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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK - UNIX USERS GROUP - MARCH 2013 ANNOUNCEMENTS
==================================================================
------------------------------------
1. UNIGROUP'S MARCH 2013 MEETING NOTICE
------------------------------------
When: Thursday, March 21st, 2013 (*** 3rd Thursday ***)
Where: The Cooper Union <http://www.cooper.edu>
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Ave @ 7th St, bet. 6th & 7th Sts)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City
Meeting Room: 505_CS (5th Floor)
** Please RSVP ** (Note: Room Changes Month-to-Month)
Time: 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Registration
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM Ask the Wizard, Questions,
Answers and Current Events
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM Unigroup Business and Announcements
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
Cost: See the Meeting+Membership Fee Schedule Below.
----------------------------------------------
Topic: Linux Remote Desktop Access using NoMachine NX
----------------------------------------------
Speaker: Robin Polak
<http://robinpolak.com>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRODUCTION:
-------------
Unigroup's March 2013 meeting will continue on our Post-SuperStorm
Sandy theme, and will be on Remote Access / Remote Desktop.
At past meetings, we have discussed VNC / Virtual Network Computing
and its use for Remote KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) / Remote Desktop.
NX is another alternative, which makes use of the existing X11
stack found on most Unix/Linux/BSD graphical systems.
We are also planning a future talk on Failover+Multipath Network
Routing, which should happen given speaker availability.
We are also working on a Field-Trip meeting on Data Centers,
to hopefully include a Data Center Tour. We are currently
working with a local Datacenter Vendor, to hopefully hold this
meeting in the upcoming months. This meeting may happen on
a non-3rd Thursday too, so keep an eye out for it.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
---------------------
Most Unigroup meetings are open to the public!
To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by using the Unigroup
Registration Page:
http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html
This will allow us to automate the registration process.
(Registration will also add you to our mailing list.)
Please avoid Emailed RSVPs.
Please continue to check the Unigroup web site and meeting page,
for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. If you
registered for this meeting, please check your Email for any last
minute announcements as the meeting approaches. Also make sure
any anti-spam white-lists are updated to _ALLOW_ Unigroup traffic!
If you block Unigroup Emails, your address will be dropped from
our mailing list.
Also, if you have an interest in Unigroup, be sure to receive
Unigroup information DIRECTLY from Unigroup, via direct receipt
of Emails and by visiting the Unigroup Web Site. NO OTHER SOURCE
provides timely, accurate and complete Unigroup information.
Please RSVP as soon as possible, preferably at least 2-3 days
prior to the meeting date, so we can plan the food order.
RSVP deadline is usually the night before the meeting day.
Note: RSVP is requested for this location to make sure the guard
will let you into the building. RSVP also helps us to
properly plan the meeting (food, drinks, handouts,
seating, etc.) and speed up your sign-in at the meeting.
If you forget to RSVP prior to the meeting day, you may
still be able to show up and attend our meeting, however,
we cannot guarantee what building security will do if
you are "not on the list".
-------------------------------------------------------------------
MAIN PRESENTATION
-----------------
Topic: Linux Remote Desktop Access using NoMachine NX
Introduction & Description of Talk:
-----------------------------------
NX provides Remote Desktop access for Linux with the same
performance as Windows Remote Desktop Client. All of the
encryption used with NX may be provided with OpenSSH.
NX compression reduces X11 latency and traffic, and adapts
bandwith usage depending on network conditions.
Outline of the Talk:
--------------------
1) Configuring a Linux machine to be a NoMachine NX server.
2) Overview of the individual components of NoMachine NX.
3) Open Source components.
4) Best practices for configuring SSH
(Disabling root access, using keys rather than passwords,
listening on an alternate port, etc).
5) Installation and configuration of NoMachine NX Client.
