I'm sorry for the short notice, but every time I've started to send this out, I've gotten pulled away for something else and by the time I've done that (and the other things that came up during it), it's slipped my mind; you know how it goes, I'm sure... Anyway, this Thursday, there will be a vendor presentation (with lunch provided) at 12:30 pm in 1400 Biomedical-Physical Sci Bldg. The vendor is iSysTek. They plan to cover two main topics (about 45 min. each): (1) Storage Virtualization (with some linkage to the topic of Server Virtualization and how the two fit together); and (2) WAN Optimization. Of course, they will be using the products they represent as examples, and trying to convince us they're the best, but in past presentations they've done a pretty good job of balancing the informational content with the promotional content of their talks. They plan to have a demo unit of an IP-based SAN to show off and answer questions about, and some sort of demo of WAN optimization for delivering network applications. So that we can get a rough count of the number of lunches the vendor needs to arrange for, if you think you may come to the presentation, please send an E-mail message to [log in to unmask] by 6 pm Wednesday, but if you don't, you are still welcome to come - the vendor plans to buy some number of extra lunches anyway for last minute deciders. Again, I apologize for the short notice, but maybe the free lunch will make up for it :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- George J Perkins http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/perkins/ 1209B BPS Bldg, MSU Phone: 517-884-5467 East Lansing, MI 48824-2320 FAX: 517-353-4500