When: Thursday 16th October 2008, doors open 6:00pm, meeting starts 6:30pm
Where: UWE (University of the West of England), Frenchay, Bristol (see FAQ for directions and a map) - Room 2q50 (in Q block)
What: "Virtualisation for developers - What, Why, Where?"
Who: Liam Westley, Tiger Computer Services
Why: Because virtualization is one of those tools that can be invaluable in the development environment. Use it for build environments, test environments, temporary installations - it's one of those technologies that pays for itself over and over (especially as you can get it for free).
How do I sign up for this meeting: Send an email to meetings at dotnetdevnet.com and quote your user name and the October meeting.
Abstract:
Not used virtualisation technology yet? As a developer, you are missing out on some great time saving technologies. Concentrating on the use of Virtualisation for developers on workstations and servers; What is virtualisation ? What virtualisation tools are available (especially for free) ? Why is virtualisation advantageous ? Where should you utilise virtualisation ? Tips and tricks - configuration and tweaking performace. Legacy application development (VB6, VS2003), installation tests, clean client images, documentation for screen capture as well as confirming how to get to configuration settings, consolidation of development hardware, internationalisation, breaking the 3Gb memory barrier, CI/build/test servers? .....
Bio:
Liam runs his own company Tiger Computer Services, has created graphics for the BBC Sky At Night, worked on three general elections for Sky News, launched the GMTV web site, created the first interactive television chat system in the UK, and ran the development team behind the software that enabled orange coloured Dutch presenters to sell orange towels on the first live shopping channel in the Netherlands.