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November 19, 2002

Location: HP Greenbelt, MD (our usual location)

Intel * Itanium(tm) 2 Architectural Overview and Direction

Scott Reeder, Intel Solutions Specialist, and Ray Yep, Intel Business Development Manager/Architecture Manager

The Intel * Itanium(tm) 2 processor is the first volume microprocessor in the Intel(r) Itanium(tm) processor family architecture, which was co-developed by HP and Intel. Itanium(tm) 2 illustrates true enterprise relevance as its support for the enterprise and the datacenter spans all key enterprise OS's (Windows, Unix, Linux) and environments. With the recent acquisition of HP's Alpha and Tandem development teams, Itanium(tm) 2 will become the fundamental building block for 64-bit enterprise computing. This session will review the architecture, technology roadmap, ecosystem support, and industry benchmarks relevant to Itanium(tm) 2.

Scott Reeder has been with Digital / Compaq / HP since 1997 (just made it into Digital by 9 months, but made it) He has been working with Digital /et al products for the last 20 years. He is an OpenVMS Ambassador and also a certified MCSE. Most of his customers have been in the federal government space, with the majority in DoD. He has done server consolidations in VAX -> Alpha OpenVMS and MS Exchange.

Ray is a 9 year veteran of Intel Corporation with overall technology sector experience dating back to 1985. In his current role as Intel's Business Development and Architecture Manager, he calls on the area's top Fortune 100 accounts to discuss and evangelize technology based on Intel Architecture (handheld, client, enterprise, and communication). Customer's see tremendous value in their dialogue with Intel as Ray is able to engage with key corporate executives and articulate Intel's industry/market relevance, ecosystem enablement, and clear price/performance alternative or complimentary solutions. In previous his previous roles, Ray has worked in Intel's OEM Sales Division as both sales and application engineer and entered the technology sector as an ASIC Designer and Systems Engineer within the government and private sectors. Ray has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of MD.

Why Use Intel Itanium 2 Servers from HP?

Ed Herold, HP Solution Architect

The Intel Itanium 2 processor is the first volume microprocessor in the Intel Itanium processor family architecture, which was co-developed by HP and Intel. Both of the new HP systems also utilize the exclusive HP zx1 Chipset developed by HP, which supports this new 64-bit processor with industry-leading high bandwidth and low latency. In the rx2600 and rx5670, HP is proving the Intel Itanium architecture concept of highly-parallel, 64-bit performance with a pair of servers that are full featured, have a unique high-bandwidth system architecture, and use industry-leading commodity parts to ensure compatibility and economical value.

This session provides details about these 2 new HP servers, shows their features and benefits, discusses their electrical architectures, and provides a breakdown of their unique high-availability features. What's more, this session illustrates how HP makes the transition from RISC and IA-32 servers easy, while preserving our customers' investments in existing software in HP-UX, Windows or Linux OS environments.

Ed is a 22 year veteran of Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation and now Hewlett-Packard Company working in the HP Business Critical Server Division of the Enterprise Systems Group. His current area of customer pre-sales support coverage includes commercial accounts within the Mid Atlantic Area of HP's East Region. His areas of technology focus includes AlphaServers, OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, Linux, HP 9000 Servers, HP-UX, HP Intel Itanium 2 Servers, and 64-bit Windows.

September 24, 2002

Location: HP Greenbelt, MD

Agenda:

What is Microsoft .Net and how does it affect today's computing infrastructure?
A Non Microsoft-Non Marketing perspective

Mathew Soltis, HP

Trade publications and the Microsoft engine have flooded the market with Microsoft '.Net'. So is .Net a technology, a product set, a service you can use/sell, or a new pricing model? What parts of .Net are shipping today and who is using them, how will they affect the solutions and systems we run today and into the future? These questions will be addressed and discussed by looking at the short history of .Net, comparisons/contrast with other platforms, an overview web services, and a case study that outlines how .Net is being used by organizations.

Mathew Soltis, MCSE Mr. Soltis is a .Net Solutions Architect for HP's North America Enterprise Microsoft Services practice. Mr. Soltis focuses on systems integration and software solutions for enterprise customers in both Commercial and Government sectors. Prior to his time with HP Consulting & Integration (Compaq and Digital), he worked for Verity, MCI, and the National Institute of Health.

HP Blade Server Architectures

Roger Starr, HP

Interested in "Server Consolidation"? Running out of room in your data center? Ever wondered how you could build a 3-tier architecture including 15 load-balanced web servers, DNS servers, DHCP servers, four 2-processor Application servers, and a one 4-processor Database server, all with redundant power and cooling, all in 12U of rack space or less? If you answered yes to any of the above, then you will want to attend this session to find out how the HP ProLiant BL blade servers can help you solve your IT challenges and see live demonstrations of how HP's remote management technologies make managing blade servers exciting.

Roger Starr, ISS Sales Specialist, East Region Roger joined HP in 1996 as a Systems Engineer focusing predominantly on ProLiant Servers. Since that time he has also worked in the Service Provider and .COM business segment and now works as a Product Specialist for the Industry Standard Server (ISS) business unit supporting sales of the ProLiant server family of products.

March 26, 2002

AlphaServer Technology Roadmap to IPF

Ed Herold - Senior Field Systems Engineer, OpenVMS Ambassador, OpenVMS ASE, ESILUG Counterpart, Compaq Computer Corporation - Mid Atlantic Area

This session will briefly cover the plans Compaq Computer Corporation has to bring AlphaServer technology to the marketplace through 2005. This session will lead into the IPF (Itanium Processor Family) presentation from Intel.

Since 1980 Ed has supported Mid Atlantic Area commercial accounts for Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq by delivering technical pre-sales and post-sales advice with respect to customer production systems running OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX and Linux. His primary focus in the last 10 years has been to advise customers on the AlphaServer roadmaps as well as operating systems roadmaps.

Intel's Advancements in Server Technology

Ted Schoepfer, Partner Development Manager, Intel Corporation, Mid-Atlantic District

This session will review Intel's Advancements in Server Technology outlining technical and business advantages of the Itanium Processor Family (IPF), the ISV (independent software vendor) and OSV (operating system vendor) communities supporting this technology and IPF's applicability in the enterprise.

AlphaServer Product Futures

Ed Herold, Compaq Computer Corporation
Non-Disclosure Agreement Required to Attend This Session

This non-disclosure session will cover AlphaServer products that are planned to be released in the 2002-2003 timeframe. This will include details of the planned AlphaServer systems based on EV7 technology known as "MARVEL."

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