Sysadmin Rock Star Status Has Its Perks, Including a Discount to the LISA '09 Conference

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-- The Sysadmin of the Year judging panel includes AEleen Frisch (author,
"Essential System Administration"), Doug Hughes (sysadmin community
luminary), Ben Kus (founder, BigFix User Group), Thomas A. Limoncelli
(sysadmin author, http://www.everythingsysadmin.com ), Johnny Long (founder,
Hackers for Charity, http://www.hackersforcharity.org/ ), Ryan Russell
(author, "Stealing the Network"), Robert Scoble (blogger, http://scobleizer.com ), and Amrit
Williams (blogger, http://techbuddha.wordpress.com ).-- Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/saoty09-facebook© 2009 BigFix, Inc. All rights reserved. All company and product names
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the BigFix Facebook page, http://tinyurl.com/mvn9nu .About BigFix-- LOPSA: http://www.lopsa.org/-- Qualified System Administrator of the Year 2009 nominees and nominators
are eligible to receive a maximum of one $50 LISA '09 discount each
regardless of the number of nominations received by a nominee or made by a
nominator.Anne Dickison director of marketing for USENIX and the LISA '09 conference
said: "LISA focuses on creating a community for sysadmins that allows them
to share all of the practical information they need for success. We're
pleased to make the conference even more accessible to these rock star
sysadmins and their fans, who create and transmit the tribal knowledge that
make sysadmins indispensible to modern society."Contact: Nicole Colwell Citigate Cunningham for BigFix, Inc. 415-442-4022 Email Contact-- LinkedIn: http://tinyurl.com/saoty09-linkedinInformation Resources-- Take it to 11 blog: http://sysadminoftheyear.wordpress.com/-- USENIX: http://www.usenix.com/-- Sysadmins are the unsung heroes of information technology, keeping
computers up and running, defending infrastructures from malware and
hacking attacks, and helping end-users maximize their productivity.-- Twitter: @SysAdRockStar09-- The 2009 System Administrator
of the Year contest is rallying the sysadmin nation, with a rapidly
growing Twitter following and a rising tide of nominations that highlight sysadmin rock
star performances turned in 24 x 7 in cubicles, server closets and data
centers everywhere.-- LISA '09 Conference: http://www.usenix.org/event/lisa09/-- BigFix proudly sponsors the 2009 System Administrator of the Year
contest, which acknowledges the under-recognized rock stars of information
technology who are vital to the smooth functioning of business, government
and public services.-- BigFix, Inc ., in conjunction with the Large Installation System Administration 2009 (LISA '09)
Conference , is offering $50 off LISA conference registration for all 2009 System Administrator of the
Year nominees and nominators.Supporting Quotes-- The contest is also an opportunity for the sysadmin community to share
information on best practices and new ways to deliver value to their
constituencies.-- System of the Administrator of the Year home page: www.bigfix.com/rockstar-- Nominations are
open between August 25 and October 23, with contest winner and runners up
announced on November 4, 2009 at the USENIX Large Installation System
Administrator 2009 (LISA '09) Conference at the Baltimore Marriott
Waterfront Hotel.

Contact: Nicole Colwell Citigate Cunningham for BigFix, Inc. 415-442-4022 Email Contact