ESILUG: Meetings of 1997

DECUS Highlights
Speaker: Jim Becker, System Solutions Incorporated
Jim will present highlights of DECUS '97/Anaheim, Nov 2-6 (presentation available: html, PowerPoint).
Digital Update OpenVMS Engineering Work in Progress
Speaker: Ed Herold, Digital
Ed will give us the latest info on two subjects:
- Accurate info on the Digital/Intel Alpha deal
- OpenVMS Engineering work in progress
Featured Presentation: Technical Overview of Galaxy
Speaker: Bob Nusbaum, VMS Engineering
"Galaxy" is the project name for an exciting new multi-processing technology being developed in Digital's OpenVMS System Software Group. It will offer exciting and creative ways to deploy the processing power of SMP hardware that increase both performance and operational flexibility.
This meeting will be one of the first public descriptions of Galaxy after the announcements made at the DECUS '97/Anaheim symposium (November 2-6, 1997).
For more information on Galaxy, see:
- Steve Zalewski's Galaxy presentation given at DECUS '97/Anaheim (also available in PowerPoint form)
- Wes Melling's OpenVMS Affinity Wave 5 presentation delivered at DECUS '97/Anaheim

Product Directions for Heterogeneous OpenVMS/Windows NT Environments
Speakers: Jim Rainville and Joe Mahan, Digital Equipment Corporation

Getting Ready for Windows NT 5.0
Speaker: Mark Minasi, of TechTeach International

The July ESILUG meeting will feature two sessions:

User Panel: Delivering Intranet and Internet Services
Find out how your peers have solved their real-world problems! Panelists from the Washington, DC, area will describe how they implemented intranet and Internet services and why they made the choices they made. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a dialogue with the panelists. The panelists are:

Dave Dunlop, Mitretek Systems
Dan Maloney, Veterans Affairs
Betsy Ramsey, The Catholic University of America
AltaVista Clayton Kile (Digital Equipment Corporation) will talk about AltaVista Search and related technologies.

See the July Newsletter for further details.

The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing
Jeff Harrow, a Senior Consulting Engineer with Digital's Corporate Strategy & Technology Group, is the author of "The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing." The RCFoC provides "pragmatic, unbiased insight, analysis, and commentary on the innovations and trends of contemporary computing." Come hear Jeff share his insights!
The RCFoC is on the Web at http://www.digital.com/info/rcfoc.
Computing Styles: Yesterday, Today & Beyond 2000
John Loether, a Senior Technology Consultant within Digital's Corporate Systems Business Unit, will present an informative and entertaining view of what's in store for end users in the next decade, and how businesses are assimilating new technology.

ESILUG Meetings of 1997