Dear System Administrator:

Technology is advancing, the systems administration profession is changing, and you have to master new skills to keep apace. At the 11th LISA Conference, you can join the community of system administrators while attending a program that brings you the latest tools and techniques as well as information about the business of systems administration.

You will get lessons from the front lines on how to deal with the problems you face every day. You can learn from tutorials, peer-reviewed papers, case studies, invited talks, Guru-Is-In, and Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions. A Work-In-Progress Session will present the very latest solutions being developed. The Vendor Exhibits will include many products that the vendors hope will allow you to work more efficiently. You can give them your feedback. If you are very experienced, you may want to attend the Advanced Topics Workshop on Tuesday.

The tutorial program has been expanded to 42 tutorials with 22 new topics, including Windows NT administration, managing support staff, firewall management, configuring Sendmail, network security profiles, and more. We've also brought back some of our most popular speakers including Eric Allman, Tom Christiansen, Tina Darmohray, Dan Geer, Trent Hein, Evi Nemeth, Marcus Ranum and Hal Stern. You can customize the tutorial program to suit your needs.

Please join us in San Diego from October 26-31. We look forward to seeing you there.

For the LISA program committee,

Hal Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates Program Co-Chair

Celeste Stokely, Stokely Consulting Program Co-Chair

PS: Don't forget to register for tutorials. Classes are limited and do fill early!