From the SSEP program web site:

The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP), launched June 2010, provides middle and high school classes across the U.S. the ability to propose experiments to fly in low Earth orbit, and to celebrate that accomplishment with their local community and with national and global audiences.

Phase 1 of the program is a unique and historic opportunity to propose an experiment to fly aboard STS-134, the final scheduled flight of the Space Shuttle. Selected student experiments would fly for 10 days aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. Launch is tentatively scheduled for November 2010, but a launch slip to mid-January is expected, enabling this student spaceflight experiments opportunity.

Decisive IT is proud to be part of this program and will be handling the web development and technology infrastructure to support this effort. Congratulations to NCESSE and it’s partners on making this program a reality.

Deltek’s annual conference is next week, May 17th through the 20th. I wasn’t sure if I was going to go this year, but I’ve made a decision to go.

It’s being held at the Gaylord National, right outside of Washington, D.C. at the National Harbor in Maryland. I’ll be on the lookout for those of you that I know and if you see me, don’t be a stranger!

I have a feeling that it’s going to extremely popular with a lot of teachers and parents alike. Give it a go and let Dr. Jeff know what you think!

Also, don’t forget to check out NCESSE‘s other programs, like Voyage and Journey through the Universe.

-drew

If you run across something that doesn’t quite work right or have other feedback, feel free to let me know.

Thanks,

-drew

The next version of VMWare ESX and associated technologies, dubbed ‘vSphere’ seems pretty impressive, especially when coupled with Intel’s new 5500 series Xeon processors. They are calling it a ‘Cloud Operating System’, which is really more marketing speak than anything. The fundamentals of the ESX products have not really changed greatly, just improved; if you ask me, you could have called the previous versions a Cloud OS too and gotten away with it.

I’m really hoping to make it out to VMWorld 2009 this year and am really looking forward to my first vSphere deployment.

- Drew

If you give me one of your cards at the conference you’ll get 15% off your next consulting engagement with Decisive IT in 2009.

Decisive IT provides free email/web hosting , web site maintenance and general IT advice/support to the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) and they’ve reached some major milestones that I would like to share with everyone.

You can read the write up at drewroman.com.

My availability schedule was based on the original due date and is now completely out the window for the most part. I will be reviewing my schedule tomorrow and over the weekend and should have it worked out by the 22nd.

If you are looking to work with me regarding technical consulting, please feel free to contact me regarding availability.

Thank you!

Drew

For those of you that need a “little” more technical detail, they have part 2 up now.

It does a good job of covering the history, basic implementations and types of virtualization.

-Drew

I update this calendar at the same time I update my main project planning calendar, so the information should be very current.

Keep in mind that this calendar only shows confirmed engagements/appointments. Availability can change at any time however, so please contact me before finalizing any plans.

-Drew