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Here is the schedule for the rest of 2008, but please check back for updates:

Past Meetings

Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 1:00-4:00
An Overview Of Server Virtualization

Ken Moreau, HP

This seminar surveys the server virtualization technologies available in the industry today, including hard partitioning, soft (virtual) partitioning, micro-partitioning and resource partitioning. The goal of the session is to give you an overview of the major virtualization technologies which are available from the major vendors, seeing where they are the same and where they are different. You will learn the common functions which all of the virtualization technologies perform, see where they are the same and where they are different on each platform. We will discuss technology at length, but also cover management, automation, licensing, security, and how to choose the right technology for a specific business problem.

Speaker Bio: Ken Moreau has been with the combined HP for almost 30 years, starting with Digital Equipment in 1979 as an Educational Services developer of Computer Based Instructional software. Ken was with the VAX DEBUG group for 4 years, and transferred to a PreSales Solutions Architect position in 1990. Ken has focused on high availability solutions across the industry for the last 10 years, and has been an OpenVMS Ambassador since 1992.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 1:00-4:00
Blades; Virtual Connect; System Management; Virtualization

Location: HP Bethesda

Please come join us for lunch and an afternoon of technology discussions. HP will sponsor lunch for all attendees. The afternoon will provide an abundance of information regarding blade system architecture (Itanium & X86), Virtual Connect technology and systems management tools; all designed to help you break away from those days of continuous fire drills. The event will conclude with a discussion around the next wave of virtualization - virtual desktop interface / server based computing.

Agenda:

12:00 Lunch (Please, join us for a complimentary lunch prior to the meeting.)
12:30Welcome and Encompass Update - Nina Buik, President of Encompass

Nina will be visiting ESILUG to give us an update on Encompass, ESILUG's parent organization. She'll talk about the new combined international HP user group, code-named Endeavour. She'll also describe the new social networking tool Encompass is offering, and she'll talk about the HP Technology Forum & Expo 2008, to be held June 16-19 in Las Vegas.

12:45Blade architectures:
  • Technical overview (Itanium & X86 Systems/Storage)
  • Why are blades the fastest growing segment in the industry?
  • What can blades do for you?
Virtual Connect technology: virtualizes connections between blade servers and network infrastructure
  • Why is it important to me?
  • Technical overview
Systems Management
  • Single pane of glass? consolidating the management of a multi-vendor IT environment
  • System management modules / components
  • How to be pro-active in monitoring systems
  • How to manage your systems remotely
The next wave in virtualization
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): a desktop replacement solution using virtualization
  • What is it?
  • Where is it being utilized?
  • Benefits and items to watch out for
3:45Q&A

Guest Speakers for the Meeting:

Richard Nieves
Sr. Technical Consultant / Systems Management Ambassador
Hewlett Packard Company
Richard has been in the industry for more than sixteen years spending the last nine years with Hewlett Packard Company. While Richard holds vast knowledge of the entire HP product portfolio, he specializes in infrastructure virtualization and systems management. Richard is responsible for the technical advancement, education and infrastructure consulting at some of HP's largest customer in the United States. Aside from his knowledge in the systems architecture arena, he holds a multitude of industry certifications from various industry partners, such as, VMware, Microsoft, Cisco

Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 1:00-4:00

Location: HP Greenbelt

OpenVMS and Security Topics

John Smith of HP, a frequent ESILUG speaker over the years who always has good stories to tell, will cover these topics:

Tuesday, August 21, 2007, 11:30-4:00 (lunch at 11:30)

Join us for some informal networking before the meeting, with lunch provided by HP.

IT Transformation: Virtualizing Mission Critical Apps & Building a Future-Ready Data Center

Location: HP Greenbelt (directions available)

Speakers from HP will talk about virtualization in the data center.

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