[lugip] Thur February 7th 2008 meeting: Software as a Service" (SaaS) the end of System Administration?

[William Bilancio]

Topic: Software as a Service" (SaaS) the end of System Administration?

Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008, 7:00pm (social), 7:30pm (discussion)

Speaker: Tom A. Limoncelli

Description:
Tom will present talk about his new book, the 2nd edition
of the award-winning "The Practice of System and Network Administration"
and will discuss how "Web 2.0" and "Disintermediation" affects the IT
world. How can we complain that the RIAA is applying out-dated laws to
new technology, yet at the same time pride ourselves in enforcing
policies born from the mainframe era? Is SaaS the disintermediation that
will eliminate system administration or free our users?

About the speaker:
Tom A. Limoncelli is an internationally known author and speaker on many
topics, including system administration, networking, security, and
grassroots political organizing. A system administrator since 1988, he
now speaks at conferences around the world on topics ranging from
firewall security to time management. He has worked for Google,
Cibernet, Dean For America, Lumeta, Bell Labs/Lucent, AT&T, and Mentor
Graphics. He and Christine Hogan co-authored The Practice of System and
Network Administration (Addison Wesley). He holds a B.A. in Computer
Science from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, USA. He publishes a
blog on EverythingSysadmin.com.

Location: Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library,
Community Room 2, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Take a break from the daily routine and meet with friends and colleagues.