In case you are interested, Sun is bringing the Sun Modular Datacenter - widely known as Project Blackbox - to Minneapolis next week. There are three event accompanying this visit. If you are interested, check out the reg sites below. *Sun Virtual Desktop Solutions and Sun Modular Datacenter (formerly Project Blackbox), 05/21/2008** *Protecting your data, minimizing risk, and securing your desktop environment is essential. But if the solution means holding users back from doing their job, then it just won't fly. That's why Sun Virtual Desktop Solutions soar. A powerful combination of Sun software and systems, plus leading virtualization technology from our partner VMware, provides the essentials. Your desktop is secure because it never leaves the datacenter. Save energy costs by replacing conventional power-hungry PCs in the office with Sun Ray virtual display client -- they use 1/20th the energy of a typical PC. Save time and money by managing a few centralized servers instead of hundreds or thousands of desktops. DATE: May 21, 2008 LOCATION: University of St. Thomas, Atrium - Schulze School of Entrepreneurship TIME: 8:30 AM Check In, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM TOURS: 8:30 AM through 5:00 PM REGISTER AT: http://www.suneventreg.com/cgi-bin/pup_registration.pl?EventID=2037 * Ruby Happy Hour* *and Sun Modular Datacenter (formerly Project Blackbox), 05/21/2008* Join us for happy hour and a discussion around the latest developments with Ruby on the Java Platform. Ruby and Rails represent the fastest-growing segment of the technical book market. JRuby on Rails brings the agility of Rails to Java technology-based servers and applications, from the simplest web applications to the largest enterprise deployments. It promises agility for web tier developers across all organizations, in addition to the ease of use and proven scalability of Java technology-based application servers. Presented by Charles Nutter and THomas Enebo co-leaders of the JRuby project. DATE: May 21, 2008 LOCATION: University of St. Thomas , Atrium - Schulze School of Entrepreneurship TIME: 4:30 PM Happy Hour, 5:15 - 6:30 PM Session, Tours available throughout REGISTER AT: http://www.suneventreg.com/cgi-bin/pup_registration.pl?EventID=2191 *Sun xVM and Sun Modular Datacenter (formerly Project Blackbox), 05/22/2008* Join Sun Microsystems at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis Campus for our next Solaris technology session covering xVM Server. While your there, you'll have the opportunity to tour Sun Modular Datacenter (formerly known as Project Blackbox). During this session, we'll provide a technical introduction to Sun xVM, Sun's overall brand for Virtualization and Management software. Sun xVM Server is a cross-platform, high-performance hypervisor derived from xen and now available in opensource. In addition, libvish has been added for ease of management. Sun xVM Ops Center is a cross-platform datacenter automation tool that unifies management of physical and virtual elements of the modern datacenter. Together, they comprise the Sun xVM Infrastructure, a unified solution for virtualization and management of server infrastructure. DATE: May 22, 2008 LOCATION: University of St. Thomas , Atrium - Schulze School of Entrepreneurship TIME: 8:30 AM Check In, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Session TOURS: 8:30 AM through 6:00 PM REGISTER AT: http://www.suneventreg.com/cgi-bin/pup_registration.pl?EventID=2191 -- <http://www.sun.com> * Cheryl Hatlevig * Midwest Area Marketing Manager *Sun Microsystems, Inc.* 7760 France Avenue South, Suite 950 Bloomington, MN 55435 US Phone x44125/+1 952 832 4125 Mobile 612-554-1242 Email Cheryl.Hatlevig at Sun.COM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080514/4f1da946/attachment.htm