[NCSA] NC*SA Monthly Meeting (06/08); Sun Solaris/OpenSolaris Roapmap and conjugation with Oracle

[NC*SA Announcements List - Moderated]

The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
organization (NC*SA) is Monday, June 8th, 2009. 

Details about the meeting are provided in this note.  
We hope to see you there!*
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Title: Sun Solaris/OpenSolaris Roapmap and conjugation with Oracle 

Speaker: Mike Watkins, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Location: Board Room, UNC-TV at RTP (Directions attached)
Date & Time: 7pm-9pm, Monday June 8th, 2009
Free Pizza dinner will be provided at the meeting. 

Outline: 
1. Solaris 10/OpenSolaris Roadmap
2. OpenSolaris unique features
3. Sun/Oracle the road ahead: acquisition and industry effects
4. General FAQ


Brief Bio: Mike Watkins is a Systems Engineer/Architect and works as a pre-sales technical advisor at Sun Microsystems. His background is in Telecom as he worked for Nortel Networks since 1999 until joining Sun last year. While at Nortel, he held various hardware and software positions focusing on Internet core switches and VoIP technologies. He has an EE degree from NCSU, is Solaris 10 certified and runs the RTP OpenSolaris User Group.

Sponsors:
UNC-TV- http://www.unc-tv.org
TriLUG  - http://www.trilug.org
SUN Microsystems, Inc.

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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.