References & Web Resources:
---------------------------
NoMachine NX Installation
http://www.nomachine.com/installation.php
NoMachine NX Components
http://www.nomachine.com/documents/intr-components.php
NoMachine NX Sources
http://www.nomachine.com/sources.php
NoMachine NX Clients
http://www.nomachine.com/documents/client/install.php
NoMachine NX Free Edition Downloads
http://www.nomachine.com/products.php
http://www.nomachine.com/download.php
NX Technology @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_technology
FreeNX Project / Open Source NX Server
http://freenx.berlios.de
NeatX / Open Source NX Server
http://code.google.com/p/neatx
OpenNX Project / Open Source NX Client
http://opennx.sourceforge.net
VNC / Virtual Network Computing @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vnc
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Speaker Biography:
------------------
Robin Polak <http://robinpolak.com>
Robin Polak began his career in the academic field for 10 years,
entering into IT as a Network Technician where he maintained the
cabling plant for Manhattan College. From there he progressed
into overseeing the network operations for two campuses as
Manhattan College and the College of Mount Saint Vincent joined
forces. Upon the dissolution of the joint department at which
point the colleges became once again separate entities he took
on the role of Network Manager at the College of Mount Saint
Vincent. Since then, he has entered the world of High Frequency
Trading with his current employer Lime Brokerage. Here he is
part of a well oiled team which supports the day to day data
center operations as well as supporting the staff at the NYC-based
business office. Through this journey in IT, he has grown as a
capable Linux Administrator and honed his skills in managing
complex network environments. His preference lies in Linux
Administration. He really enjoys working with free and open
source software to craft enterprise class solutions to business
needs. In addition to working with the software, he also enjoys
taking part in the community through attending and contributing
to user groups such as Unigroup, NYCBUG, and NYLUG to name a few.
Like many IT workers, he also has had the pleasure of becoming
intimately familiar with Microsoft Corporation's product
offerings as well, including MS-Exchange, MS-Office, as well as
their wide variety of Windows flavors. Robin is a Unigroup
member, and also serves on Unigroup's Board of Directors.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Giveaways:
----------
Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR, 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 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:
-------------
Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and User Group,
and its members pay a yearly membership fee. For Unigroup members,
there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting fees) during
their membership year. Non-members who wish to attend Unigroup
meetings are usually required to pay a "Single Meeting Fee".
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
Student Yearly Membership (with current! ID): $ 25.00
Non-Member Single Meeting Fee: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with! ID): $ 5.00
* Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
! Students: We are looking for proof that you are
currently enrolled in classes (rather than working
full-time), and as such, your Student ID should show
a CURRENT date. We have been presented Student IDs
containing NO dates whatsoever, and in the
current environment, perpetual/non-expiring access
to university facilities just does not feel right.
If your ID contains no date, please bring
additional proof of current enrollment. Thanks,
NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does
NOT indicate membership in Unigroup.
Members: Remember to bring your Unigroup membership card with
you to the meeting, to confirm your yearly renewal date!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Food:
-----
Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served.
This normally 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 SOFT beverages.
** However, our long-time caterer has closed shop, so the nature
of the food service at our meeting may change. If anything,
we will fall-back to pizza+soft drinks, but we are currently
investigating other catering options.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Directions:
-----------
The Cooper Union <http://www.cooper.edu>
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th St, between 6th & 7th Streets)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City, 10003
Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room Changes 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 7 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 Unigroup (the room varies from month-to-month).
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.
'4/5/6/R/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South and East.
'B/D/F/V' to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East,
or take the new transfer to the uptown '6'.
Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm.
There are also parking lots on Broadway, at (or just south of)
Astor Place (8th Street).
-----
Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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2. PRIOR MEETINGS
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** Formal Thank You's to our previous speakers will appear
in an upcoming announcement. Unigroup issues a "Thank You"
to all our speakers and sponsors!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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3. LOCAL TRADE SHOWS AND EVENTS
----------------------------
a) PGDay NYC 2013 - PostgreSQL Conference
======================================
Dates: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 (THIS WEEK)
Fri, Mar 22, 2013
Where: ACE Hotel, NYC
For information about the conference and training visit:
http://pgday.nycpug.org
Our friends at the NYC PostgreSQL Users Group are holding a conference
THIS WEEK, here is their announcement (note the UserGroup DISCOUNT code):
: From: Mason Sharp
: Subject: PGDay NYC 2013 - One Day PostgreSQL Conference March 22
:
: The New York City PostgreSQL User Group proudly announces a fantastic
: speaker schedule for PGDay NYC 2013 on March 22 at the ACE Hotel in New
: York City. The 2012 conference was extremely successful and based on
: feedback, we added even more content to the 2013 conference
: including talks from 4 of the 6 PostgreSQL Core team members.
:
: Breakout sessions provide attendees with an opportunity to
: dive deep into a variety of PostgreSQL topics including:
:
: * Database Administration
:
: * Developing Applications
:
: * Cases Studies and Cloud Deployments.
