Conrad Geiger

"Grid Computing and the Utility Computing Model" - Conrad Geiger, Sun Microsystems

"Grid Computing and the Utility Computing Model" - Conrad Geiger, Sun Microsystems

Randy introduced the speaker for the evening, Conrad Geiger who is a Technical Architect with Sun Microsystems.
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Conrad began by giving us some background about Sun.Founded in 1982, he called Sun an infrastructure company.
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Conrad mentioned that the model V220 was actually designed in Austin by NewIsys.
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Throughout the presentation Conrad asked trivia questions such as, "what does Sun stand for?"One CACTUS member responded correctly--Stanford Unix Network.Conrad threw him a T-shirt.He also gave away baseball caps.He brought CDROMs, white papers, and other literature, as well.
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Conrad noted that masking the effects of slow DRAM is a key to performance these days since memory speed is not keeping up with processor speed.The UltraSparc IV, code named Niagra doubled database throughput over the UltraSparc III.

No Sun presentation is complete with Java.Conrad brought a bootable Java Desktop System.
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Conrad brought his desktop with him--a Tadpole Wireless SunRay.
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Finally, Conrad got around to telling us about Solaris 10.Solaris 10 contains six hundred new features.He mentioned that the Intel version is mostly the same code base.
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Conrad also mentioned that Sun seeks to outperform Linux.If Solaris 10 Intel is found to be slower than Linux, it's a priority one bug.

Thanks to Conrad Geiger and Sun MicroSystems for the educational presentation, the caps, and the T-shirts.

Conrad Geiger of Sun Microsystems
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Conrad Geiger of Sun Microsystems will present on key topics and demonstrate how technology from Sun continues to influence our lives in the 21st century.
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Conrad Geiger first joined Sun Microsystems in Seattle, Washington in 1987 and has served Sun in many technical roles.Conrad has been with Sun's Academic and Research Computing organization since 1997.Conrad's degree is from the University of Texas at Austin and has worked in the IT industry for almost 30 years.In addition to Sun, Conrad has technical work experience with UT-Austin, IBM, NeXT Computer, and Boeing.Today, Conrad is a Technical Architect based in Austin, Texas, where Sun employs over 400 hardware, software, identity management product development engineers.

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Conrad Geiger, Sun Microsystems
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Conrad Geiger of Sun Microsystems will do a presentation about Sun's Storage systems.