System Administration[]
System administration is the profession of working with and managing computing, and sometimes networking, infrastructure for an organization
Overview[]
The number of women in system administration has been slowly growing (& once I can get my hands on the surveys I can find the real numbers) but they are still a minority.
Issues[]
Many of the issues surrounding women in system administration are similar to those of women in computer science and engineering.
Encouraging Women System Administrators[]
In the past there have been Women in System Administration Birds of Feather groups at various conferences (such as the USENIX LISA conference).
Notable Women System Administrators[]
- AEleen Frisch (Consultant and Author, "Essential System Administration")
- Elizabeth Zwicky (Author, "Building Internet Firewalls")
- Amy Rich (Sysadmin and Q&A columnist for former Sysadmin magazine)
- Lois Bennett (Sysadmin, League of Professional System Administrators board member & former chair of the LOPSA Education committee)
- Christine Deffaix Rémy (GNU/Linux - UNIX Development specialist at Ociensa Technologies, and author at ENI Editions(fr))
- Christine Hogan (co-author of The Practice of System and Network Administration, all editions)