| Date: | Thursday, July 28th, 2005 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:00 PM |
| Location: | 100 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Room 1op104 |
Agenda:
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM: | Enterprise Grade Virtualization with Open Source Technologies - Keynote by Simon Crosby |
| 8:30 - 9:00 PM: | Members' Minutes |
| 9:00 PM: | Adjourn to IHOP for social & food time |
Simon Crosby - Enterprise Grade Virtualization with Open Source Technologies
Virtualization is a new and hot item to the world of Linux and
Windows. There have been, however, virtualization technologies for over
forty years starting with the IBM emulators for mainframes and later with
the CP67 and VM virtualizing operating systems.
Open Source operating systems like Linux offer the potential to make
virtualization fast, easy and a commodity by introducing the required
changes into the OS as part of the standard kernel. Fast virtualization
with a low overhead, furthermore makes it possible for the first time to
use it in production environments (rather than just test and development).
Xen, the leading Open Source virtualization technology has quickly
become a standard adopted by many leading ISVs to build comprehensive
data center efficiency and management solutions. This session will
provide an overview of Xen and discuss best practices for deploying it
to achieve enterprise grade virtualization.
Simon Crosby is the VP of Technology Strategy at
XenSource and
joined XenSource from Intel, where he was a Principal Engineer
leading strategic research in distributed autonomic computing, platform
security and trust. Previously Simon founded CPlane Inc., a network
optimization software vendor. At CPlane Simon held the roles of
President & CEO, Chairman, CTO and Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to
CPlane Simon was a tenured faculty member at Cambridge University, UK,
where he led research network performance and control and multimedia
operating systems. He is author of over 35 research papers and patents.
Members' Minutes
Members will have an opportunity to take a few minutes to...
- Describe their latest Linux discovery
- Ask questions and get help from other members
- Discuss Linux projects
You can just stand up and talk, or give a short demo or presentation. If you need audio/visual support for your Members' Minute, please contact Bill in advance to arrange for your needs.
Plus every Member who participates will get a
free book of their choosing from Addison-Wesley or O'Reilly (while supplies last).
Please add your book reviews to our fledgling
Linux Book Reviews page.
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