptly at 7PM.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">RSVP (not necessary, but helpful): Peter Mui,�<A href="mailto:pmui@groundworkopensource.com"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030D9">pmui@groundworkopensource.com</FONT></A>, 415 992 4573, <A href="http://www.groundworkopensource.com">www.groundworkopensource.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=================================================</DIV></BODY></HTML>