:
: Speakers include:
:
: * Will Leinweber, Heroku. Topic: "Embracing the Web with JSON and PLV8"
:
: * Denish Patel, Lead Database Architect, OmniTI. Topic: "Deploying
: PostgreSQL on Amazon EC2 :: A Case Study"
:
: * Magnus Hagander, PostgreSQL Core Team. Topic:
: "A look at the Elephants Trunk - PostgreSQL 9.3"
:
: The full schedule can be found at: http://pgday.nycpug.org/schedule/
:
: In partnership with our platinum sponsor EnterpriseDB,
: we are pleased to offer a training session on
: March 21, 2013 at 10am entitled "Data Processing Inside PostgreSQL"
: presented by Bruce Momjian. More information on the training
: can be found at: http://pgday.nycpug.org/training/
:
: You can register at http://pgday.nycpug.org/registration/.
: Use discount code "LINUXNYC" and receive a 10% discount.
:
: We look forward to seeing you on March 22!
b) 2013 Low Latency, Big Data, Cloud, HPC, Networks for Wall Street
================================================================
Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2013
Where: Roosevelt Hotel, NYC
For information and complimentary online registration visit:
http://www.flaggmgmt.com/linux
c) LOPSA-East 2013 (Formerly PICC) Local Systems Administration Conference NJ
==========================================================================
Dates: Fri, May 3, 2013
Sat, May 4, 2013
Where: Hyatt Regency Hotel
New Brunswick, NJ
For information about the conference and training visit:
http://lopsa-east.org
Here's the announcement from our friends at LOPSA-NJ:
: From: LOPSA-East 2013
: Subject: Early Bird Registration ending soon for LOPSA-East 2013!
: (formerly PICC) May 3-4, 2013, New Brunswick, NJ
:
: Register early and save! http://lopsa-east.org Space is limited!
:
: Early Bird Registration ends April 1st for the 2013 LOPSA-East
: conference, May 3-4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in
: New Brunswick, NJ.
:
: IT professionals from the tri-state area and the entire east coast
: will be joining us for the most talked about community-driven IT
: conference of the year.
:
: You can find out more at http://lopsa-east.org
:
: LOPSA-East begins Friday with an entire day of training offered by
: world class instructors. We have half day sessions on Team Efficiency,
: Configuration Management, Basic and Advanced PowerShell,
: IPV6 migration, and much more! The conference continues on Saturday,
: with more half day training sessions along with 45 minute presentations
: from invited speakers, 5 minute lightning talks, and
: 'birds of a feather' discussions on participant selected topics.
:
: The entire training schedule can be found at:
: http://lopsa-east.org/2013/lopsa-east-training/
:
: Register now! Save up to $197 by registering during the Early Bird
: pricing! Even larger discounts are available for students.
:
: For more information and to register visit http://lopsa-east.org
:
: ---------------------------------------
:
: LOPSA-East (http://lopsa-east.org) is produced by The New Jersey chapter
: (http://lopsanj.org) of the League of Professional System Administrators
: (LOPSA) (http://lopsa.org). This will be the 4th annual conference, being
: held May 3-4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, NJ.
d) CloudCamp at Cloud Expo NYC
===========================
Date: Mon, Jun 10, 2013
Where: Javits Convention Center, NYC
For information and complimentary online registration visit:
http://www.cloudcamp.org/ny/370
http://cloudcamp-ny-2013.eventbrite.com
** As in prior years, it looks like CloudCamp attendees receive a
complimentary Cloud Expo pass!
e) Cloud Computing Expo / Big Data Expo
====================================
Dates: Mon, Jun 10, 2013
Tue, Jun 11, 2013
Wed, Jun 12, 2013
Where: Javits Convention Center, NYC
For information and registration visit:
http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com
** Also see CloudCamp Event above.
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4. UPCOMING MEETINGS
-----------------
We have a series of meetings in the works:
- Planning: DataCenter Field-Trip
- Planning: Comparison of Configuration Management Systems
- Planning: Hadoop Clusters
- Planning: DNS / Dynamic DNS
- Planning: Building a Data Server with Oracle/Sun ZFS
- Planning: Oracle/Sun VirtualBox
- Planning: IPsec and VPNs (possibly 2 meetings)
- Planning: Trading with the FIX Protocol
- Planning: Real-Time Hardware Acceleration: FPGAs, DSPs and GPUs
- Planning: Cloud and Grid Computing
- Planning: Fibrechannel and Infiniband
- Planning: Unix/Linux Authentication
- Planning: NO SPAM!
