[BBLISA-announce] Join Us at LISA '13 for Comprehensive System and Network Administration Training

[Julie Miller]

You are invited to join us at LISA '13, the 27th Large Installation
System Administration Conference, taking place November 3-8, 2013, in
Washington, D.C. The annual LISA conference is the meeting place of
choice for system and network administrators and engineers; it is the
crossroads of Web operations, DevOps, enterprise computing, educational
computing, and research computing.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13

Highlights of LISA '13 include:
* 40 half- and full-day training sessions from the industry's top
instructors, including:
- SRE Classroom: Non-Abstract Large System Design for Sysadmins by John
Looney, Google
- Root Cause Analysis by Stuart Kendrick, Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center
- PowerShell Fundamentals by Steven Murawski, Stack Exchange
- Introduction to Chef by Nathen Harvey, Opscode
- Sessions on building good habits, increasing effectiveness in the
first 100 days with a new company, and learning how to navigate the
business world that will instill (or refresh) useful soft skills
training that will stay with you for the duration of your career
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/training-program/training-program

* A technical program that offers practical information on a variety of
key topics, including:
- Jason Hoffman's Keynote Address, "Modern Infrastructure: The
Convergence of Network, Compute, and Data"
- Talks such as Hilary Mason’s Plenary, "Data Engineering for Complex
Systems"; and the Closing Session, "PostOps: A Non-Surgical Tale of
Software, Fragility, and Reliability," by Todd Underwood
- Practice and Experience Reports and paper presentations on practical
concepts such as storage and data, monitoring, tools, and building an
infrastructure
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/tech-schedule/technical-sessions

* Interactive sessions and activities, including:
-  NEW for 2013! The LISA Lab Hack Space allows attendees to investigate
new technologies, apply what they have learned, and interact with other
attendees in a participatory technical setting
- Poster Sessions, BoFs, Lightning Talks, and a field trip to the
International Spy Museum
- Full- and half-day intensive workshops geared towards Senior sysadmins
- The Vendor Exhibition, where you'll learn about cutting-edge products
and services from industry leaders, provocative startups, and open
source projects
- Guru Is In sessions--led by experts including Daniel J Walsh on
SELinux, Adele Shakal on project management, and Charles Wimmer on
Hadoop--which allow you to pose your toughest questions and get answers.
- Last, but certainly not least, the "hallway track," offers ample
opportunity to meet and mingle with colleagues and industry leaders
during breaks, BoFs, and other social activities

Register by October 15 and save!
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/registration-information

Need more convincing? Check out the "Why Attend LISA ’13?" Web page. And
use our "Convince Your Boss" letter to get management's approval.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/why-attend-lisa-13
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/convince-your-boss

Can't make it to Washington, D.C.? Consider purchasing the training or
technical sessions live stream:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/live-streaming

Connect with other attendees, check out additional discounts, and help
spread the word!
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/lisaconference #lisa13

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27th Large Installation System Administration Conference
November 3-8, 2013
Washington, D.C.
Early Bird Registration Deadline: October 15, 2013
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13
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