[ale] Register now for LISA, Oct. 26-31, San Diego

[Terry Countryman]

} From: Peter Mui <pmui at usenix.org>
} Subject: Register now for LISA, Oct. 26-31, San Diego
} Date: 4 Oct 2003 01:42:58 -0400
} Organization: USENIX
} Keywords: LISA, USENIX, SAGE
} 
} Invitation to attend:
} The 17th Annual Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA)
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} 
} LISA returns to San Diego for October 26-31, 2003.  As always, the
} breadth and quality of this year's tutorials, refereed papers, invited
} talks, and participants is excellent.
} 
} 
} Some highlights:
} 
}     o Building Linux clusters for large data centers
}     o A Spam Mini-Symposium demonstrating new, effective tools and with
} 	    Q&A by the experts
}     o "Best of Breed" audit, management, operations and security
} 	    practices, with examples as implemented in large organizations
}     o Outsourcing: trends and pitfalls
} 
} 
} Professional TRAINING:
} 
}     Experts such as Marcus Ranum, Trent Hein, Ned McClain, Gerald
}     Carter, David Skoll, Mike DeGraw Bertsch and David Rhoades will
}     give you the information, techniques, tools, and strategies you
}     need to practice effective system administration today and
}     tomorrow.
} 
} 
} PAPERS and INVITED TALKS:
} 
}     Luminaries such as Gene Kim, kc claffy, Remy Evard and Moshe Bar
}     will present cutting-edge issues in topics such as:
} 
}     o improving computer security without loss of services
}     o real-world analysis of commercial backup and recovery tools
}     o designing and deploying a configuration and monitoring system at a global bank
}     o the theory and practice of large-scale configuration management
}     o automating switch and port configuration
}     o easy configuration of IPsec remote access
}     o security without firewalls
} 
} 
} Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and Work-in-Progress reports give you a
} preview of next year's news, or present fledgling work of your own and
} get feedback from the audience.
} 
} 
} KEYNOTE:
} 
}     eBay's Director of Availability and Performance Engineering, Paul
}     Kilmartin, will discuss the challenges of the auction site's highly
}     complex real-time computing demands.
} 
} 
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} WHAT:	Usenix's 17th Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA)
} WHEN:	October 26-31, 2003
} WHERE:	San Diego, CA, Town & Country Resort Hotel
} WHO:    System Administrators, Network Administrators, CIOs, CTOs,
} 	    Researchers, Tool Providers, Support and Help Desk personnel, etc.
} WHY:	To get to and stay on the cutting edge of computer system administration
} HOW:	http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa03/
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} 
} Multiple Employee Discount:
} 
}     Usenix offers a $195 per-person discount to organizations sending 5
}     or more employees to LISA:
} 
} 	e-mail lisa03_reg at usenix.org to get this discount for your group.
} 
} Register now for the best pricing!  Feel free to contact me anytime
} with questions.
} 
} Cheers, -Peter
} 
} Peter Mui
} USENIX Association
} 2560 9th Street STE 215
} Berkeley, CA 94710
} 510 548 8649 ext. 28
} pmui at usenix.org
}