2008 Linux Pro

 
Tracks
High Performance Computing and Virtualization
This is where you will hear about real-world usage of clusters, virtualization, new storage technologies, Grid applications, high performance computing, and more. HPC and grid technology are performing more and more work for our data centers, thanks to advances in software and networking that make it more feasible.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMHPC1HPC101: Building Blocks and Standards
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMHPC2Grids: Computing Infrastructure for Today's Applications
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMHPC3Linux Virtualization in the Datacenter
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMHPC4Xen: Success Stories for Enterprise Open Source Virtualization
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMHPC5Panel: Virtualization and the Next Generation Data Center
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMHPC6PANEL DISCUSSION: Are SaaS and Web 2.0 Defining the Future of the Datacenter?
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMHPC7Real World Consolidation Through Server Virtualization
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMHPC8The Coming I/O Crisis - Why Virtualization Technology Needs to Move Beyond Processors and Memory
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMHPC9How Open Interfaces Help Make Debugging the Largest Parallel Programs Possible

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Kernel and System Development
Track Chair: Don Marti

These sessions are for those who enjoy developing, performance tuning, and configuring the nuts and bolts of the Linux kernel and low-level system libraries and tools. Here you'll find sessions on tweaking your kernel, fine-tuning your network performance, and figuring out GCC.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMKD1Linux Performance: Profiling and Optimization
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMKD2The Roadmap for Linux Storage: Or why we don't have one
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMKD3Picking Up the Pieces after your Linux System Crashes: An Administrators Overview to Gathering Crash Data
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMKD4Unleashing the Power of Chip multi-threading with software tools
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMKD7Drowning in TCP/IP Data? Improve CPU Efficiency Through New Innovative Technology
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMKD8Real life examples of solving performance problems using SystemTAP
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMKD9Kernel Version Control with Quilt

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Mobile and Embedded Linux
Track Chair: Mark Skarpness

This track focuses on the latest Linux developments on cell phones, PDA's, systems-on-a-chip, and any other examples of Linux on small devices. If you'd like to develop on these platforms or learn more about deploying apps, these sessions will give you what you need.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMME1The State of Mobile Linux
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMME2Perspectives from Wireless Carriers
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMME3The Evolution of Real-Time Linux
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMME4Beyond the PC: The Realization of Linux in the Mobile Device Market
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMME5Hot Topics in Linux Power Management
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMME6Building Consumer Products With Open Source Communities -- the Maemo and 770 Experiences
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMME7Smart Phone Developers Will Choose Commercial Grade Linux
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMME8Got Mobile? Extending Your Project's Mobile Capabilities
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMME9Keeping Mobile Linux Competitive

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Network Management and Interoperability
Track Chair: Rob Reilly

From the file server, to the client, to your MTA, to directory services, open solutions are changing network services. These sessions will teach you how to make the most of LDAP, SAMBA, network management suites and loads of other toolkits that we can't live without.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMNMI2Provisioning Linux Clients Using PXELinux
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMNMI3Thousands of Users on Multiple Platforms: a Case Study on Controlled Chaos
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMNMI4Delegating Administration of Samba Servers
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMNMI5How Emerging Data Center Architectures are making Virtualization a Reality
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMNMI6Network Management Panel
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMNMI7Troubleshooting the Linux and Open Source Software Stack
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMNMI8Leveraging Untapped IT Assets to Simplify Management and Increase Productivity
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMNMI9Kerberos in Mixed Networks

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Novell Best of BrainShare
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Experience the Best of Novell BrainShare while attending LinuxWorld. Popular speakers presenting top-tier technical sessions that will expand your knowledge and increase your net worth--it doesn't get much better than that!

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMBBS1High Availability Storage Foundation
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMBBS2 Xen Technical Insight - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMBBS3Systems Management Roadmap
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMBBS4High Availability Storage Foundation
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMBBS5 Xen Technical Insight - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMBBS6Systems Management Roadmap

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Open Source and Your Business
How does open source affect your business? Have you deployed it already, but you're still not sure why? This is the chance to get the latest info on ROI, TCO, and just what is driving more and more customers to open source-based solutions.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMB1When Good Enough is Better
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMB2ABC's of Software Licenses
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMB3SOA and Linux Reference Architecture: Open Source in the Enterprise
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMB4Driving Success and Innovation with Linux and Open Source - A Real World Perspective
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMB5Add It Up: What Open Source Software Really Costs
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMB6Risky Business: Separating Fact From FUD
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMB7Why Open Standards Are Crucial to Protecting Your Linux Investment
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMB8The Business Open Source Community - Why Enterprise Organizations are Adopting Open Source for Critical Components of their Infrastructure
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMB9When is Open Source Software Ready for my Business?

