Monday the 29th March Dries Buytaert, founder of Drupal, will be visiting the London ‘Drupal Beer and Chat’ from 7pm to 11pm.
He will give a short presentation, followed by a question and answer session and then a few drinks.
It is free to attend and open to anyone interested in the world of OSS, especially Drupal. To attend please register here:
Register at http://btosaccelerate.eventbrite.com/
You’ve heard about the economic and technical benefits of open source software, and perhaps even made the decision to go with open source-based solutions. But you are also aware of some big issues that need to be addressed, perhaps framed by a degree of fear, uncertainty and doubt.
You might be unsure as to what support options are available. You may have concerns about Intellectual Property indemnification. And you’ve possibly read of cases where people have fallen foul of the licensing conditions attached to open source software.
For sure, Open Source Software presents enterprises with an unprecedented range of benefits. But with it come considerations and obligations: support, Intellectual Property and licensing amongst them. These need not be onerous, but you need to have a good, thorough understanding of them and the implications.
This conference will cover these key issues about open source software and will show how enterprises can accelerate effective and appropriate adoption.
BT has joined forces with Canonical (the creators of the market leading desktop Linux distribution), IBM and Moorcrofts LLP to bring you a full agenda that is designed to be both enlightening and practical. Speakers will include Mark Shuttleworth, the CEO of Canonical and founder of Ubuntu Linux, Adam Jollans, Open Source Strategy Manager at IBM, and JP Rangaswami, BT’s Chief Scientist, as well as Andrew Katz, Partner at Moorcrofts LLP. There will also be a panel Q&A session chaired by long-time open source expert and author, Glyn Moody.
It’s a great line up and we hope you will be able to join us.
Kind regards,
Jeremy Ruston, Head of Open Source Innovation, BT.
Full details and booking on-line booking at:
http://www.ukuug.org/events/zenoss/
The purpose of this workshop is to get delegates started with Zenoss.
The product will be installed in a VMware environment and the main functions
of Zenoss will be explored through a series of practical exercises, using a
combination of real and virtual devices.
Discovery:
Zenoss can discover specific devices, any devices on a given network, and
ranges of devices. They can be classified into different types (such as
Router, Linux Server); they can also be displayed on a network map.
Availability: Availability polling can use ping, SNMP, WMI and ssh commands.
In addition, TCP/UDP ports can be checked, Windows and Unix/Linux processes
can be monitored along with Windows services.
Events:
The Zenoss Event Console provides several views into the events database,
filtered by device, event type or configured for a particular user. Events
can be Acknowledged or Cleared and automation can be setup to alert via email
or pager. Event actions can also be created.
Performance and reporting:
Zenoss provides out-of-the-box collection of basic performance data which can
be further customised. Standard performance graphs can be enhanced and
customised reports can be created to augment those provided by Zenoss.
The workshop aims for at least 80% hands-on time.
No previous knowledge of Zenoss is assumed. By the end of the workshop,
participants should have a working Zenoss installation with basic
customisation and an appreciation of how to further customise for their own
environment.
Workshop Presenter: Jane Curry has been a network and systems management
technical consultant and trainer for 20 years. During her 11 years working
for IBM she had both presales and consultancy roles spanning the Tivoli
availability products.
Since 1997 Jane has been an independent consultant working with many
companies, both large and small, commercial and public sector. Over the last
5 years her work has been more involved with Open Source offerings, with
Zenoss featuring heavily in the last 18 months. She has written a number of
indepth technical papers on Zenoss, available from:
http://www.skills-1st.co.uk/papers/jcurry.html
She was awarded the title of Zenoss Master by Zenoss in February 2009.
****NOTE: Delegates will need to bring their own laptops running a version of
VMware.
****NOTE – Places on this workshop are limited and early booking is advised
Venue: Imperial Hotel, Russell Square, London
Practical Erlang Programming covers the basic, sequential and concurrent
aspects of the Erlang programming language. You will learn the basics of how
to read, write and structure Erlang programs. The target audience are software
developers and engineers with an interest in server side applications and
massively concurrent systems.
for full description, prices and on-line booking form go to:
UKUUG Spring 2010 Conference & Tutorials
23-25 March in Manchester
Call for Papers
UKUUG’s annual Large Installation Systems Administration (LISA) conference
will take place in Manchester from 23-25 March 2009.
This is the UK’s only conference aimed specifically at systems and network
administrators. It attracts a large number of professionals from sites of all
shapes and sizes. As well as the technical talks, the conference provides a
friendly environment for delegates to meet, learn, and enjoy lively debate on
a host of subjects.
Tutorial
The conference will be preceded by a tutorial or extended workshop. Recent
past conferences have included sessions on: Perl for Systems Administrators;
IPv6; Linux HA; Perl 6; Samba and Kerberos.
