(Sorry for the short notice… hope you can join us)

Topic: An Introduction to OpenSolaris and its Uses

When: November 11, 2009 6:00PM to 9:00 PM

Where: Boston University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Photonics Center Building – Room PHO 339 (3rd floor), 8 Saint Mary’s Street Boston, MA 02215 http://www.mapquest.com/maps?&city=boston&state=ma&address=8%20st.%20mary%27s%20street

Parking: Street parking available on St. Mary’s Street and Bay State Road. Metered parking spots do not require a fee after 6pm.

RSVP: To Ayse Kivilcim Coskun (acoskun at bu dot edu)

Registration Required! – so we can plan food and drink

Join Brian Leonard, Bogdan Vasiliu, Ayse Coskun, and Peter Galvin for an overview of OpenSolaris and its uses.

AGENDA:

6:00-6:20: Registration, Pizza and Beverages

6:20-6:30: Introductions: Peter Galvin, CTO, Corporate Technologies

6:30-8:00: What’s So Cool About OpenSolaris Anyway – Brian Leonard, Technology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems

8:00-8:30: OpenSolaris: Clusters and Clouds from your Laptop – Bogdan Vasiliu, Solaris HPC, Sun Microsystems,Inc.

8:00-8:30: Presentation: Solaris containers – Peter Galvin, CTO – IT Architecture, Corporate Technologies

8:30-8:45: OpenSolaris as a Research and Teaching Tool – Ayse K. Coskun, Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Boston University

8:45-9:00 Q&A and Discussion

- Also we’ll be giving out official NEOSUG T-Shirts and other trinkets, and copies of the OpenSolaris CD and instruction manual.

For more information please see the full announcement in the NEOSUG forum.

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