Pimp my virtual ride

As some of you may have been made aware (the legendary BNUG publicity machine takes a while to roar to life sometimes), we're doing another of our periodic BNUG training sessions on Saturday, November 4th. The topic will be "Server Virtualization", and we'll be doing it at Beverly's Cummings Center this time around (so don't go to Mount Ida for the class - we won't be there!).

This one'll be even timelier than we usually are. With the capabilities of modern hardware, taking advantage of the reliability and manageability of virtualization presents a truly compelling argument for many businesses, and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to make it all work, either. We'll show you how to select, build, and test a virtualization platform, how to manage it, and how to make all the server OS's you are likely to need work. And we'll also (though focusing on market leader VMware) show you basics of most of the market leaders, including Virtual PC (and Virtual Server), Parallels, and QEMU.

Plus you'll learn neat tricks about using virtualization to simplify end-user support!

I believe the whole shebang will be for the usual low price of $100, and as usual, we'll be providing breakfast and lunch. A full day of training on a hot topic with food for a hundred bucks? My goodness, how can you go wrong? Keep an eye on your in-box and the BNUG website (at www.bnug.org) for more details in the next few days.