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Complimentary Technical Class Next Generation Storage Networking January 22th, 2009

AskLisa — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:27:00 GMT

The USENIX Association is pleased to announce a free technical class entitled Next Generation Storage Networking on January 22^th, 2009 held in Manchester, NH at Southern New Hampshire University. The class is offered free of charge to qualified IT professionals and members of the academic community.

Starting in 2007, the USENIX Association began bringing some of its most popular educational sessions on the road as a way of giving back to the universities who have supported USENIX over the years and as a way of introducing ourselves to those who are not familiar with the organization. It is our sincere hope that attendees will be excited by the quality of our education and be motivated to participate in USENIX events in the future.

IT Managers, System administrators running day-to-day operations and those who set or enforce budgets should attend this lecture. This tutorial is technical in nature, but it does not address command-line syntax or the operation of specific products or technologies. Rather, the focus is on general architectures and various approaches to scaling in both performance and capacity. Since storage networking technologies tend to be costly, there is some discussion of the relative cost of different technologies and of strategies for managing cost and achieving results on a limited budget.

There has been tremendous innovation in the data storage industry over the past few years. Proprietary, monolithic SAN and NAS solutions are beginning to give way to open-system solutions and distributed architectures. Traditional storage interfaces such as parallel SCSI and Fibre Channel are being challenged by iSCSI (SCSI over TCP/IP), SATA (serial ATA), SAS (serial attached SCSI), and even Infiniband. New filesystem designs and alternatives to NFS and CIFS are enabling high-performance filesharing measured in gigabytes (yes, "bytes," not "bits") per second. New spindle management techniques are enabling higher-performance and lower-cost disk storage. Meanwhile, a whole new set of efficiency technologies are allowing storage protocols to flow over the WAN with unprecedented performance. This tutorial is a survey of the latest storage networking technologies, with commentary on where and when these technologies are most suitably deployed.

Topics include:

Fundamentals of storage virtualization: the storage I/O path
Shortcomings of conventional SAN and NAS architectures
In-band and out-of-band virtualization architectures
The latest storage interfaces: SATA (serial ATA), SAS (serial attached SCSI), 4Gb Fibre Channel, Infiniband, iSCSI
Content-Addressable Storage (CAS)
Information Life Cycle Management (ILM) and Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM)
The convergence of SAN and NAS
High-performance file sharing
Parallel file systems
SAN-enabled file systems
Wide-area file systems (WAFS)

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Next Generation Storage Networking

January 22^th, 2009

8:30am - Registration
9:00pm - Lecture begins
12:00pm - 1:00pm lecture wrap-up, Q&A

Southern New Hampshire University

Robert Frost Building

Walker Auditorium, Room 104

2500 North River Road

Manchester, NH 03106

How to Register: http://snhulecture1.eventbrite.com

About the lecturer: Jacob Farmer is an industry-recognized expert on storage networking and data protection technologies. He has authored numerous papers and is a regular speaker at major industry events such as Storage Networking World, VMWorld, Interop, and the Usenix conferences. Jacob’s no-nonsense, fast paced presentation style has won him many accolades. Most recently Jacob was honored as the top-rated speaker at Storage Networking World, the preeminent conference for the data storage industry. Jacob is a regular lecturer at many of the nation’s leading colleges and universities. Of recent he has given invited talks at institutions such as Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Harvard, and Yale. Inside the data storage industry, Jacob is best known for having authored best practices for designing and optimizing enterprise backup systems and for his expertise in the marketplace for emerging storage networking technologies. He has served on the advisory boards of many of the most successful storage technology startups, and is well respected in the analyst community. Jacob is a graduate of Yale University.

About USENIX – This class is being offered as part of a program called USENIX Education on the Road. The USENIX Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the exchange of knowledge by bringing together a community of engineers, system administrators, scientists, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the computing world. USENIX supports its members’ professional and technical development through a variety of ongoing activities.

SNHU to Offer Arabic and Mandarin Courses

AskLisa — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:42:00 GMT

Southern New Hampshire University will offer courses in Arabic and Mandarin languages and cultures.

The courses are being offered through the university's Manchester Center, located in Robert Frost Hall on the main campus. Both courses will be held on Monday and Thursday afternoons from Jan. 20 through May 9.

The courses will introduce students to modern standard Arabic and Mandarin and will focus on basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, simple conversations and awareness in each of the languages.

Please contact 603.645.9624 or c.berger@snhu.edu for more information.

About Southern New Hampshire University
The university has approximately 1,900 traditional, full-time undergraduate day students and a total enrollment in all divisions of about 9,425. Programs are offered on campus, online and on location at our centers in New Hampshire and Maine. The university offers programs in business, community economic development, culinary arts, teacher education, hospitality management and liberal arts.

Franco American Centre Announces Summer Classes Start July 8, 2008

AskLisa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:10:00 GMT

Have you been thinking about learning a second language? Good news, it's not too late to sign up for summer classes at the FAC. Whether you are a parent of a Homeschooler, a world traveler, working in international business or simply looking to better educate yourself, we have a class for you.

