On 19 February 2009 the seminar cycle organised by T-OSSLab begins, in collaboration with the University of Pisa, the Polo Tecnologico di Navacchio, the Province of Pisa and Regione Toscana.
The aim of the initiative is to promote the spread and use of open source tools in the Public Administration through talks by lecturers and experts who explore their technical, management and strategic aspects. The seminars are also aimed at companies in the sector as an opportunity for discussion, exchange and enrichment.
The seminars include an afternoon lab session, allowing participants interested in using open source tools to examine and test the applications illustrated during the morning.
The first seminar takes place on 19 February 2009 at the Department of Computer Science, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, Building C, G.B. Gerace lecture hall, Pisa, from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm.
The lecturers are Bruno Bacci, University of Pisa, and Stefano Noferi, noze S.r.l.
The topic addressed will be virtualisation: the seminar introduces the principles on which this technology is based and how it can be used in data centres to reduce management costs and increase service quality.
The main available virtualisation products are described and compared, in particular Xen, one of the most widely used open source products in the field of operating system virtualisation.
Registration is free and open at www.tosslab.it.