The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. ----- Next Meeting: Topic: Solaris 10 Containers & Virtualization Overview Speaker: John Ruhoff, Systems Engineer, Sun Microsystems Date/Time: February 15, 2007 7:00 pm Location: Sun Microsystems Bloomington Office - 2nd Floor Conference Room Synopsis: With the release of the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), Sun has taken a big step towards delivering functionality that can help address many of the challenges IT organizations face as they look to consolidate and virtualize the environment. Sun's Solaris 10 OS provides functionality that enables organizations to optimize system utilization levels, deliver extreme performance, consolidate the number of servers needed to run their enterprise and provide unparalleled security - all with relentless, around-the-clock availability. Sun will provide pizza for the group. Please send a note to djb at umn.edu if you're attending so that I can give them a count. NOTE: Meeting location has changed for this month -- we'll meet at Sun Microsystems Bloomington Office in the conference room on the 2nd floor of the building. About the Speaker: John Ruhoff, a 13 year vetran of Sun Microsystems, Inc., currently supports customers during the sales cycle from an architecture and technical requirements perspective. Prior to Sun, John spent a number of years with Data General in their Service Division. Previous areas of responsibilities included Data Center specialist, and prior to this he has invested in service delivery at Sun Microsystems. 2nd Floor Conference Room Sun Microsystems, Inc. 7760 France Avenue South - 2nd Floor Conf Room Bloomington, MN 55435 Tentative Meeting Schedule March 15, 2007 April 19, 2007 Directions: The Sun Microsystems Bloomington Office is at 7760 France Avenue South on the northwest corner of Hwy 494 and France Avenue in the Bloomington business district. From 494 eastbound, go north on France Ave. to 78th Street. Take a left (west) onto 78th Street and take a right into the Minnesota Center Complex. From 494 westbound, exit on France Ave. and cross France onto 78th Street. Take a left (west) onto 78th Street and take a right into the Minnesota Center Complex. - Parking Free parking is available in visitor parking or in the attached parking ramp. - Web map is at: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=7760+France+Avenue+South&city=Minneapolis&state=MN&zipcode=55435 For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: djb at umn.edu or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi djb at umn.edu 651-260-1770