The Netherlands Unix Users Group (NLUUG) is hosting a full-day technical Solaris track during its spring 2012 conference. The official announcement page, including registration information can be found at the conference page.

This year, the NLUUG spring conference focuses on the base of every computing platform; the Operating System. Hot topics like Cloud Computing and Virtualization; the massive adoption of mobile devices that have their special needs in the OS they run but that at the same time put the challenge of massive scalability onto the internet; the upspring of multi-core and multi-threaded chips..., all these developments cause the Operating System to still be a very interesting area where all kinds of innovations have taken and are taking place.

The conference will focus specifically on: Linux, BSD Unix, AIX, Windows and Solaris.

The keynote speech will be delivered by John 'maddog' Hall, infamous promotor and supporter of UNIX-based Operating Systems. He will talk the audience through several decades of Operating Systems developments, and share many stories untold so far.

To make the conference even more interesting, a variety of talks is offered in 5 parallel tracks, covering new developments in and  also collaboration  between Linux, the BSD's, AIX, Solaris and Windows.

The full-day Solaris technical track covers all innovations that have been delivered in Oracle Solaris 11. Deeply technically-skilled presenters will talk on a variety of topics. Each topic will first be introduced at a basic level, enabling visitors to attend to the presentations individually. Attending to the full day will give the audience a comprehensive overview as well as more in-depth understanding of the most important new features in Solaris 11.

NLUUG Spring Conference details:

* Date and time:

        When : April 11 2012
        Start: 09:15 (doors open: 8:30)
        End  : 17:00, (drinks and snacks served afterwards)

* Venue:

        Nieuwegein Business Center
        Blokhoeve 1    
        3438 LC Nieuwegein     
        The Nederlands 
        Tel     : +31 (0)30 - 602 69 00
        Fax     : +31 (0)30 - 602 69 01
        Email   : [email protected]
        Route   : description - (PDF, Dutch only)

* Conference abstracts and speaker info can be found here.

* Agenda for the Solaris track:
Note: talks will be in English unless marked with 'NL'.

1.      Insights to Solaris 11
         Joerg Moellenkamp - Solaris Technical Specialist
         Oracle Germany
2.      Lifecycle management with Oracle Solaris 11
         Detlef Drewanz - Solaris Technical Specialist
         Oracle Germany
3.      Solaris 11 Networking - Crossbow Project
        Andrew Gabriel - Solaris Technical Specialist
        Oracle UK
4.      ZFS: Data Integrity and Security
         Darren Moffat - Senior Principal Engineer, Solaris Engineering
         Oracle UK
5.      Solaris 11 Zones and Immutable Zones (NL)
         Casper Dik - Senior Staff Engineer, Software Platforms
         Oracle NL
6.      Experiencing Solaris 11 (NL)
         Patrick Ale - UNIX Technical Specialist
         UPC Broadband, NL

Talks are 45 minutes each.

There will be a "Solaris Meeting point" during the conference where people can meet-up, chat with the speakers and with fellow Solaris enthousiasts, and where live demos or other hands-on experiences can be shared.

The official announcement page, including registration information can be found at the conference page on the NLUUG website. This site also has a complete list of all abstracts for all talks.

Please register on the NLUUG website.