- Planning: Crypto / PKI / GPG-PGP
- Planning: Anti-Virus
- Planning: The latest on *BSD (FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD)
- Unix/Linux/BSD Clusters and Clustered Databases
- Patching and Updating Unix/Linux/BSD (rpm. yum, yast, etc.)
- Building Custom Kernels Unix/Linux/BSD
- Linux Clustering Part 3: Beowulf
- Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
- LAMP Part 2 - PHP/Python
- Unix 40th+ Birthday Celebration
- Samba
- High Performance Internet Servers / Web Acceleration
- Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages.
- GNU Development Environments
- iSCSI, and other new peripheral technologies
- Java and/or JavaScript Programming
** Unigroup Needs Speakers!!
Please let us know about any other meeting topics that you may be
interested in. Potential speakers on Unix/Linux/BSD related
technology topics should please contact the Unigroup Board.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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5. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
--------------------
Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving
the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s.
Unigroup is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded
volunteer organization. Unigroup holds regular and special event
meetings throughout the year on technical topics relating to Unix
and the Unix/Linux/BSD User Community.
Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for (at a minimum) the Third
THURSDAY of Odd Months. We generally try to hold Field Trip or
Vendor Specific Meetings on the Even Months, although we do have the
ability to hold monthly meetings at our regular meeting location.
Planned regular meeting dates are (usually 3rd Thursdays):
03/21/2013, 05/16/2013, 07/18/2013, 09/19/2013, 11/21/2013, ...
Also watch for Special Event meetings and "Field Trips" to the
facilities of local hardware and software vendors.
=========================================================================
= For Unigroup Information, Events and Meeting Announcements be sure to =
= visit our World Wide Web Home Page: =
= http://www.unigroup.org =
=========================================================================
For further information or to get on the Unigroup Electronic Mail Mailing
List send an EMail message to:
unilist (-a_t-) unigroup.org
To contact the Board of Directors of Unigroup, send an EMail message to:
uniboard (-a_t-) unigroup.org
If you have recently attended a meeting and you are not receiving
Email announcements, please send us an Email and we will make
corrections to our lists.
Please Email the Board with any suggestions, especially potential
meeting topics and speakers. Unigroup welcomes contributions and
content suggestions for our newsletter. Unigroup is a volunteer
organization and we need your assistance! Please let us know if you
can help!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist (-a_t-) unigroup.org
http://www.unigroup.org
Please RSVP if you will be attending, and have not already done so...
==================================================================
UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK - UNIX USERS GROUP - MARCH 2013 ANNOUNCEMENTS
==================================================================
------------------------------------
1. UNIGROUP'S MARCH 2013 MEETING NOTICE
------------------------------------
When: Thursday, March 21st, 2013 (*** 3rd Thursday ***)
Where: The Cooper Union <http://www.cooper.edu>
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Ave @ 7th St, bet. 6th & 7th Sts)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City
Meeting Room: 505_CS (5th Floor)
** Please RSVP ** (Note: Room Changes Month-to-Month)
Time: 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Registration
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM Ask the Wizard, Questions,
Answers and Current Events
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM Unigroup Business and Announcements
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
Cost: See the Meeting+Membership Fee Schedule Below.
----------------------------------------------
Topic: Linux Remote Desktop Access using NoMachine NX
----------------------------------------------
Speaker: Robin Polak
<http://robinpolak.com>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRODUCTION:
-------------
Unigroup's March 2013 meeting will continue on our Post-SuperStorm
Sandy theme, and will be on Remote Access / Remote Desktop.
At past meetings, we have discussed VNC / Virtual Network Computing
and its use for Remote KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) / Remote Desktop.
NX is another alternative, which makes use of the existing X11
stack found on most Unix/Linux/BSD graphical systems.
We are also planning a future talk on Failover+Multipath Network
Routing, which should happen given speaker availability.
We are also working on a Field-Trip meeting on Data Centers,
to hopefully include a Data Center Tour. We are currently
working with a local Datacenter Vendor, to hopefully hold this
meeting in the upcoming months. This meeting may happen on
a non-3rd Thursday too, so keep an eye out for it.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
---------------------
Most Unigroup meetings are open to the public!
