Many MUUG members are already aware of Scott Balneaves's tremendous accomplishments in the area of Linux thin clients. If any of you would like to know more, Scott and James Ramsay will be presenting their solution at this month's CIPS dinner.

Details below:

************************************** Linux in the Workplace : A local real world story

If you are like most IT professionals, you are under tremendous pressure to lower the cost of your business technology infrastructure, without lowering your service levels.

The cost of desktop, and edge computing may represent one of the largest parts of your I.T. budget, and yet it seems like fixed cost with no alternative. You have probably noticed the not so quiet revolution happening around Linux and Open Source technology. You may have even considered exploring it further to see if it really represents a viable alternative in your technology environment.

Legal Aid Manitoba faced the same challenges, and tackled them early with a bold step into the Linux and Open Source world. Over the past decade, Legal Aide has deployed Linux , and Open Source software in an effort to reduce the cost of computing. Join James Ramsay, Director, Systems and Technology and Scott Balneaves, System Administrator, as they discuss how they are using Linux and Open Source technologies, and the issues they encountered in their deployment.

Legal Aid Manitoba will share their experience implementing a Linux and Open source infrastructure including Linux Thin Clients using Linux Terminal Servers.

Come and hear the role Linux can play from top to bottom in your organization, and listen to a local colleague detail a real-life example of deploying Linux from servers to the desktop in a medium size organization. Your are sure to be enlightened!

Liberty, Freedom, Some Good Fun, all at a lower cost

All the details in the attached PDF.