[NCSA] NC*SA Meeting Tonight, Monday June 10 - Blade Technology and the IBM BladeCenter

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The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
organization (NC*SA) is Tonight, July 10th, 2006. Details about the
meeting are provided in this note.  We hope to see you there!

                   NC*SA General Meeting
               7:00 pm Monday, July 10, 2006
                     MCNC, Building #3
                 Research Triangle Park, NC
      *** Note that meetings are no longer held at RTI ***

Topic: Blade Technology and the IBM BladeCenter
Speaker: Mr. Scott Tease and Mr. Steven Hunter - IBM

Sponsors:  MCNC - http://www.mcnc.org
           TriLUG - http://www.trilug.org


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Abstract:

	This talk will include a review of IBM's leadership blade offerings
and how they fit into today's data center, with a focus on the products
and solutions that combine to deliver the most flexible and adaptable IT
platform available.  Discussion will include the installation of IBM's
BladeCenter, power and cooling issues, compatibility, and the future.

Biography:

Scott Tease, WW Product Manager IBM BladeCenter. Scott has owned IBM
blade products for over two years, he is also responsible for future
product offerings within the line. Scott has been with IBM for six years
with a background that includes data center/facilities management and fibre
channel storage experience. Scott is a North Carolina native, from
Jacksonville, NC. He is a graduate of NC State University (1990).

Steven Hunter

After completing his bachelor's degree at Auburn University, Steve
joined IBM in March 1984 where he was involved with the hardware and
software development of networking products.  Simultaneously, Steve began
working on his Master's degree at North Carolina State University, which
was focused on networking architecture and technology and was completed
in 1988.  In 1991, Steve moved into a development area to focus on the
architecture and design of network routing products and technology.  In
this position, Steve had responsibilities in both hardware and software
with emphasis on hardware architecture, networking protocols, and fault
tolerance.  Steve began working on his Ph.D. at Duke University in 1991
where his primary research interests were in the areas of high-speed
networking, distributed architectures, and fault tolerance. Steve
completed his Ph.D. in 1997.

Steve has most recently been a part of IBM's Systems x Group (previously
xSeries), where he has focused on server/network architecture and technology
as it applies to multiprocessor systems, interconnects, clustering,
autonomic computing, and high availability.  As part of this involvement,
Steve has been a contributor to IBM's Summit technology, the Infiniband
Architecture, the Software Rejuvenation technology and is one of the
original architects and designers for the IBM BladeCenter product. Steve
is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, a licensed as a Professional Engineer,
a Senior Member of the IEEE, an Adjunct Professor at North Carolina State
University, he holds patents spanning hardware and software, has published
numerous papers and has presented at a variety of conferences and symposiums.

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Our meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic
of the evening and/or system administration.  We will be providing food
and drink for the evening. If you have any questions please contact the
Steering Committee at:

 ncsa-steer at ncsysadmin.org

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Directions to the meeting are available on the web at
http://www.ncsysadmin.org/directions.