[Acm] NY LInux User Group meeting

Sun Feb 24 11:09:02 PST 2008

Hi all -

NY Linux User Group meeting coming up.

Cheers -
Matt

>Subject: [nylug-announce] NYLUG presents (2/27) Jim Gleason on KVM,	The Next Wave of Virtualization
>
>Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
>6:30pm-8:00 PM
>IBM
>590 Madison Ave, 12th Floor
>corner of 57th Street
>
>** RSVP Closes at 4:30pm the day of the meeting (sharp!) ***
>Please RSVP for EVERY meeting at this time.
>Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/
>Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge.
>
>PLEASE NOTE: This meeting is at IBM, not Google!
>
>
>                            Jim  Gleason
>                               - on -
>                  The Next Wave of Virtualization
>     Kernel-based Virtual Machine and its impact on the desktop
>
>  Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a Linux kernel
>  virtualization infrastructure and open source hypervisor that
>  provides both full and para-virtualization capabilities for Linux
>  on commodity x86 hardware that contain the virtualization
>  extensions from Intel and AMD.  KVM is currently implemented as a
>  loadable Linux kernel module.  In late 2006, it was first included
>  in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and and first shipped with OpenSuse 10.1
>  and Fedora 6.
>
>  Since is is part of Linux, KVM leverages the scheduler, memory
>  management and other key resources in the Linux kernel, unlike
>  VMware and Xen which must create their own custom mechanisms.
>  Thus, KVM development focuses exclusively on the next-wave
>  virtualization, while Xen and VMWare must also maintain these
>  'forked' non-Linux resources.
>
>  All of the core KVM developers, including Avi Kavity, work at
>  the firm, Qumranet, which launched a desktop virtualization
>  solution called Solid ICE that leverages KVM.  Qumranet is the
>  creator, maintainer and global sponsor of the KVM Open Source
>  Hypervisor Project.  Other high-ranking Linux kernel developers
>  such as Rusty Russell and Anthony Liguori of IBM, Ingo Molnar
>  of Red Hat, and Andrea Archangeli formerly of Novell, devote
>  most of their time to KVM development.
>
>  What is the Next Wave of Virtualization?
>
>  Qumranet has gone beyond conventional server virtualization
>  and application streaming by completely virtualizing end users'
>  desktop machines.  From a browser on a thin client or PC, users
>  access their desktop work environment over the network via a
>  virtual machine running on a centralized server.  The end result
>  is a seamless end user work experience, just like a physical PC
>  on a LAN.
>
>  This is a high-level talk which will focus on the breakthrough
>  Linux technology KVM, and its impact on the virtualization
>  market.
>
>  Further Information:
>
>  * KVM Homepage
>    http://kvm.qumranet.com
>
>  * Kernel-based Virtual Machine
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine
>
>  * KernelTrap interview with Avi Kavity
>    http://kerneltrap.org/node/8088
>
>  * Ubuntu chooses KVM
>    http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9867657-39.html
>
>  * Red Hat Endorses KVM
>    http://www.news.com/Red-Hat-endorses-KVM-virtualization/2100-1016_3-6159528.html
>
>  * KVM on OpenSuSE
>    http://en.opensuse.org/KVM
>
>  * LinuxJournal: Installing and Configuring KVM
>    http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9764
>
>About Jim Gleason:
>  Jim has been providing emerging technology to early adopters in
>  the Financial Serivces Sector for the past ten years.  Widely
>  regarded as the person who brought Linux to Wall Street, Jim sold
>  the first production Linux cluster to Goldman Sachs in 1998.  Jim
>  was also an early Internet pioneer having closed deals for the
>  first official web sites of Charles Schwab, VISA, and all of
>  Hewlett-Packard's original web sites in 1993.
>
>  Jim is also the Founder of the NY Linux Users Group and currently
>  works at Qumranet in the capacity of Vice President of Sales.
>
>Meeting Location:
>  Please note that this meeting will be held at IBM, 590 Madison Ave,
>  12th floor, corner of 57th Street, and not at Google.  This is
>  the building with the IBM logo on the front of the building.
>
>Map:
>  http://tighturl.com/m
>
>Books!!!
>  Our friends at Prentice-Hall kindly provide us with review copies
>  of various new titles.  One of these could be yours, all you have
>  to do is agree to review the book within a reasonable period of
>  time.
>
>Swag (Give Away):
>  During/after the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be given
>  away.
>
>Stammtisch:
>  After the meeting ... You may wish to join up with other NYLUGgers
>  over at TGI Fridays located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th
>  Street, second floor. Northeast corner.
>
>Python Workshops:
>  We are rounding up a group that wants to learn Python.  This would
>  be a great time to attend our workshop.
>  
>  Those interested in working on the new NYLYG Web site are
>  strongly encouraged to attend also.  Work has just begun on the
>  new NYLUG Jobs site.
>  
>  The workshops meet every other Tuesday, at the NY Public Library,
>  Hudson Park Branch.  66 Leroy St. NY NY from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
>  Next meeting is March 4th, followed by March 18th.
>  See the calendar at: http://tighturl.com/fp
>
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