SPARC Meeting - (S)un (P)rofessionals' (A)ssociation of (R)ichmond (C)omputer users
DATE: Thursday, June 26th, 2008
TIME: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. (note: our speaker will be slightly delayed)
MEETING SPONSOR - ***Sun Microsystems, Inc..***

REFRESHMENTS, DOOR PRIZES, NETWORKING, and VALUABLE INFORMATION!

June's Topic: Sun's Virtualization Technologies

Harry will present Sun's xVM virtualization technologies, including xVM Server and xVM Op Center. xVM Server is Sun's cross-platform, high efficiency, open source hypervisor capable of hosting multiple operating systems including Windows, Solaris, OpenSolaris, and Linux. It's built using technology from the Xen open source project as well as Sun's Logical Domains.

xVM Op Center is a complete, highly scalable datacenter automation tool that simplifies discovery, provisioning, updates and management of physical and virtualized assets in cross-platform Linux and Solaris OS-based x86 and SPARC environments.

Harry Foxwell ( Phd, Information Technology ) of Sun will be our presenter for the June meeting. Harry has presented to Richmond SPARC in the past and always provides a lively discussion as well as an in-depth view of Sun's latest open source technologies. Harry Foxwell is a Senior System Engineer for Sun Microsystems' Government division in the Washington DC area, where he is responsible for solutions consulting and customer education on Solaris, Linux, and Grid technologies. Harry has worked for Sun Microsystems since 1995. Prior to that he worked for 6 years as a UNIX and Internet specialist for DEC; he has worked with UNIX systems since 1979. He also maintains Sun's internal website of Linux technical information and has been a Linux user since 1995; he has been influential in developing and promoting Sun's Linux and x86 strategy and messages.

LOCATION: Genworth Financial in Building 4 (old 6630 West Broad St.) on the first floor (The Forum).  Genworth Financial is located on West Broad Street in the Brookfield Office Park. After turning at the light on Broad Street and entering the Brookfield Complex...you should stay in the left lane and turn left at the stop sign.  Follow the road around past the Sheraton to Building 4 toward the back of the campus. Turn left for Visitor Parking.  Additional parking is located on the far side of the building as well.  Please enter at the front main entrance.

For directions to 6630 West Broad St. go to the following URL:

http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=6630+West+Broad+St&tarcsz=Richmond,+VA+23230-1702&a mp;newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&doit=1

RSVP: Please send an email RSVP at RSVP@RichmondSparc.com. You can also RSVP via the web site. We need to have a list of attendees for the Security Guards at Genworth Financial. THANKS!

For additional information about the Richmond SPARC Users Group, please visit http://www.RichmondSparc.com/. We hope to see you there!