Training and Guru Spotlight: Virtualization
One of the key things the organizers of LISA have tried to do is keep our ear to the ground for emerging topics our attendees need to know about (or will need to know about). It is pretty clear that we are going back to the future because the topic of Virtualization seems to be coming up more and more these days.
The old guard from the Big Iron days is sure to be amused by a new generation of sysadmins discovering the value of running services in a consolidated virtual machine framework. But this trend is not just a rehash of Ye Olde MVS or other architectures from the glory days of mainframes. The new crop of virtual machine environments and current day service requirements are bringing new challenges to our field.
This year LISA will offer a full three hours of training plus a Guru-is-In session with John Arrasjid and John Gannon from VMware to help people deal with the new challenges around Virtualization. Here are their bios to give you an idea of their qualifications in this realm:
John Y. Arrasjid has 20 years experience in the Computer Science field. His experience includes work with companies such as AT&T, Amdahl, 3Dfx Interactive, Kubota Graphics, Roxio and his own company, WebNexus Communications, where he developed consulting practices and built a cross platform IT team. John is currently a senior member of the VMware Professional Services Organization as a Consulting Architect. John has developed a number of service offerings focused on Performance Management, Security, and Disaster Recovery and Backup. John earned his Computer Science degree at SUNY Buffalo.
John Gannon has over ten years of experience architecting and implementing UNIX, Linux, and Windows infrastructures. John has worked in network engineering, operations, and professional services roles with various organizations including Sun Microsystems, University of Pennsylvania, Scient Corporation, and FOX Sports. John is currently responsible for delivering server consolidation, disaster recovery, and virtual infrastructure solutions to VMware’s Fortune 500 clients.
John received a BS degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.