To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by using the Unigroup
Registration Page:
http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html
This will allow us to automate the registration process.
(Registration will also add you to our mailing list.)
Please avoid Emailed RSVPs.
Please continue to check the Unigroup web site and meeting page,
for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. If you
registered for this meeting, please check your Email for any last
minute announcements as the meeting approaches. Also make sure
any anti-spam white-lists are updated to _ALLOW_ Unigroup traffic!
If you block Unigroup Emails, your address will be dropped from
our mailing list.
Also, if you have an interest in Unigroup, be sure to receive
Unigroup information DIRECTLY from Unigroup, via direct receipt
of Emails and by visiting the Unigroup Web Site. NO OTHER SOURCE
provides timely, accurate and complete Unigroup information.
Please RSVP as soon as possible, preferably at least 2-3 days
prior to the meeting date, so we can plan the food order.
RSVP deadline is usually the night before the meeting day.
Note: RSVP is requested for this location to make sure the guard
will let you into the building. RSVP also helps us to
properly plan the meeting (food, drinks, handouts,
seating, etc.) and speed up your sign-in at the meeting.
If you forget to RSVP prior to the meeting day, you may
still be able to show up and attend our meeting, however,
we cannot guarantee what building security will do if
you are "not on the list".
-------------------------------------------------------------------
MAIN PRESENTATION
-----------------
Topic: Linux Remote Desktop Access using NoMachine NX
Introduction & Description of Talk:
-----------------------------------
NX provides Remote Desktop access for Linux with the same
performance as Windows Remote Desktop Client. All of the
encryption used with NX may be provided with OpenSSH.
NX compression reduces X11 latency and traffic, and adapts
bandwith usage depending on network conditions.
Outline of the Talk:
--------------------
1) Configuring a Linux machine to be a NoMachine NX server.
2) Overview of the individual components of NoMachine NX.
3) Open Source components.
4) Best practices for configuring SSH
(Disabling root access, using keys rather than passwords,
listening on an alternate port, etc).
5) Installation and configuration of NoMachine NX Client.
References & Web Resources:
---------------------------
NoMachine NX Installation
http://www.nomachine.com/installation.php
NoMachine NX Components
http://www.nomachine.com/documents/intr-components.php
NoMachine NX Sources
http://www.nomachine.com/sources.php
NoMachine NX Clients
http://www.nomachine.com/documents/client/install.php
NoMachine NX Free Edition Downloads
http://www.nomachine.com/products.php
http://www.nomachine.com/download.php
NX Technology @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_technology
FreeNX Project / Open Source NX Server
http://freenx.berlios.de
NeatX / Open Source NX Server
http://code.google.com/p/neatx
OpenNX Project / Open Source NX Client
http://opennx.sourceforge.net
VNC / Virtual Network Computing @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vnc
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Speaker Biography:
------------------
Robin Polak <http://robinpolak.com>
Robin Polak began his career in the academic field for 10 years,
entering into IT as a Network Technician where he maintained the
cabling plant for Manhattan College. From there he progressed
into overseeing the network operations for two campuses as
Manhattan College and the College of Mount Saint Vincent joined
forces. Upon the dissolution of the joint department at which
point the colleges became once again separate entities he took
on the role of Network Manager at the College of Mount Saint
Vincent. Since then, he has entered the world of High Frequency
Trading with his current employer Lime Brokerage. Here he is
part of a well oiled team which supports the day to day data
center operations as well as supporting the staff at the NYC-based
business office. Through this journey in IT, he has grown as a
capable Linux Administrator and honed his skills in managing
complex network environments. His preference lies in Linux
Administration. He really enjoys working with free and open
source software to craft enterprise class solutions to business
needs. In addition to working with the software, he also enjoys
taking part in the community through attending and contributing
to user groups such as Unigroup, NYCBUG, and NYLUG to name a few.
Like many IT workers, he also has had the pleasure of becoming
intimately familiar with Microsoft Corporation's product
offerings as well, including MS-Exchange, MS-Office, as well as
their wide variety of Windows flavors. Robin is a Unigroup
member, and also serves on Unigroup's Board of Directors.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Giveaways:
----------
Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR, 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 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:
-------------
Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and User Group,
and its members pay a yearly membership fee. For Unigroup members,
there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting fees) during
their membership year. Non-members who wish to attend Unigroup
meetings are usually required to pay a "Single Meeting Fee".
