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Sydney User Group

LUG Chair: Annette Kleinberg

Date	Time	Topic and Speaker	Location
9 March 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	HP9000 & Integrity Servers Update Ross Templeton hp 1. PA-RISC & Itanium Microprocessor Roadmaps 2. PA-RISC (HP9000) & Integrity Server Families 3. HP-UX Past, Present & Future 4. Value Added Solutions for HP9000 & Integrity Servers (Virtualisation, Pay-Per-Use etc.) 5. Brief Update on OpenVMS for Integrity Ross Templeton is the Operating Environments Marketing Manager, Business Critical Systems, Asia Pacific He is responsible for Hewlett-Packard's Operating Environment Marketing for Business Critical Systems (BCS) within Asia Pacific, excluding NonStop servers. As part of Hewlett- Packard's "Multi-OS" Strategy, Business Critical Systems offer customers the choice of several Operating Environments including HP-UX, Tru64 Unix, OpenVMS, Windows Server and Linux, so that they can use the Operating Environment that best suits their need. In addition Ross manages other BCS marketing programs covering High Availability, Virtualisation and Utility Computing. Ross has 27 years experience in the Computer Industry of which 21 years have been with Hewlett-Packard. Craig Williams will give a short update on what has been happening with hp. Craig has been a long time supporter of Encompass and it's membership so come along and hear what he has to say.	DEUA Room Hewlett Packard, Rhodes Click for directions
20 April 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Linux on the Desktop Ken Albert hp 1. hp customers and Linux in the real world 2. Why Linux 3. Enterprise and Linux 4. Medium sized business and Linux 5. Linux on the desktop 6. hp Linux strategy in Australia A demonstration of a running Linux desktop system will be given (providing all can be arranged in time). *PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE!*	The Auditorium Hewlett Packard, Riverside Click for directions
11 May 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Mobility - Methods and Madness Matthew Gould, Enterprise Mobility Specialist, hp Exchanging data with any device over any Mobile network -- practicalities & pitfalls CDMA 1XRTT -- Telstra's new network -- just a bigger pipe -- or good news for business? New products and technology trends -- from Bluetooth Posters to Super-Smart phones. Matthew Gould has experience with the Daily Mail Group in Hong Kong where he was the regional manager - interactive publications in charge of a team of 60 specialists. He worked with NEC in Japan where he was responsible for ensuring content as diverse as CNN and Hello Kitty were available for distribution via 2.5G and 3G iMode services. While working for Emprise IT in Sydney his role was to lead and develop mobile solution design in response to market demand and to grow sales. He Instigated development of a range of mobile solutions for iPaqs including Mobile Merchandising, and Mobile Field Sales solutions. *PLEASE NOTE THE NEW VENUE!*	The Auditorium Hewlett Packard, Riverside Click for directions For catering, please RSVP to Annette Kleinberg (kannette@optusnet.com.au)
8 June 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Itanium - State of Play and Windows Martin Zierer, Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Agenda Intel's Enterprise Vision The T's in Technology 64-bit Technologies in comparison Itanium 2 - Roadmap and Plans Software Ecosystem readiness Available solutions & case studies Facts & Numbers (take-aways) There will also be a brief presentation on how this technology maps to the HP product range and some of the activity we are seeing in this space. Martin Zierer is a Solution Specialist at Intel Australia, where his role involves architectural planning and technical advice for enterprise solutions on leading edge Intel server platforms. Martin has a strong background in enterprise database deployments on all major platforms and extensive experience in 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server and Linux Enterprise operating systems. In his former role as Senior Technical Consultant at Intel Solution Services, he was driving proof-of-concept projects around UNIX to Windows migration, Server Consolidation with Total Cost of Ownership modelling and the evaluation and certification of solution stacks based on the latest Intel Architecture hardware. Prior to working for Intel, he led the database outsourcing team for Cable & Wireless in Germany. His current focus is enterprise solution enablement on Intel�s 64-bit Itanium platform through collaboration with software vendors and hardware manufacturers for end-customer deployments. *PLEASE NOTE THE NEW VENUE!*	The Auditorium Hewlett Packard, Riverside Click for directions For catering, please RSVP to Annette Kleinberg (kannette@optusnet.com.au). If you have difficulties getting to Riverside please let Annette know and we will try and arrange a lift for you.
10 August 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) - the latest buzzword in the storage industry Willie Lusted Willie will present his views on ILM and the hp offerings of relevance. Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) is the latest buzzword in the storage industry. ILM defines the procedures for automating the process of placement and movement of data between the various tiers of storage devices. ILM is the process of managing the placement and movement of data on storage devices as it is generated, replicated, electronically distributed, protected, archived, and ultimately retired. ILM stores, indexes, searches, retrieves, and copies data according to the way it is used during its life span, including its ultimate destruction or deletion. ILM helps organizations optimize their systems and storage infrastructures. Not all information created has equal importance to an enterprise, nor are access requirements for all information the same. For example, critical data used to run the business must be accessible at all times and requires the highest level of protection (with the fastest recovery capabilities) and performance. The underlying goal of an ILM is to manage the data life cycle. Willie Lusted is a Storage Sales Specialist at hp. He has worked in the Storage Industry for the past 10 years with various storage vendors. Willie traditionally works in large corporate and public sector accounts and is a subject matter expert on most aspects of design, architecture and industry trends. His current focus is on Information Lifecycle Management (ILM). *PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE!*	The Auditorium Hewlett Packard, Riverside Click for directions For catering, please RSVP to Annette Kleinberg (kannette@optusnet.com.au). If you have difficulties getting to Riverside please let Annette know and we will try and arrange a lift for you.
12 October 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Personal Systems Group (PSG) Technology Update Josh Wiles *PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE!*	The Auditorium Hewlett Packard, Riverside Click for directions For catering, please RSVP to Annette Kleinberg (kannette@optusnet.com.au). If you have difficulties getting to Riverside please let Annette know and we will try and arrange a lift for you.

