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LISA '11 training: VMWare vCloud

Submitted by Ben Cotton on November 15, 2011 - 6:03 pm

LISA '11's virtualization training series kicks off on Sunday with an all-day session focused on VMWare's vCloud product. vCloud allows administrators to set up internal clouds, run on external cloud providers, or use a mix of the two.

Ben Rockwood Interview

Submitted by Matt Simmons on November 15, 2011 - 5:55 pm

One of the benefits of being the "Blog Team Lead" is that I get to pick who I want to interview. The first person I selected was Ben Rockwood, long time blogger at Cuddletech and DevOps guru / practitioner. I've admired his writing for a long time, and I jumped at the chance to speak with him about his keynote address and DevOps in general.

 

 

LISA '11: Deb Nicholson on 25 Years of LISA

Submitted by Rikki Endsley on November 11, 2011 - 12:02 pm

Deb Nicholson has more than 15 years of non-profit management experience and got involved in the free software movement about five years ago. Currently she splits her time between MediaGoblin, a federated media-hosting start-up, Open Hatch, a non-profit dedicated to identifying and mentoring new free software contributors, and Harvard, where she is working on a graduate degree in Information Technology.

LISA '11: AEleen Frisch on 25 Years of LISA

Submitted by Rikki Endsley on November 9, 2011 - 1:10 pm

Æleen Frisch has worked as a sys admin for more than 20 years and is the author of Essential System Administration (now in its 3rd edition from O'Reilly). Currently, Frisch looks after a pathologically heterogeneous network of UNIX and Windows systems. Frisch was the program committee chair for LISA '03 and is a frequent presenter at USENIX events, as well as presenting classes for universities and corporations worldwide.

25 Years of LISA: Share your memories

Submitted by Rikki Endsley on November 9, 2011 - 10:28 am

In honor of the 25th annual LISA conference this year, we'll be sharing stories and memories from some of the speakers, organizers, and attendees who make each LISA such a success.  A note from LISA co-chair Tom Limoncelli:

The Limoncelli Test: 32 Questions for Your Sysadmin Team

Submitted by Rikki Endsley on November 8, 2011 - 10:52 am

LISA program co-chair Tom Limoncelli will be teaching a class based on this blog post at LISA 2011 in Boston, Dec 4-9, 2011. From his blog:

People often ask me how they can improve their sysadmin team. It takes only a brief discussion to find fundamental gaps that, when filled, will improve the teams's productivity and the quality of the service being provided.

USENIX on Google+ (and Facebook, and Twitter)

Submitted by Rikki Endsley on November 8, 2011 - 6:59 am

Are you on Google+? If so, be sure to check out our new page:
http://www.usenix.org/googleplus

Lots of other sys admin-friendly pages are popping up over there — which ones should we be sure to follow? Leave a comment to let us know.

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, too:
https://www.facebook.com/usenixassociation

And on Twitter:
twitter.com/usenix

LISA ’11: Amy Rich on 25 Years of LISA

Submitted by Rikki Endsley on November 7, 2011 - 1:16 pm

Amy Rich has been attending LISA since 1995. Formerly a columnist for Sys Admin magazine and the Senior UNIX Systems Administrator/Team Lead at Tufts University, Rich now works as Special Operations: RelEng Liaison at Mozilla Corporation.

USENIX Community

Submitted by Rikki Endsley on November 4, 2011 - 9:43 am

Over the years, I've had many opportunities to work with the USENIX organization and its members. As an editor for Sys Admin magazine, I attended some of the LISA events, which our publication helped sponsor. Several of our former Sys Admin authors are familiar faces at USENIX events, including Peter Baer Galvin and Amy Rich.

LISA '11 Poster Submission Deadline: 11/11/11!

Submitted by Rikki Endsley on November 4, 2011 - 8:59 am

LISA'11 poster sessions will be held:
Wednesday, December 7, 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 8, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

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