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
Student Yearly Membership (with current! ID): $ 25.00
Non-Member Single Meeting Fee: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with! ID): $ 5.00
* Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
! Students: We are looking for proof that you are
currently enrolled in classes (rather than working
full-time), and as such, your Student ID should show
a CURRENT date. We have been presented Student IDs
containing NO dates whatsoever, and in the
current environment, perpetual/non-expiring access
to university facilities just does not feel right.
If your ID contains no date, please bring
additional proof of current enrollment. Thanks,
NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does
NOT indicate membership in Unigroup.
Members: Remember to bring your Unigroup membership card with
you to the meeting, to confirm your yearly renewal date!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Food:
-----
Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served.
This normally 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 SOFT beverages.
** However, our long-time caterer has closed shop, so the nature
of the food service at our meeting may change. If anything,
we will fall-back to pizza+soft drinks, but we are currently
investigating other catering options.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Directions:
-----------
The Cooper Union <http://www.cooper.edu>
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th St, between 6th & 7th Streets)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City, 10003
Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room Changes 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 7 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 Unigroup (the room varies from month-to-month).
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.
'4/5/6/R/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South and East.
'B/D/F/V' to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East,
or take the new transfer to the uptown '6'.
Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm.
There are also parking lots on Broadway, at (or just south of)
Astor Place (8th Street).
-----
Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------
2. PRIOR MEETINGS
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** Formal Thank You's to our previous speakers will appear
in an upcoming announcement. Unigroup issues a "Thank You"
to all our speakers and sponsors!
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3. LOCAL TRADE SHOWS AND EVENTS
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a) PGDay NYC 2013 - PostgreSQL Conference
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Dates: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 (THIS WEEK)
Fri, Mar 22, 2013
Where: ACE Hotel, NYC
For information about the conference and training visit:
http://pgday.nycpug.org
Our friends at the NYC PostgreSQL Users Group are holding a conference
THIS WEEK, here is their announcement (note the UserGroup DISCOUNT code):
: From: Mason Sharp
: Subject: PGDay NYC 2013 - One Day PostgreSQL Conference March 22
:
: The New York City PostgreSQL User Group proudly announces a fantastic
: speaker schedule for PGDay NYC 2013 on March 22 at the ACE Hotel in New
: York City. The 2012 conference was extremely successful and based on
: feedback, we added even more content to the 2013 conference
: including talks from 4 of the 6 PostgreSQL Core team members.
:
: Breakout sessions provide attendees with an opportunity to
: dive deep into a variety of PostgreSQL topics including:
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: * Database Administration
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: * Developing Applications
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: * Cases Studies and Cloud Deployments.
:
: Speakers include:
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: * Will Leinweber, Heroku. Topic: "Embracing the Web with JSON and PLV8"
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: * Denish Patel, Lead Database Architect, OmniTI. Topic: "Deploying
: PostgreSQL on Amazon EC2 :: A Case Study"
:
: * Magnus Hagander, PostgreSQL Core Team. Topic:
: "A look at the Elephants Trunk - PostgreSQL 9.3"
:
: The full schedule can be found at: http://pgday.nycpug.org/schedule/
:
: In partnership with our platinum sponsor EnterpriseDB,
: we are pleased to offer a training session on
: March 21, 2013 at 10am entitled "Data Processing Inside PostgreSQL"
: presented by Bruce Momjian. More information on the training
: can be found at: http://pgday.nycpug.org/training/
:
: You can register at http://pgday.nycpug.org/registration/.
: Use discount code "LINUXNYC" and receive a 10% discount.
:
: We look forward to seeing you on March 22!
b) 2013 Low Latency, Big Data, Cloud, HPC, Networks for Wall Street
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Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2013
Where: Roosevelt Hotel, NYC
For information and complimentary online registration visit:
http://www.flaggmgmt.com/linux
c) LOPSA-East 2013 (Formerly PICC) Local Systems Administration Conference NJ
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Dates: Fri, May 3, 2013
Sat, May 4, 2013
Where: Hyatt Regency Hotel
New Brunswick, NJ
For information about the conference and training visit:
http://lopsa-east.org
Here's the announcement from our friends at LOPSA-NJ:
: From: LOPSA-East 2013
: Subject: Early Bird Registration ending soon for LOPSA-East 2013!
