LISA is the
USENIX special interest group for
system administrators. 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 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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*Spin-off (media), a media work derived from an existing work
*Corporate spin-off, a type of corporate action that forms a new company or entity
* Government spin-off, civilian goods which are the result of military or gove ...
from its parent organization,
USENIX. 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
*
SAGE-AU (Australia)
*
System Administrators Guild of Ireland
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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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