TITLE: Leveraging Free Software to create the new LavaNet web site and LavaNet 'Ohana Community portal
How many IT projects do you know take less than 3 months to complete and cost $0 in software? While at LavaNet, Julian Yap has led the creation of the community portal, LavaNet 'Ohana, and a rebuild of the main web site using Free and Open Source Software. Julian discusses the top to bottom implementation of Free Software and how the ethos of the Free Software community were used to complete this project. Julian Yap works as a Unix Systems Administrator/Web Specialist for the locally owned Internet Service Provider, LavaNet Inc. He is also a member of the Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation (HOSEF) Board of Directors and has recently become a Red Hat Certified Technician. Prior to November 2005 he lived in Melbourne, Australia where he has worked for the companies Raywood Communications, Sidewinder Holdings (Asia Pacific) and IBM Global Services Australia. He holds a Bachelors of Business Information Systems degree from Monash University, Australia. Time: 5:45 to 8:30 Location: Marine Sciences Auditorium, The University of Hawaii If you want Pizza, $7, otherwise it is Free For directions, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] For parking please write [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]