: (formerly PICC) May 3-4, 2013, New Brunswick, NJ
:
: Register early and save! http://lopsa-east.org Space is limited!
:
: Early Bird Registration ends April 1st for the 2013 LOPSA-East
: conference, May 3-4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in
: New Brunswick, NJ.
:
: IT professionals from the tri-state area and the entire east coast
: will be joining us for the most talked about community-driven IT
: conference of the year.
:
: You can find out more at http://lopsa-east.org
:
: LOPSA-East begins Friday with an entire day of training offered by
: world class instructors. We have half day sessions on Team Efficiency,
: Configuration Management, Basic and Advanced PowerShell,
: IPV6 migration, and much more! The conference continues on Saturday,
: with more half day training sessions along with 45 minute presentations
: from invited speakers, 5 minute lightning talks, and
: 'birds of a feather' discussions on participant selected topics.
:
: The entire training schedule can be found at:
: http://lopsa-east.org/2013/lopsa-east-training/
:
: Register now! Save up to $197 by registering during the Early Bird
: pricing! Even larger discounts are available for students.
:
: For more information and to register visit http://lopsa-east.org
:
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: LOPSA-East (http://lopsa-east.org) is produced by The New Jersey chapter
: (http://lopsanj.org) of the League of Professional System Administrators
: (LOPSA) (http://lopsa.org). This will be the 4th annual conference, being
: held May 3-4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, NJ.
d) CloudCamp at Cloud Expo NYC
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Date: Mon, Jun 10, 2013
Where: Javits Convention Center, NYC
For information and complimentary online registration visit:
http://www.cloudcamp.org/ny/370
http://cloudcamp-ny-2013.eventbrite.com
** As in prior years, it looks like CloudCamp attendees receive a
complimentary Cloud Expo pass!
e) Cloud Computing Expo / Big Data Expo
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Dates: Mon, Jun 10, 2013
Tue, Jun 11, 2013
Wed, Jun 12, 2013
Where: Javits Convention Center, NYC
For information and registration visit:
http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com
** Also see CloudCamp Event above.
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4. UPCOMING MEETINGS
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We have a series of meetings in the works:
- Planning: DataCenter Field-Trip
- Planning: Comparison of Configuration Management Systems
- Planning: Hadoop Clusters
- Planning: DNS / Dynamic DNS
- Planning: Building a Data Server with Oracle/Sun ZFS
- Planning: Oracle/Sun VirtualBox
- Planning: IPsec and VPNs (possibly 2 meetings)
- Planning: Trading with the FIX Protocol
- Planning: Real-Time Hardware Acceleration: FPGAs, DSPs and GPUs
- Planning: Cloud and Grid Computing
- Planning: Fibrechannel and Infiniband
- Planning: Unix/Linux Authentication
- Planning: NO SPAM!
- Planning: Crypto / PKI / GPG-PGP
- Planning: Anti-Virus
- Planning: The latest on *BSD (FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD)
- Unix/Linux/BSD Clusters and Clustered Databases
- Patching and Updating Unix/Linux/BSD (rpm. yum, yast, etc.)
- Building Custom Kernels Unix/Linux/BSD
- Linux Clustering Part 3: Beowulf
- Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
- LAMP Part 2 - PHP/Python
- Unix 40th+ Birthday Celebration
- Samba
- High Performance Internet Servers / Web Acceleration
- Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages.
- GNU Development Environments
- iSCSI, and other new peripheral technologies
- Java and/or JavaScript Programming
** Unigroup Needs Speakers!!
Please let us know about any other meeting topics that you may be
interested in. Potential speakers on Unix/Linux/BSD related
technology topics should please contact the Unigroup Board.
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5. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving
the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s.
Unigroup is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded
volunteer organization. Unigroup holds regular and special event
meetings throughout the year on technical topics relating to Unix
and the Unix/Linux/BSD User Community.
Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for (at a minimum) the Third
THURSDAY of Odd Months. We generally try to hold Field Trip or
Vendor Specific Meetings on the Even Months, although we do have the
ability to hold monthly meetings at our regular meeting location.
Planned regular meeting dates are (usually 3rd Thursdays):
03/21/2013, 05/16/2013, 07/18/2013, 09/19/2013, 11/21/2013, ...
Also watch for Special Event meetings and "Field Trips" to the
facilities of local hardware and software vendors.
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-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist (-a_t-) unigroup.org
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