If you would like to offer a tutorial that might interest our target audience,
please submit a proposal by email to spring2010@ukuug.org
Conference
We are currently accepting proposals for talks; so if you are a systems
administrator or developer, we want to hear from you. We are seeking papers
covering all aspects of systems and network administration, including:
security and audit
authentication and authorisation
operating systems
ethics and legislative compliance
storage solutions
network file systems
databases and directory services
nomadic and wireless computing
benchmarking and performance tuning
configuration management
scripting and task automation
cluster management
If you have a novel solution to a problem, experience of a particular
application or hardware platform, tips and tricks for fellow systems
administrators, or a favourite tool you could talk about, please submit a
paper for consideration by the programme committee.
Talks should include a high level of technical content and not involve sales
pitches.
Significant Dates
Initial closing date for abstracts: 15th November 2009
Accepted speakers notified by: 22nd November 2009
Final date for all talk materials to be submitted: 28th February 2010
To offer a talk, or make enquiries about a partially formed idea, email
spring2010@ukuug.org.
Objective: Introduce participants to Open Source ERP solutions, compare Open Source and Proprietary ERP, discover how to implement Open Source ERP, review case studies and learn how to evaluate ERP for your organisation.
Date: Monday, 24 August 2009 – 0930 – 1600 (lunch included)
Venue: British Computer Society, First Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA
Cost: £65 Non Members, £55 Members
Agenda:
– What are the features that make an ERP?
– What is open source?
– Review of the leading open source ERP solutions
– Analysis of the ERP solution marketplace (open source & proprietary)
– What to look for in an open source ERP product
– Tour of an open source ERP
– Implementing open source ERP
– Managing ERP implementation
– Features of a typical open source ERP adopter
– Case studies
– ERP and the business eco-system
– Q&A
– Close
Presenter Profiles:
Michael Judd is an Accountant and has held roles such as European Financial Controller and Manager of Global Financial Systems in FTSE 100 businesses before entering consulting in 2002. Michael has worked with Cable & Wireless, Barclays Bank, British Telecom and many medium sized organisations to deliver process efficiencies and better leverage ICT platforms. Michael is a specialist in designing & implementing business eco-systems based on open source platforms. Michael is a Director of Akuna Ltd, a business consultancy leading the UK in leveraging professional open source technology.
Web: www.akunagroup.com
Norbert Wessel is CEO of metas, Germanys leading ADempiere ERP Implementor and co-founder of the German ADempiere society where he serves the board. Norbert has presented at major events like Cebit, Linuxtag (Germany), OpenExpo (Switzerland), Profoss (Brussels) and others.
Web: www.metas.de
How to Join:
To join the conference or for more information please contact Michael Judd on 08444 84 3590 or via this form.
Objective: Introduce participants to the Open Source ERP ADempiere, learn how to use ADempiere including the purchasing, sales and accounting processes, discover how to customise & implement ADempiere, receive advice on how to minimise risks and get the most out of your implementation.
Date: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 and Wednesday, 26 August – 0930 – 1630 (lunch included)
Venue: British Computer Society, First Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA
Cost: £440 Non Members, £400 Members
Agenda:
Day 1: - Navigating ADempiere - Administering master data - Material management - Pricing - Sales processes - Purchasing processes - Accounting Day 2: - Modelling business processes - ADempiere technology stack - Reporting engines - Discover the Application Dictionary - Customising ADempiere
Presenter Profiles:
Michael Judd is an Accountant and has held roles such as European Financial Controller and Manager of Global Financial Systems in FTSE 100 businesses before entering consulting in 2002. Michael has worked with Cable & Wireless, Barclays Bank, British Telecom and many medium sized organisations to deliver process efficiencies and better leverage ICT platforms. Michael is a specialist in designing & implementing business eco-systems based on open source platforms. Michael is a Director of Akuna Ltd, a business consultancy leading the UK in leveraging professional open source technology.
Web: www.akunagroup.com
Norbert Wessel is CEO of metas, Germanys leading ADempiere ERP Implementor and co-founder of the German ADempiere society where he serves the board. Norbert has presented at major events like Cebit, Linuxtag (Germany), OpenExpo (Switzerland), Profoss (Brussels) and others.
Web: www.metas.de
How to Join:
To join the conference or for more information please contact Michael Judd on 08444 84 3590 or via this form.
UKUUG & O’Reilly presents:
Advanced DNS Administration Using Bind9 – a one-day tutorial
Tuesday 13th October, 2009
Tutor: Jim Reid
Venue: Imperial Hotel, Russell Square, London WC1B 5BB
see: http://www.ukuug.org/events/dnstutorial09/
for full course details, delegate fees and on-line booking form
Note – Early booking is recommended as this tutorial will be very popular
This event is organised by: UKUUG Ltd., UKUUG is the UK’s Open Systems User Group, for people who care about open IT standards and the systems that implement them. UKUUG promotes education and understanding through its newsletter, regular briefings and conferences. It is independent of any industry groupings and not-for-profit. It values intelligence, thoughtfulness and long-term thinking rather than immediacy and froth.
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