[NCSA] NC*SA Monthly Meeting: The Value of Virtualization (12/14/09)

[NC*SA Announcements List - Moderated]

The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
Association (NC*SA) is next Monday, December 14th, 2009.
Details about the meeting are provided in this note.
We hope to see you there!

NC*SA General Meeting
7:00 pm Monday, December 14th, 2009
Location: Shodor's Conference Room
300 W Morgan St,
Suite 1150, Durham NC 27701
/ *** Note this meeting is relocated to Shodor's Office NOT UNC-TV ***/
Free pizza dinner will be served at this meeting along with other
handouts sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems.

Please also notice that this is the NC*SA Board Annual Election
meeting. Nominations are welcome.

Gold Sponsors:
FeatureTel: http://featuretel.com/

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

Topic: The Value of Virtualization
Speaker: David McCarty, Sr. Systems Engineer with Hitachi Data Systems

HDS has been working in the cloud environment for over 10 years now when 
it comes to storage. They are doing very fun and exciting things when it 
comes to storage and the speakers are going to discuss virtualization, 
cloud computing
and the pieces that make manageability much easier.

Speaker's BIO:
David McCarty is a Solutions Consultant based in the Charlotte, North 
Carolina Sales office of Hitachi Data Systems. Prior to joining HDS, 
David worked 3.5 years as a Technology Consultant for EMC covering the 
Mid-Atlantic Area. While at EMC David focused on BuRA 
(Backup/Recovery/Archive) solution sets with a keen emphasis on Archive. 
David was responsible for presenting and positioning EMC solutions at 
all levels of an organization.

Before joining EMC, David worked 5 years for EDS (Electronic Data 
Systems) as a Senior Solaris Administrator. He was hired specifically 
for his knowledge and expertise with the SUN Enterprise 10000. David was 
assigned as the primary technical contact for both the NASD and Nextel 
accounts. Responsibilities ranged from shell scripting to managing 
backups and performance tuning. David was often the go-to individual for 
making recommendations and setting direction for EDS clients in a 
Solaris environment.

David started his professional career as a Systems Engineer at PTG 
(Piedmont Technology Group), a small consulting company in Charlotte, NC 
that has since been bought by Forsythe. David was trained and installed 
multiple SGI systems before becoming the Solaris Expert for the company 
where he excelled, winning Rookie of the Year Honors.

Often singled out for individual accomplishments and holding multiple 
Certifications. David likes to focus on the Team aspect and seeks to 
share knowledge amongst his peers. This core belief is something David 
learned and developed in the Military.

David joined the Military straight out of High School and served over 10 
years of Active Duty as a Combat Engineer in the Army. Still a member of 
the Army Reserves, David has held key leadership roles ranging from Demo 
Sergeant to Drill Sergeant. David is currently serving as the First 
Sergeant for Bravo Company, 3/321st, 98th Division out of Fort Jackson, SC.

David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and a minor 
in Mathematics from Appalachian State University. He lives in Charlotte, 
NC with his wife Yong and their two children Nicholas (16) and Jasmine 
(14). They enjoy competing in local community running events, especially 
5k’s and 10k’s, and online gaming when not working.

David can be reached on his mobile at (704) 654-5384 or through e-mail 
at david.mccarty at hds.com

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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.shodor.org/parents/directions/ 
<http://www.ncsysadmin.org/directions>
also at:
http://www.ncsysadmin.org/
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