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FAST '10

Join us in San Jose, CA, February 23–26, 2010, for the 8th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies.

Just Announced: FAST '10 Keynote Addresses: Eric Brewer, University of California, Berkeley, on "Technology for Developing Regions," and Oliver Ratzesberger, eBay, Inc., on "Enterprise Analytics on Demand."

FAST '10 kicks off with tutorials on topics such as storage virtualization and solid-state storage. The program continues with 21 technical papers, two keynote addresses, Work-in-Progress reports, and a poster session. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to meet with premier storage system researchers and industry practitioners. Check out the full program here.

Register online by Monday, February 8, and save!

Co-located Workshops
FAST '10 is co-located with TaPP '10 and SustainIT '10, both of which will take place on February 22. The full programs are now available for both workshops: TaPP '10 and SustainIT '10.

Register online for TaPP '10 or SustainIT '10 by February 16, 2010, Noon PST.

NSDI '10

Join us in San Jose, CA, April 28–30, 2010, for the 7th USENIX Symposium on Network Design and Implementation.

Focusing on the design principles of large-scale networked and distributed systems, the NSDI '10 program includes 29 refereed papers representing some of the outstanding work in the area, with topics including cloud services, Web browsers and servers, datacenter and wireless networks, malware, and more. NSDI '10 will also feature a poster session. Poster proposal submissions are due March 8, 2010. The full program is available here.

Register online by Monday, April 5, and save!

NSDI '10 is co-located with LEET '10, INM/WREN '10, and IPTPS '10, all of which will take place on April 27.

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Don't Forget to Vote! 2010 Election for USENIX Board of Directors
The biennial election of USENIX's Board of Directors is now being held. Paid-up members should receive their ballots in the mail in February. Ballots must be received in the USENIX offices by March 15, 2010. See the Nominating Committee Report. Find out more about the election process here.

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INM/WREN '10: 2010 Internet Network Management Workshop/Workshop on Research on Enterprise Networking (CFP)
April 27, 2010, San Jose, CA

Paper registration due: February 12, 2010  Deadline Extended!

WOSN 2010: 3rd Workshop on Online Social Networks (CFP)
June 22, 2010, Boston, MA

Paper submissions due: February 25, 2010  Deadline Approaching!

LEET '10: 3rd USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats (CFP)
April 27, 2010, San Jose, CA

Submissions due: February 25, 2010  Deadline Approaching!

HotCloud '10: 2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (CFP)
June 22, 2010, Boston, MA

Submissions due: March 23, 2010

Just Up! HotStorage '10: 2nd Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (CFP)
June 22, 2010, Boston, MA

Submissions due: April 1, 2010

Just Up! EVT/WOTE '10: 2010 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/ Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (CFP)
August 9–10, 2010, Washington, DC

Submissions due: April 16, 2010

Just Up! LISA '10: 24th Large Installation System Administration Conference (CFP)
November 7–12, 2010, San Jose, CA

Submissions due: May 17, 2010

Just Up! NetEcon '10: 2010 Workshop on the Economics of Networks, Systems, and Computation (CFP)
October 3, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Submissions due: June 4, 2010


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Now Available! LISA '09 Videos, MP3s, Proceedings, and Slides
The videos, MP3s, proceedings, and slides from the 23rd Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA '09) are now available.

Foundation for Cloud Computing with VMware vSphere 4 cover

Booklet #21, Foundation for Cloud Computing with VMware vSphere 4, by John Arrasjid, Duncan Epping, and Steve Kaplan, is now online for members and available for purchase. Virtualization is recognized as a foundation for Cloud Computing. This book is an overview of the VMware technologies and how they can support the various services and management pieces required for Cloud architecture. Without diving overly deeply into specific design patterns, it provides insight into the tools to fit your design criteria. Take a look now!

February 2010 ;login: Now Online cover
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Among the articles free to everyone: "Building and Installing a Hadoop/Mapreduce Cluster from Commodity Components: A Case Study," by Jochen L. Leidner and Gary Berosik; editor Rik Farrow's "Musings"; book reviews by Elizabeth Zwicky, Rik Farrow, Sam F. Stover, and Kim Grillo; and conference reports from LISA '09.

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