Since the summer is a busy time for everyone, we have limited our French class offerings to the courses that have thus far generated the most interest: French Level 1, Level 2, and a children's class. If you are interested in a different level, we offer private tutoring and our entire course selection will resume in thte Fall.

Call the Centre and ask for Jacqui to register: 603-669-4045.

Located at 52 Concord Street, the FAC has been offering high quality French classes since 1990. Our top-notch teachers will educate, enlighten and send you off with not just knowledge but a cultural understanding and enthusiasm to continue learning.

Summer Class Schedule

Children's Summer Program-Ages 6-9
*Day TBD -Please inquire-
*Day TBD -Please inquire-

10:30-noon

Level 1: Absolute Beginner

Wednesdays

6pm-7:30pm

Level 2: Basic French Conversation

Tuesdays

6pm-7:30pm

*All courses are 1.5 hours long and run for 10-weeks*

Please register by Wednesday, July 2:
Phone: 669-4045 -- Email: info@facnh.com

Log onto our website: http://www.facnh.com for a complete class description

Public Invited to Vocal Workshops

AskLisa — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:30:00 GMT

CONCORD, NH – The Concord Community Music School’s Voice Department invites the public to take part in its annual series of workshops on vocal technique and performance, April 8 and 10. All sessions are free, open to the public, and designed to reach all ages and levels of singers. All workshops take place at the Concord Community Music School at 23 Wall Street in downtown Concord.

The workshops cover a variety of topics including the jaw condition TMJD and other singer-related maladies, offered by Ellen Nordstrom Baer (who also will be performing on April 10 at the Music School’s Bach’s Lunch Concert); the International Phonetic Alphabet as used by singers, led by Andrea Veal; as well as more experiential offerings: A Sampling of Songweavers – a chance to learn songs by rote; and A Sampling of Vibrant Voice, an overview of the Vibrant Voice Workshop being offered April 11 – 13 at the Music School. Mark Andrew Cleveland (performing on April 4 at a Musicians of Wall Street Concert) will offer an exploration of the classical folk song as a vehicle to technical and artistic expression. In addition, Emily Jaworski (performing April 6 in a free afternoon voice recital) will present “Words,Words,Words,” focusing on the ways in which a singer can deliver the text of a song so as to add depth and interest to a performance.

Workshop Weeks, free and open to the public, are held throughout the year by the Music School’s faculty. The String Department will hold a workshop series May 5 - 8. Call the Music School for more information, 603-228-1196, or visit the website www.ccmusicschool.org.

The full schedule for the Voice Department Workshops with instructors is listed below:

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

3:30 pm – 5 pm:           Words,Words,Words – Emily Jaworski
5 pm - 6:30 pm:            A Sampling of Vibrant Voice – Peggo Horstmann Hodes
6:30 pm – 8 pm:           An Exploration into Folk Song – Mark Andrew Cleveland

Thursday, April 10, 2008

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm:       The International Phonetic Alphabet as Used by Singers – Andrea Veal
5 pm - 6 pm:               A Sampling of Songweavers – Carolyn Parrot
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm:      Tackling TMJD and Other Singer Related Maladies – Ellen Nordstrom Baer

Afraid of Public Speaking?? No Problem!

AskLisa — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:06:00 GMT

Do you break out in a sweat just thinking about speaking at a business meeting or class or even a large family gathering? If so, the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications is looking for you!

The school is presenting a day-long workshop “Public Speaking and Professional Presentations” on April 12.

Taught by Southern New Hampshire University Professor Andrea Bard, the workshop will offer instruction on delivering professional, confident and well-articulated presentations. Students will give several presentations through the day and receive constructive feedback.

“Speaking in front of a group of people is terrifying for many people,” said David Tirrell-Wysocki, executive director of the non-profit school. “Our workshop will offer students hands-on guidance and practice in front of a friendly audience to help overcome the fear and gain confidence needed to deliver their message.”

The course is designed for beginners, or those who are looking for tips to improve their public speaking skills.

With 20 years of experience as a teacher and trainer, Andrea Bard has developed and presented training programs and workshops on a variety of topics including organizational communication, professional presentations, meeting planning, interviewing skills and job search techniques.

The workshop, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., has limited enrollment to ensure the maximum amount of speaking time and feedback per student. The $40 fee includes lunch.

For more details and to register, see www.loebschool.org or call 627-0005.

The Acting Loft announces 2008 spring theatre classes

AskLisa — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:10:00 GMT

The Acting Loft - Academy of Performing Arts is pleased to announce their 2008 spring theatre class schedule, and invite prospective students to attend their upcoming Open House.

"We're gearing up for a busy spring!" said Alex Basbas, Acting Loft's Director of Education. "We've lined up a ton of great singing, dancing and acting classes, ranging from beginning classes for children as young as five to advanced classes for adults. There's something for all ages! Then, with our shows and camps ... there's going to be something new going on everytime you turn around!"

Join the Acting Loft for an Open House on Thursday, January 17th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm to meet the class instructors and tour their facilities at 516 Pine Street in Manchester. For more information please call 603-666-5999 or visit www.actingloft.org for the list of classes and descriptions.