LISA is the
USENIX
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special interest group
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for
system administrators
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. LISA was known officially as the System Administrators Guild until November 2003; from 2003 to 2010, it was known as SAGE.
In March 2016 it was announced that LISA was being retired.
Major activities
* Co-sponsors the annual system administration conference, also known as LISA.
* Hosts several technical and professional mailing lists.
* Provides a job listing service.
* Compiles an annual salary survey of system administrators' salaries keyed to many variables.
* Publishes a series of short topics booklets in the field of system administration.
* Establishes and promotes a code of ethics for system administrators.
* Supports local user groups.
* Offers an
IRC
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channel.
* Presents an annual award for outstanding contributions to the field of system administration.
Proposed spinoff
In June 2004, SAGE was dissolved as a Special Technical Group to prepare for a
spin-off
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from its parent organization,
USENIX
USENIX is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization based in Berkeley, California and founded in 1975 that supports advanced computing systems, operating system (OS), and computer networking research. It organizes several confe ...
. On October 27, 2005, the USENIX Board, by a 4–4 vote, failed to approve a motion to progress the separation of SAGE from USENIX, declaring instead that SAGE is better as a suborganization. This contributed to the formation of
LOPSA by individuals involved in the aborted spinoff.
See also
*
League of Professional System Administrators
The League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA), founded in 2004, is a professional association for IT Administrators.
History and formation
Originally, the corporation was created as "The System Administrators Guild, Inc" in July 2004 ...
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SAGE-AU
SAGE-AU was an Australian non-profit professional association of system administrators. SAGE-AU was originally formed to provide the same services for Australian system administrators as the SAGE (organization), SAGE organisation did in the Uni ...
(Australia)
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System Administrators Guild of Ireland
References
External links
Official websiteSAGE@GUUG (Germany)cSAGE CertificationUSENIXLOPSA - League of Professional Systems Administrators
Information technology organizations
Professional associations based in the United States
System administration
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