MVMUA 115, January 27, 2003
Location:NYC
Be sure to read the new security guidelines for
Information Builders Corporate Headquarters.
Metropolitan VM Users Association 115
January 27, 2003
Information Builders Corporate Headquarters
NOTE ==============> 24th Floor - 2 Penn Plaza <============ NOTE
7th Ave, and 32nd St.
New York City, New York
(Right above Penn Station)
The time will be from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:55 AM Meeting Opening - Bill Munson
Welcome to the first meeting of 2003
9:00 AM David Boyes - Sine Nomine Associates
In the continuing quest to find more cost-effective
methods of exploiting computing within organizations,
virtual servers represent one method to take a shot
at operational expenses.
What happens next?
The talk will focus on some interesting options for
leveraging distributed resources under the control
of centralized systems, allowing any-to-any applications
that provide a secure, stable method of deploying
applications into distributed networks of computers,
and a look at a way to control user information and
provisioning across diverse systems -- including real
and virtual systems -- without tying your enterprise into
the Active Directory quagmire.
David's been lab-bound again ... get ready for more
not-so-crazy ideas that may change how you do business
... again.
David's presentation
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM Tracie Paul and Ken Lowenstein - VMWare
VMware is the first company to make mainframe-class
virtual machine technology extensible to the Intel
Architecture. With virtual machines now available
from the desktop to data center servers, companies
are using VMware Software throughout their enterprise
to solve many infrastructure needs including:
Server Consolidation, Disaster Recovery,
and Reducing Test and Development turnaround time.
Introductions
Brief VMware Company History
Key Features of VMware Software
Isolation and Stability
Hardware Independence
Encapsulation
Portability
VMware in the Enterprise
Desktop Solutions - VMware Workstation
Test and Development
O/S Migration
Legacy Application and O/S Compatibility
Technical Support
Training
Sales Demonstrations
Server Solutions - GSX Server and ESX Server
Server Consolidation
Test and Development
Disaster Recovery
High Availability
New Solutions on the Horizon -- ESX 2.0 and VPX Software
VMware Customer Success Stories
VMware Demonstration
11:45 AM LUNCH break
There are plenty of places for LUNCH close to IBI
1:15 PM Alex deVries - LINUXCare
Addressing Cultural Barriers in Deploying Linux on VM
While Linux on z/VM is gaining momentum in enterprise
data centers, there are still significant barriers to
adoption preventing many companies from taking the plunge.
The most significant of these barriers results from
potential cultural conflict between the various teams --
typically distributed systems, mainframe, and networking -
within the IT organization who are involved on the actual
implementation.
In order to successfully deploy Linux on z/VM, these
potential hazards must be confronted headon from the start
This session will reflect on real user experiences from
enterprise companies who have faced these challenges,
and will also offer different solutions on how to minimize
the threats to Linux on z/VM deployment.
Alex's presentation
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM Romney White - IBM
z/VM Control Program Update
The newest releases of z/VM, Version 4 Releases 2.0 and
3.0 include many enhancements to the z/VM Control Program.
These include new support for Linux guests, virtual
networks and guest connectivity, as well as technological
enhancement for IBM eServer zSeries servers.
This session will describe the latest advances in zSeries
virtualization technology in detail.
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM Art Olbert - LINUXCare
Open Source and the Mainframe in the Data Center
Open source technology appears to be revolutionizing
many aspects of customer IT deployments. The use of
open source solutions on the mainframe at first may
seem strange or odd. When customer business motivations
are understood, and the strengths and weaknesses of
the technologies are considered, the meshing of these
technologies into viable solutions can make sense.
These perspectives are presented and discusses,
providing guidance to, if, and how to use open source
on the mainframe in the data center.
Art's presentation
4:45 PM Questions and Answers and the IBM give away's.
We still have 30th Birthday T-Shirts provided by CA.
5:00 PM thank you very much.
Please Note the meeting will be in the NEW Information Builders
Conference Center in the same Building just on a different floor.