DATE: Thursday, March=20
23rd
TIME: 6:00 pm
PLACE: RED HOOK BREWERY, Portsmouth=20
NH

March’s topic:=20
"Server Consoli=
dation=20
through=20
Virtualization"

Guest=20
Speaker: Ken Wilson and Mike=20
Ransom, Newmarket International=
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will be talking about how they =
were=20
able to virtualize 76 servers.  This will be all real-world, including=
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their architecture pros/cons, migrations hits/misses, etc.  We have tal=
ked=20
about virtual servers alot before and now its great to have a local company=
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sharing with us their real word experiences. Dan Sullivan from VMWare w=
ill=20
also be onsite to answer questions.

I highly=20
encourage you all to attend, this is a rare opportunity to hear one of our neighbors tal=
k=20
about how they consolidated over 75=20=

servers.   

Please help us get the word out – invit=
e your=20
friends, neighbors, colleagues, customers, etc.  The continued success =
of=20
Sea-Tug and getting quality presentations depends on improved attendance.&nb=
sp;=20
Help keep Sea-Tug alive! =
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Meetings are free to attend and you leave wit=
h=20
knowledge, contacts of other network admins in the area, and door prizes!&nb=
sp;=20
A special door prize will be reserved for the attendee who brings the most=
=20
‘first-timers’ along to the meeting.

For driving =
directions=20
or more information, visit http://www.sea-tug.com

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–> ISACA=20
New England Meeting <–

The folks at ISACA New England (http://www.isacane.org/) have a gr=
eat=20
event coming up next week – March 14th.  ISACA is a local user group=20=

focusing on IT Governance, Audit, Controls – big in the CISA, CISM space.&nb=
sp;=20
Anways, they have Foundstone coming to Durham, NH for Hacking Exposed L=
ive=20
presentation with the focus on internal network and web application=20
security.  This is a great event for folks working in Network Security =
or=20
IT Audit/Controls.

Foundstone will demonstrate how it is possible to disc=
over=20
information about hosts on a network using both commercial and free tools.&n=
bsp;=20
They will also demonstrate how much information can be gathered by simply=20=

sniffing a network including wireless and show how even encrypted sessions c=
an=20
be hijacked through man-in-the-middle attacks.  Attendees will also be=
=20
educated on the basics of password cracking and hacking web applications. Th=
e=20
session will include a "Threats and Countermeasures" section provi=
ding attendees=20
with valuable insight into remediating the vulnerablites presented in this=
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session.

Price is $75 for ISACA members, $150 for non-members, =
joining=20
ISACA is $120 per year=
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