I would like to express a big THANK YOU for those that came to the CPOST CUG last night. I hope that you left with some knowledge about VMWare and how to build a server and virtual machines from scratch. I’m looking forward to our next meeting because this is where it gets fun. Integrating VMWare and virtualization technologies with the switching and routing infrastructure. Particularly Cisco Nexus. I will be requesting that Cisco provide a pretty knowledgeable person(s) to present on the technology side of it and not so much on the sales side.

A big thanks to Pat for his presentation on VMWare ESXi last night. It was awesome to see it set up from start to finish.

Here is a link to an online presentation that is very helpful as well http://www-waa-akam.thomson-webcast.net/us/dispatching/?event_id=fac15de...

Just wanted to let you know that we are scheduled to have our next meeting on March 10th. The presenter will be Bryan Baker from Panduit. He will provide general information such as acceptable practices, industry standards, new technologies, and so forth in relation to cabling and other items. As always, the presentation will focus on the technology side and not the sales side.

Folks,

in this blog we can place suggestions as to what future technologies you would like us to present. Anything from infrastructure to troubleshooting.

So far some of the one's that have been suggested are:

Storage
Unified Communications
Virtualization
Network Management Applications

feel free to comment on what you would like to see. If you would like to present on the subject, jet me an email.

Pat

Folks,

as the title implies, we need to recruit as many members as we can so that we:

- Have a bigger presence in the technology world
- Can share ideas and practices when it comes to technology in our respective arenas
- Can get more vendor and channel participation
- Can provide a great impact on future technology

Invite both veteran and novice techies to join the CUG. It would be a great help to the novice simply because they may already feel overwhelmed by the gorilla we call networking.

have an awesome day,

Pat

Gary Allen From Calence had a presentation on PRI's.
He brought a wealth of experience and tips with him.
Attached are some of the materials he presented.

Details on the next meeting will be announced soon...

We will meet again in August.

Here is the powerpoint presentation of the June Users Group Meeting.

Come join your peers for a security best practices discussion an the next
CPOST meeting.

Date: Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Time: 1800
Place: The Monitor, 1400 Nolana, McAllen, Texas
Presenter: Cesar Chavez, Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems

Mark your calendars...Hope to see everyone there...Please RSVP to me if
you are planning on attending.

Raul Arias
Systems Engineer

raarias@cisco.com
Phone :210.357.2536
Mobile :512.786.8014
Fax :210.357.2599