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November 30, 2004

Free lunch from 12:00-1:00, provided by Encompass!

Speaker: Andy Goldstein of HP OpenVMS Engineering

Photos from the meeting, taken by ESILUG member Betsy Ramsey:

OpenVMS V8.2

Come hear one of the original OpenVMS Engineers, Andy Goldstein, talk about OpenVMS version 8.2. Andy will cover these topics:

Bio for Andy Goldstein

Principal Member of Technical Staff, VMS Engineeering, Hewlett Packard Corporation

Andy was a member of the original VMS design team. He designed and implemented the VMS file system, and has done considerable work in the VMS I/O system and exec. Andy has been responsible for a variety of security work in VMS, and participated in the design and implementation of VAXclusters, particularly the cluster file system. He has acted as project leader for a couple of VMS releases and has consulted on many projects in VMS over the years.

Andy has participated in research in distributed security, and consults in security and cryptography.

Andy has acted as architect or consultant on a number of VMS projects, including Posix for OpenVMS, OpenVMS / Windows NT Affinity, and DII COE compliance. He also works in the area of file systems, storage management, and backup.

In an alternate reality, Andy spends time with community orchestras, carpentry, and flight simulators.

September 21, 2004

The topics for this meeting are designed to help AlphaServer customers learn details about EV7z which was announced at HP World 2004 in Chicago. In addition, attendees will be given an overview of the HP Integrity Server roadmap with release plans for OpenVMS and HP-UX with Tru64 UNIX AdvFS and CFS attributes. Finally, there are a number of business-oriented programs offered by HP to assist customers who are trying to decide if or when to transition from AlphaServer technology to HP Integrity servers. The last presentation will provide a broad overview of these programs with HP contact information if follow-up actions are desired.

Topics

An Integrity rx2600 server will be available for "show and tell," ready to boot OpenVMS, HP-UX, Windows, and Linux.

About the speaker

Ed Herold, HP Pre-sales Technical Support

Ed worked for Digital Equipment Corporation as an Educational Services instructor teaching PDP-11, RSX-11M, VAX, & VMS operating system courses delivered to DEC customers from 1980-1988. In 1988 Ed joined the DEC pre-sales organization to assist educating DEC customers in Maryland, DC and Virginia about VMS and VAXcluster technologies. Ed continued his pre-sales focus with DEC as AlphaServers were introduced in 1992 and he has continued to support his AlphaServer OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX customer base throughout the acquisitions by Compaq Computer Corporation and now the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).

Ed currently works in the Customer Solutions Group which is part of the HP Business Critical Server Division. His current area of customer pre-sales support coverage includes over a dozen enterprise commercial accounts within the Mid-Atlantic Area of HP's East Region. His areas of technology focus includes HP AlphaServers, HP 9000 Servers, HP Integrity Servers, HP OpenVMS, HP Tru64 UNIX, Linux, HP-UX, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (64-bit). Ed has been a volunteer coordinator to DECUS and now Encompass LUGs in the Washington, DC area since the late 1980's. He currently serves as the volunteer HP coordinator for the Encompass ESILUG activities in the Maryland, DC and Virginia geography.

At HP World 2004 in August, Ed was presented with the 2004 Encompass HP Recognition Award, an award presented by Encompass in recognition of outstanding support for the user community by an HP employee. Encompass President Kristi Browder presented the award at the opening session of the conference.

June 1, 2004

HP Server Consolidation

Dennis Bonanni, HP Industry Standard Server Solution Architect

Reducing the total number of Windows servers is a key initiative for many IT organizations and knowing which Windows servers to consolidate requires insight into how different servers scale-up. In this presentation, you will learn the technical fundamentals of combining Windows servers, including the advantages of HP ProLiant BL blade servers for physical consolidation to save datacenter space, power and cooling. You will also learn about Windows application consolidation using ProLiant Workload Management Pack, VMware ESX/GSX, and MS Virtual Server. This presentation provides an informational framework for architecting, sizing and configuring a consolidated server environment using HP 64-bit Integrity Servers, Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS).

Speaker: Dennis Bonanni is an HP Server Solution Architect with nearly 20 years of experience in Information Technology. For the last five years, he has focused on all aspects of server consolidation solutions, and has presented server consolidation at numerous technical symposiums. Mr. Bonanni has broad experience implementing industry-standard distributed systems including system/network planning design, installation, administration, operations, and technical support. His expertise includes highly available clusters, storage area networks, enterprise backup systems, disaster recovery planning, and Windows Datacenter Server. Mr. Bonanni also has experience with lowering total cost of ownership (TCO), computer virus security, and client/server application design. He has provided consulting within a number of industries such as healthcare, financial, insurance, retail, legal, accounting and manufacturing. In his current position, Mr. Bonanni provides business and technology consulting to enterprise accounts in the Mid-Atlantic area. He has served in programming, engineering and managerial positions. Mr. Bonanni holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was formerly an Adjunct Professor at Salem Community College, New Jersey.

Windows Virtual Server

Pete Nash, Microsoft

Virtualization is a technique that allows you to run multiple PC-based operating systems simultaneously on one workstation or server. More and more organizations are leveraging virtualization technology for server consolidation, improved development testing and disaster recovery. Microsoft has two solutions for virtualization with the Virtual PC and Virtual Server products. This session will review the Microsoft virtualization technologies providing an architectural overview, target usage scenarios, and demonstrations.

Speaker: Pete Nash is a Windows Platform Architect in the Microsoft Mid-Atlantic District. In his role, Pete works with Microsoft clients to help them understand and apply the Microsoft line of products and technologies to solve complex business problems. Pete focuses on .NET, the Microsoft Server products and UNIX migration strategies that customers can exploit to leverage the Windows platform.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Pete was the Director of Technology at Plural a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner(now Dell Professional Services) were he was responsible for architectures and project delivery. Pete has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical engineering and holds MCSE, MCSD, and MCDBA certifications.

March 31, 2004

HP's Adaptive Enterprise: What Does It Mean to Me?

What is HP's Adaptive Enterprise, and why does it matter to my organization? How do I get it? Do I need to buy new hardware or software? How does it help me with my existing investments in HP technology? The following talks will address those questions.

The HP Adaptive Enterprise

Dave Twohy, HP

Today's businesses face unrelenting pressure to do more with less in an environment of constant change. How quickly can your business sense and respond to change?

The HP adaptive enterprise journey for enterprise customers is designed specifically to address how you can capitalize on change and turn it to your company's advantage.

Dave will be addressing these topics as they relate to the HP Adaptive Enterprise:

Trends in Technology that Enable an Adaptive Enterprise

John Loether, HP

This session will look at how Operating Systems and the move to Industry Standard systems with HP are creating Computer Systems AND Storage that yield an Adaptive Infrastructure.

This drives a 'better' lower cost ROIT. Running multiple operating systems on the same architecture allows many 'cool' things to be done.

Is it 32-bit computers versus 64-bit computers? NO - it is 32-bits AND 64-bits. Adaptive - heterogeneous systems that are MORE flexible and less expensive than previous generations.

About The Speakers

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