<strong><A HREF="http://www.balug.org">Bay Area Linux Users Group</A> Presents:</strong>

<blockquote><i><a href="http://amanda.zmanda.com/">Amanda</a>: Open Source Backup & Recovery</i></blockquote>

<strong>Time & Date:</strong> 6:30PM on Oct 16, 2007 (Tuesday) <br></br>

<strong>Speaker:</strong> Paddy Sreenivasan, Founder & VP Engineering, Zmanda <br></br>

<strong>Abstract:</strong> Amanda is a popular open source network backup and recovery system. The talk will be about Amanda, how it is different, current status and why you should use it. Mr. Sreenivasan will also provide information about Amanda enterprise edition. <br></br>

<strong>Cost:</strong> $13 for a family-style Chinese dinner <br></br>

<strong>Location:</strong> <p><A HREF="http://www.fourseasr.com">Four Seas Restaurant</A>, 731 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94108</p>

<strong>Event Contact Info:</strong> balug-contact@balug.org <br></br>

<strong>About BALUG:</strong> BALUG is lively gathering of Linux & free software enthusiasts that combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers. We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we share a Chinese dinner together, which is followed by our guest speaker. <br></br>

<strong>About Amanda:</strong> Amanda is the worlds most popular open source backup and recovery software. Amanda protects over 500,000 systems running Linux, UNIX, OS-X & Windows. Amandas commercial twin company is Zmanda. <br></br>

<strong>About Paddy Sreenivasan:</strong> Paddy is the Vice President of Engineering and a founder of Zmanda, Inc. He is responsible for technical strategy and development of leading software products for data protection. Paddy has over 13 years of experience in development and management of software for enterprise storage. In addition, he has worked with various open source communities, including leading the development of an open source high-availability clustering solution. Prior to founding Zmanda, he had key engineering roles at Cisco, Silicon Graphics, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a Bachelor's degree from BITS, Pilaniand a Master's degree from the University of Pune, India.