[nycbug-talk] Fw: [NYSA] Announcement: Nagios and monitoring mtg. July 14th

[Marc Spitzer]

Looks interesting

marc


Begin forwarded message:

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David P. Feldman" <dfeldman at panix.com>
To: nysa-members at nysa.org
Subject: [NYSA] Announcement:  Nagios and monitoring mtg. July 14th




We are pleased to announce that NYSA will be presenting a talk
on Nagios and monitoring on July 14th.  We look forward to seeing
you there. PLEASE remember to RSVP, details below.


DATE

Wednesday, July 14th, 2004
6:30 pm to 6:45 pm - Announcements
6:45 pm to 7:45 pm - Main Presentation
7:45 pm to 9:00 pm - Open Floor



TOPIC


Nagios is a host and service monitoring system primarily used for
network 
monitoring and alerting.  It is an open-source project that
incorporates:
    - A plug-in architecture for configurable and highly customizable
      alerting
    - Email and Pager alerting as well as escalation features
    - A web-based GUI that serves as "tactical command center"
    - A server backend that runs on most *nix variants and agents that
run
      on many other platforms.

The NYSA talk will cover the following:
    - An overview of the System.
    - What Nagios looks like.
    - An architectural discussion of Nagios core components and plugins
    - Deployment Strategies
    - Experience using Nagios
    - Stated Future Directions of the project
    - Conclusions
    - Q&A



SPEAKER

Keith Weinberg has spent the majority of his career as a programmer and 
Unix Systems Administrator at financial firms on or near Wall Street. 
He 
can be found installing systems and writing automation components at his

current employer, a prominent hedge fund in Connecticut.

During the dot-com implosion, Keith was immersed in the Linux/BSD world 
and didn't emerge unscathed.  Working as the head of digital 
infrastructure for Clearchannel Communications and head of
infrastructure 
at Fulcrum Analytics (a database marketing and analytics firm), he
enjoyed
a heavy dose of open-source philosophy and eventually, business reality.

His primary professional computing interests include large-scale systems

architecture, automation and monitoring.  Personally, he uses a
Macintosh 
at home and feels a little bit guilty.

Keith has a BSE in Computer Science from Princeton University where he
was 
the founder of the Princeton ACM and recipient of the AT&T Engineer of
the 
year award.



***NEW LOCATION***

Sun Microsystems Inc
Forth floor, Room 4140, "Grammercy Park"
101 Park Ave
New York, NY 10178-0001
RSVP

Please RSVP by sending an e-mail to rsvp at nysa.org with a subject line of

"AUTO RSVP NYSA firstname lastname". The RSVP list will be given to 
building security. If you do not RSVP, you will not be able to attend
this 
event. Please RSVP now if you plan to attend.



PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Sun Microsystems, is one block south of Grand Central, on the corner of 
Park Ave and 41st St.

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