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Open Source Best Practices
JM / Larry
Open solutions are scaling across the enterprise and now perform mission critical tasks. These sessions give the detail on how real customers with real mission-critical needs sought a better solution and ended up with open source software. These sessions will give you their war stories and what they learned about the technology.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMBP1Importance of Transparent Testing of Enterprise Software
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMBP2Get the Facts on LAMP Applications Quality and Security
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMBP3An Enterprise Open Source Success Story In the Fortune 500
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMBP4Open Source Network Management
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMBP5Winning through IT Innovation
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMBP6Open Source in the Public Sector: How the State of Oregon Uses SugarCRM for Constituent Relationship Management
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMBP7The Continuing Evolution of Linux: Community and Leverage
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMBP8Virtual Infrastructure Deployment Best Practices
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMBP9Managing the Solution Stack: Open Source and Closed Source Together

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Open Source Development
Track Chair : John Mark Walker and Larry Augustin

Developers are the backbone of the new open source economy. This is where you will learn the tools and methodologies of the trade: Eclipse, LAMP, JBoss, GNU Mono, PHP, Ajax, and much, much more.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMD1Next Generation PHP Enterprises
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMD2Visualizing the Enterprise: How to Graphically Show Complex Data in Your Web Application
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMD3Project GlassFish: building an Open Source Application Server
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMD4Recent Developments in GCC
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMD5Multi-Core Processor Applications: Best practices for Development and Optimization
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMD6The Development Platform Shootout: NET vs. J2EE vs. LAMP
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMD7Open Source and the Road to SOA
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMD8The Open IBM Ajax Toolkit
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMD9Leveraging AJAX for Enterprise Application Development

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PalmSource ALP Developer Day: Linux is Mobile--are your applications?
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 This track is for Linux Application Developers who are interested in taking their applications mobile! Get an overview of the components of the new leading platform for mobile devices--the ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP). If you are a Linux Application Developer, this track gives you early access and hands-on experience building applications for this new platform.

08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMPS1Introduction to ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP): Hands-On
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMPS2Deep Dive into ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP): Hands-On
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMPS4Lunchtime: Compatibility Station
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMPS3 Extending an ALP Application: Hands-On

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Security
Track Chair: David Cafaro

Network security professionals and hackers give the lowdown on computer security. There are those who feel that open source means secure, and they let down their guard. This track will fix that - if you thought your systems were secure, this track will have you heading back to your network as soon as possible.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMS1Case Study: Open Source Security and Reliability - Homeland Security Project to Harden Open Source Software
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMS2Securing Linux Systems with Bastille Linux and AppArmor
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMS3Open Source Tools for Backbone and Network Security Management
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMS4Advanced Network Mapping with PBNJ and Nmap
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMS5Linux Intrusion Detection Systems
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMS6Open Source (in) Security Panel
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMS7Network Assurance: The New Gold Standard for Network Security
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMS10Using Iptables to Improve Network Performance and Security
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMS8Building an Integrated Identity Management Infrastructure
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMS9Preparing for Emerging Threats in the Network: A New Approach in the Networking Platform

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The Linux Desktop
Track Chair: Steven J. Vaughan- Nichols
For those who use Linux as a desktop machine, these sessions have the latest on user interfaces and new applications enhancing the user experience. 2006 is the year of the Linux desktop, and this time we mean it. With Firefox, OpenOffice, and a solid desktop infrastructure in place, it's a lot closer than you think.

08/15/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMLD1Enabling Universal Media for Linux Desktops
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMLD2HOT: The state of Linux on the Desktop: An OSDL Desktop Linux Working group panel discussion
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMLD3Desktop Linux for the Mainstream Consumer Market
08/16/2006Session CodeSession Title
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMLD4Using Linux and Open Source in a Retail Environment, a Case Study
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMLD5LSB Desktop: Benefiting application developers now
08/17/2006Session CodeSession Title
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMLD8Linux Clients in Microsoft Windows ADS Environments

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