The first meeting will be Thursday August 12th and split across two topics – Bend Broadband’s new Green Data center (Part 1) and new developments in the Open Source Arena (Part 2). Bend Broadband will have their Data Center consultant present to talk about the DC and to field questions – design, build and what makes a green data center. In Part 2, Mark Turner will be presenting on some new developments in the Open Source arena. This is a new “special topics” format to be hosted at TechSpace Bend.

Date:August 12 (Thursday)
Topic: Part 1: Enterprise-Class Green “Vault” Data Centers (Bend Broadband) – Part 2: Open Source Developments
Location: TechSpace Bend (906 Harriman – Old Cigar Building – Across from Blacksmith)
Time: 4pm

Results are in! The second meeting is on Desktop Virtualization and hosted by Structured. Structured is on top of their game in Desktop Virtualization and will have an expert onsite to dig deep into this topic. This will be the traditional format hosted at McMenamins Old St. Francais School, Rambler Room – lunch, giveaways etc.

Date: September 10th
Topic:Desktop Virtualization
Location: McMenamins Old St. Francais School, Rambler Room
Time: 1pm
- Lunch and giveaways

The October meeting is still in the planning stages – look for a topic survey soon.

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Thanks,
Lewis Howell
- COISUG