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Unigroup's November 2015 Meeting Announcements



UNIGROUP GENERAL MEETING

Topic:
Solaris 11.3 and SPARC M7 Processor Release Meeting

Speakers:
Pavel Anni, Solaris Hands-on Labs,
Jeff Victor, Principal Author of "Solaris 10 System Virtualization Essentials",
Oracle Corporation

Date:
Thursday, 19-NOV-2015      (** 3rd Thursday **)

Location:
The Cooper Union
School of Engineering   (*** NEW BUILDING ***)
41 Cooper Square    (3rd Avenue @ 7th Street, between 6th & 7th Streets)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City, 10003
Meeting Room: 502_CS    (*** 5th Floor ***)
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Time:
6:15 - 6:30 PM Registration
6:30 - 6:45 PM Ask the Wizard - Questions, Answers and Current Events
6:45 - 7:00 PM Unigroup Business
7:00 - 9:30 PM Main Presentation

Cost:
Please see the Fee Schedule below.


MEETING INTRODUCTION

** Note: Change of Plans: Our Intel contact had to postpone our planned Intel Architecture Roadmap Meeting, and we are working to reschedule that meeting for year 2016. We are pleased that we were able to find someone from Oracle to take over our November 2015 meeting.

Unigroup is pleased to announce our November 2015 meeting which will be our Release Meeting for the recent Solaris 11.3 Release and the new SPARC M7 Processor.


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DIRECTIONS

   Location:
      The Cooper Union  (http://www.cooper.edu)
      School of Engineering  (*** New Building ***)
      41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th Street, between 6th & 7th Streets)
      East Village, Manhattan
      New York City, 10003
      Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room May Change Month-to-Month)

   Located on the East side of Cooper Square.  Look for the
   new building with the non-traditional appearance.
   Entrance is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 7th Street.

   Building lobby sign-in is required at the guard's desk.
   Enter the building, check in with the guard at the lobby for
     directions to the Unigroup Meeting Room.

   Nearest mass transit stations are:
     '6'           to Astor Place (stops right at The Cooper Union),
                   then walk 1 block East and 1 block South.
     'R'           to 8th Street, then walk about 2 blocks East
                   then 1 block South.
     '4/5/N/Q'     to Union Square, then walk South and East.
                   or transfer to the downtown '6' to Astor Place.
     'B/D/F/V'     to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East.
                   or transfer to the uptown '6' to Astor Place.

   Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm.

   There are parking lots on Broadway, at (or just South of) 8th
   Street, across from the West side of Cooper Square, as well
   as various others in the area.


PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Topic: Solaris 11.3 and SPARC M7 Processor Release Meeting

Introduction & Description of Talk:

This presentation will cover recent news regarding the Oracle SPARC/Solaris platform. We will talk about new SPARC M7 processor and systems, new Oracle Solaris 11.3 release and SPARC virtualization technologies. We will also discuss Solaris workshops and hands-on labs that we use to get our customers up to speed with the new Solaris features and best practices.

Presentation Outline:

References & Web Resources:

  Oracle SPARC Servers:
    http://www.oracle.com/servers/sparc/index.html

  Oracle Solaris 11 Resources:
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/learnmore/index.html

  Oracle Solaris 11 Hands-on Labs (Oracle):
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/hands-on-labs/solaris-labs-1904205.html

  Oracle Solaris 11 Hands-on Labs (Youtube):
    http://www.youtube.com/user/OracleSolaris/playlists?sort=dd&view=50&shelf_id=2

  Oracle Home Page:
    http://www.oracle.com

  Jeff Victor's Blog @ Oracle:
    http://blogs.oracle.com/jeffv


SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Pavel Anni / Oracle Corporation

Pavel Anni has been working with Solaris since 1992, when he became the first authorized Solaris teacher in Russia. Since then he has changed many roles and even moved from Russia to the US, but he always worked with SPARC and Solaris technologies, spreading good words about them. Pavel runs series of Oracle Solaris Hands-on Labs across North America for about 3 years already and has trained more than 1400 people on Oracle Solaris 11 and SPARC virtualization. He believes that hands-on experience is the best way to learn new technologies. Pavel lives with his family in Alpharetta, GA. In his free time he enjoys running, hiking Georgia mountains and working with his ham radio gear.

Jeff Victor / Oracle Corporation

Jeff's 28-year computer career has included software development, system and network administration, and pre-sales consulting. His expertise in operating systems, virtualization and resource management is regularly requested by major corporations. He was the Principal Author of the book "Solaris 10 System Virtualization Essentials", and the creator of the "Solaris Zones FAQ" and the 'zonestat' open-source program. Jeff is a regular contributor and speaker at corporate and industry events. His blog can be found at http://blogs.oracle.com/jeffv. He received a Bachelor of Science degree (Computer Science) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. In his spare time, he builds and launches high-power rockets and manages automated wildlife cameras. He lives in New York with his wife and daughter.


COMPANY BIOGRAPHY

Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, sells, hosts, and supports database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure, hardware systems, and related services worldwide. Its hardware systems products comprise Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, networking, industry specific hardware, virtualization software, operating systems, management software, and related hardware services. The company also provides a range of services in three primary layers of the cloud: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service. Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.


GIVEAWAYS

Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR/Pearson, and O'Reilly have been kind enough to provide us with review copies of some of their books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways at our meetings. The publishers always ask that the persons receiving the books provide a review and/or feedback about their books.

Unigroup would like to thank both publishing companies for the support provided by their User Group programs.

As always, all of the books will be available for review at the start of the meeting.


FEE SCHEDULE

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FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS

Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes "wraps" such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled vegetables as well as assorted salads (potato, tossed, pasta, etc), cookies, brownies, bottled water and assorted beverages.


Please join us for this meeting, you won't want to miss it!

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