MNUG's Important Dates for 2009


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January 2009
No Monthly Meeting in January
Thursday
12th February 2009
Monthly Meeting
  • Q&A

  • Novell Super Update - All the latest news from Novell
    By Craig Wiley and Brett Williams, Technology Specialists, Novell

    • Catch up with what has been happening in Novell's world over the summer break

  • Keynote: Sentinel - Novell's SIEM and auditing product
    By Brandon Potts - Senior Consultant, Novell

  • Supper

Thursday
12th March 2009
Monthly Meeting

  • Q&A

  • Novell Update - All the latest news from Novell
    By Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Keynote: Windows 7
    By Dave Glover, Technology Specialist, Microsoft

  • Supper
Thursday
9th April 2009
Monthly Meeting
  • Q&A

  • Keynote: Casual Chat

    As this month's meeting falls on the eve of Good Friday we will have a short meeting with a casual chat instead of a formal presentation. This should mean that we can all go home a bit early (for a change) to spend some time with our families.

  • Supper (with Easter Eggs!)
Thursday
14th May 2009
Monthly Meeting
  • Q&A

  • Novell Update - All the latest news from Novell
    By Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Keynote #1: SecureLogin - Novell's Single Sign On (SSO) solution
    by Ross Irvine, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Supper

  • Keynote #2: Open Document Format (ODF)
    by Donna Benjamin, Executive Director, Creative Contingencies
Thursday
11th June 2009
Monthly Meeting
  • Q&A

  • Novell Update - All the latest news from Novell
    By Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Keynote #1: ZENworks Application Virtualisation
    By Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Supper

  • Keynote #2: IT Masters
    By Neil McCosh, Director, IT Masters

    • How Charles Sturt University (CSU) started Industry certifications as part of their post graduate programs
    • Range of courses / Streams
    • Entrance requirements / Available Credits
    • Support received on distance education

    Please note: Neil will be giving out one of CSU's prize winning Wine Packs to one of the attendees at the end of his presentation.

Thursday
9th July 2009
Monthly Meeting
  • Q&A

  • Novell Update - All the latest news from Novell
    By Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Keynote: Remote Instrumentation and Collaboration eResearch Environment at the Australian Synchrotron and Latrobe University
    By: Chris Myers, Chief Infrastructure Architect, VeRSI

    • The Virtual Beamline demonstration project is a remote collaboration environment designed to enable researchers to interact with the Protein Crystallography 1 beamline (PX1) and Powder Diffraction beamline (PD) at the Australian Synchrotron.
    • The remote Instrumentation demonstration Project is a remote collaboration environment designed to enable researchers to interact with the XPS instrument at Latrobe University.
    • I propose to demonstrate this service, focusing on remote interaction and collaboration via web 2.0 portal implementations and HD videoconferencing.
    • I also wish to demonstrate the use of high bandwidth networking in the movement of large data sets from scientific facilities to Grid, SRB and IROD SLCS (ARCS Data Fabric) data solutions or to lower bandwidth personal computing solutions.
    • I will discuss the implications of remote instrument access and large-scale data movements in relation to eResearch and associated middleware requirements.
    • I will also discuss research and teaching mode outcomes as a direct result of these projects.
    • Also how the open source software form this project can be used for other instrumentation or collaboration projects.

  • Supper
Thursday
13th August 2009
Monthly Meeting
  • Q&A

  • Novell Update - All the latest news from Novell
    By Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Keynote: Automating OES Migration
    By Brett Williams, Technology Specialist, Novell
    • Creating a build server to automate the installation of OES 2 servers
    • Transfer ID migration from NetWare to OES 2 Linux

  • Supper
Thursday
10th September 2009
Monthly Meeting
  • Q&A
    By Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Novell Update - All the latest news from Novell
    By Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Keynote: M+ Archive, E-mail archiving for Groupwise and Exchange.
    By Adam Taylor & Heath Tennant, Consultants, Directory Concepts
    • Intro to M+ Archive
    • Features of M+ Archive
    • Demo
    • Questions
    • Give aways - 15 USB keys that come loaded with lots of good info!

  • Supper
Thursday
8th October 2009
Monthly Meeting
  • Q&A
    By Technology Specialists, Novell

  • Novell Update - All the latest news from Novell
    By Technology Specialists, Novell

  • Keynote: Data Center Virtualisation at Swinburne University
    By Brian Habel, Senior Systems Administrator, Information Technology Services, Swinburne University of Technology
    • The presentation will show what we implemented as part of our 2008 Data Center Hardware Refresh. The goals that were set, and how we achieved them, using SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, and XEN Virtualisation, from Novell
    • Reference: http://www.novell.com/success/swinburne.html

  • Supper
Thursday
12th November 2009
Monthly Meeting

  • Q&A

  • MNUG Annual General Meeting (AGM)
    • Have a say in how our group is run
    • Help elect our new Executive team
    • Better yet - Volunteer for a position!!!

  • Keynote: All the latest news from Novell, USA by Craig Wiley, Technology Specialist, Novell

  • Supper

Thursday
10th December 2009
*** MNUG Christmas Party! ***

Fantastic Food & Drinks and Great Company!!!

Venue:

    Stalactites Restaurant
    Upstairs Dining Room
    177-183 Lonsdale Street
    (Russell Street corner)
    Melbourne CBD
    Ph: 9663 3316

Come and join us for a fantastic Greek Banquet!

Starting at 6:15pm

All MNUG members, friends and their guests are most welcome

Please RSVP ASAP so that we can book for the correct number of people.

Please note:

  • All current MNUG Members' meals will be paid for by MNUG
  • All drinks are to be paid for individually
  • All friends' and guests' meals are to be paid for individually (@ $30 per person)
    (Hint: Sign up on the night and get a free dinner!)
  • Stalactites is a fully licenced restaurant, with a good choice of beverages available,
    however you may choose to bring your own (wine only) if you prefer.

The great company is FREE - so come along and be a part of it!

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