Meetings

Overview on Cloud Development Options

Jeremy Hajek
IIT-Rice

Tuesday August 9th 2011 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

Cloud Computing is a term all over the media. But what exactly is it? Who are the leading companies and products in the cloud computing arena? Professor Jeremy Hajek will compare commercial and opensource solutions and present IIT's findings and information learned. Lecture will include hands on demo during the meeting and and optional tour after the presentation. IIT chose Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud utilizing Ubuntu's version of Eucalyptus, an open source cloud computing platform, for a local project.

Bio

Jeremy Hajek is an Adjunct Industry Associate Professor for Illinois Institute of Technology's School of Applied Technology. He has been teaching computer hardware, infrastructure, and cloud computing. In addition to teaching, Jeremy has been the Computer System Manager for the School of Applied Technology since 2004.

Getting to the meeting

The next SIG meeting of UniForum Chicago will be:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489
Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in sou th Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the N orth-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway ( I-88).

From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on B utterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Naperville Road and continue north for 1\275 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.


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