[NCSA] NC*SA November Meeting TONIGHT: Achieving Virtualization Nirvana (Free Pizza Dinner with Apple iPod Door Prize)

[NC*SA Announcements List - Moderated]

*The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
organization (NC*SA) is Monday, November 10th, 2008. 
Details about the meeting are provided in this note.  

There will be **Free Pizza Dinner and Apple iPod Door Prize
for the lucky attendee at the end of this meeting. 
We hope to see you there!

                  NC*SA General Meeting
            7:00 pm Monday, November 10th, 2008
                    UNC-TV Conference Room
                Research Triangle Park, NC
     *** Note that meetings are no longer held at MCNC ***

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Topic:               *Achieving Virtualization Nirvana*

Presenter:         *Citrix Systems*

Matt Hensley

Systems Engineer -- Carolinas

Date:                *Monday, November 10, 2008, 7 -- 9pm*

Server virtualization is only one piece of the virtualization strategy. 
More and more IT organizations are rethinking their virtualization 
strategies to include desktop and application virtualization. They are 
looking to gain the most savings from their existing infrastructure 
investments while being able to efficiently deliver leading 
virtualization technology that will enable them to support their users 
and growing their business.

Please join *Citrix* as we share our thoughts on virtualization trends 
in the industry and introduce you to our strategy in addressing our 
customer's application, server and desktop virtualization needs. One 
area we'll highlight is how you can efficiently deploy server and 
desktop workloads by delivering them virtually and on-demand. 

*Citrix's Application Delivery Infrastructure* solutions enable IT 
organizations to virtualize application resources, manage them 
centrally, accelerate performance and securely deliver applications to 
users regardless of their location or device. Citrix will introduce you 
to industry leading solutions that will enable you to transform your 
application delivery infrastructure from a static environment to a model 
that is dynamic, agile and reduces operational costs.

·         *XenApp *-- The best way for IT organizations to deliver 
windows based applications for optimal application performance with 
flexible delivery options.

·         *XenDesktop *-- The next-generation, user-centric desktop 
virtualization solution that enables IT to dynamically deliver desktop 
environments on-demand.

·         *XenServer *-- The simplest and most effective way to 
virtualize servers to deliver dynamic data centers that respond to the 
changing demands of your business.

·         *Provisioning Server *-- Dramatically reduces the management 
and costs of deploying servers and desktops by dynamically provisioning 
server and desktop workloads on-demand.

We look forward to sharing our strategy with you and discussing some of 
the challenges you are addressing in your data center environments.
 

*Dinner will be provided and at the end of the night, there will be a 
drawing for an Apple iPod Nano!*

Sponsors:
UNC-TV- http://www.unc-tv.org
TriLUG - http://www.trilug.org

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Directions: http://www.unctv.org/aboutus/directions.html

 >From I-40 East (Chapel Hill/Greensboro/Charlotte):

    * Take Exit 279B (Durham Freeway/Highway 147 North).
    * Take the second exit (Alexander Drive).
    * Turn left at the traffic light at the top of the exit ramp.
    * Cross over the bridge and take the second right
      (approximately .5 mile).
    * At this point, you should see signs for UNC-TV.**

[Note: If traveling I-40 East, you will see Exit 279A (To Alexander 
Drive/Durham Freeway South). Please do not take this exit as you will be 
on the opposite end of Alexander Drive from UNC-TV and increase your 
travel time.]

 >From I-40 West (Raleigh/RDU Airport)

   1. Take Exit 279B (Durham Freeway/Highway 147 North).
   2. Take the second exit (Alexander Drive).
   3. Turn left at the traffic light at the top of the exit ramp.
   4. Cross over the bridge and take the second right
      (approximately .5 mile).
   5. At this point, you should see signs for UNC-TV.**


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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.