The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to
discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in
the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.  The meetings are free and open to
the public.  Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/

TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm.

Next Meeting:

  Topic:	Business Relevance of SANs
  Speaker:	Todd Bichsel, Brocade Communications Systems
  Date/Time:	March 21, 2002  7:00 pm
  Location:	University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy)

Synopsis:

  Todd Bichsel will discuss the Brocade network approach to
  Storage Area Networks (SANs) and the value proposition that
  Brocade brings to SANs, and will describe how SANs provide
  business continuance.

About the Speaker:

  Todd Bichsel is a Support Engineer for Brocade in Minneapolis
  and has worked in the area of storage management for ten years.



We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office),
2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of
the building.



Tentative Meeting Schedule

  April 18, 2002
  May 16, 2002



Directions:

Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy):

The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829
University Ave. SE.  It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal
building (previously occupied by Group Health).  The windows are
distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens.  University Park Plaza
is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car
Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and
University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV. 

- From the South (35W)

Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East.  Continue in
the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit.
Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave.  Turn left on University,
proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave.  The building is on your right. 

- From the North (35W)

Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South.  Continue on
Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit.  Turn right on University.
Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave.  The building is on your right. 

- From the West (94/394)

Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far
left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit.  Remain on
Highway 280 until University Ave.  Turn left on University, proceed
7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave.  The building is on your right. 

- From the East (94)

Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280
exit.  Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave.  Turn left onto
University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St.  The building is on your
right. 

- Parking

Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in
front of the building along University Ave. 

- Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/frames/framebody/pages/about/upp.htm



For more information on TCSA, check out our web site:

  http://www.tcsa.org/

To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA
or TCSA-JOBS link from:

  http://list.onvoy.com/

For any other information, please send email to:

  info at tcsa.org

or contact:

  Dave Bianchi	651-260-1770

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Dave Bianchi         Collective Technologies
djb at colltech.com        A Pencom Company
djb at tc.umn.edu       http://www.colltech.com/
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