Meetings

Using Linux in the Enterprise

Jim Moyta, Novell

Tuesday January 25th 2005 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

Novell, a long standing leader in Local Area Networking, has now taken up the Linux banner. With their recent acquisitions of Ximian and SUSE, they are now the largest company with a Linux distribution. With several of their recent releases, they are the only Linux distributor offering the new 2.6 kernel, both in an Enterprise Server and an Enterprise Desktop. Soon, they'll be combining Linux and NetWare in a new offering called Open Enterprise Server. In this talk, we'll examine these new releases of Linux and the impact they're having as organizations are moving to them.

Speaker Bio

Tim Kresler and Jim Moyta with Novell, represent a combined 30+ years IT experience, as vendors and as customers, consultant and manager. Currently, they're working with customers and partners, large and small, throughout Illinois and Wisconsin, to plan their moves to Linux.

Getting to the meeting

The next general meeting of UniForum Chicago will be:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489
Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton

The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in south Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the North-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway ( I-88).

From the North or South:
From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on B utterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway):
Take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West:
From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Napervill e Road and continue north for 1\275 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Roa d and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block nor th of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

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