Melbourne User Group

LUG Chair: Bambos Haralambous

Date	Time	Topic and Speaker	Location
24 February 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	OpenVMS Update Paul Marshall Paul Marshall has been with hp for over 25 years, His current role is a Senior Technology Consultant for the hp's Managed Services organization. He is also a member of the World Wide VMS Ambassador programme within hp and is presenting a VMS update with the emphasis on the VMS developments of the Itanium platform. We hope to have a hp Integrity (Itanium) server running OpenVMS V8.1 on the night.	Board Room Hewlett Packard Building Level 8 564 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004
30 March 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Snapshot and Snap Clone Features Larry Dioneda hp This presentation will cover the EVA's snapshot and snap clone features and demonstrate these feature with a live demonstration with an EVA and Windows based servers located at the hp Solutions Centre. A demonstration of the backup capabilities using snapshots within hp Data Protector will also be presented. Larry Dioneda is a pre-sales/solution architect, part of the hp Pre-Sales team. He specialises in storage, such as SAN's, EVA, and Tape Libraries. Important Notice: Please note that if there are sufficient members at this meeting we will have a vote for the position of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the Melbourne User Group for 2004. So if you are interested in nominating for either position please come to the meeting or send a proxy.	Board Room Hewlett Packard Building Level 8 564 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004 RSVP: Bambos Haralambous by Monday 29 March 2004 for catering.
25 May 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Update on HP Craig Williams hp Craig Williams will give a short update on what has been happening with hp. Craig has been a long time supporter of Encompass and it's membership so come along and hear what he has to say. HP Storage Update Hans Baer hp An opportunity to review the latest StorageWorks products from hp and to take a look into what has changed in the storage products over the last 6 months. Hans Baer is a Storage Specialist with hp in the St Kilda Rd office, Melbourne. Hans has been working with hp for six years in various presales and technical roles having initially joined DEC in April 1998 as a Presales Technical Specialist on the Digital Action Line team. Hans has been specialised almost solely on storage for five years, however, has maintained an active interest in the Alphaserver server space throughout his time with hp. Hans was a regular presenter to the Sydney LUG before moving to Melbourne.	Mt Bogong Room (Board Room) Hewlett Packard Building Level 8 564 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004 RSVP: Bambos Haralambous by Monday 24 May 2004 for catering.
29 June 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Linux and Oracle 10G Cluster - Live Demonstration Michael Wahren hp Michael would like to show a deployment of Oracle 10G using rx2600 Integrity servers (IA64) utilising the available Linux deployment tools. He will also discuss and demonstrate the Oracle Cluster Filesystem (OCFS) on Linux. Michael Wahren is part of the hp pre-sales/solutions architect group based here in Melbourne, and is involved with the Solutions Centre located at the hp St. Kilda Road office.	Mt Bogong Room (Board Room) Hewlett Packard Building Level 8 564 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004 RSVP: Bambos Haralambous by Monday 28 June 2004 for catering.
27 July 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	Migrating an application from Tru64 to Linux Michael Klein The topic will be a warts-and-all analysis on the trials and tribulations of migrating a large scale application that spans many hundreds of machines and dozens of sites from Tru64 to Linux. The customer base for this migration is essentially the world's Air Traffic control authorities spanning many countries. It is simplistic to just look at the potential "savings" to be made from specifying commodity hardware and freeware operating systems. There are many hidden issues that need to be added to the equation, such as: supply chain reliability, logistics, procurement, code porting & validation, third-party hardware & software support etc. These and other issues observed along the way will be candidly discussed from both a Technical and Project Management perspective. Michael Klein During the 20+ years that Michael Klein has been in the IT industry, he has held various positions ranging from Hardware Engineer, Systems Administrator, Consultant & Integrator with most of the major Vendors, as well as Academic end users. Some of the vendors being: Sperry Univac, Raytheon, Wang, Ungerman Bass, GEC Alsthom, Digital, Compaq, HP. Most recent employment has been in the area of Systems Management tools, installing and integrating products from Tivoli, BMC, CA, Spectrum etc. He is currently employed with a supplier of Air Traffic Control Systems, developing in-house software tools that install and maintain Unix platforms. His hobbies include collecting old Cars, Typewriters, Computers and basically anything else that is too good to go to the tip (in fact his Computer Hardware museum is probably only rivalled in Victoria by Andy Stewart's collection).	Mt Bogong Room (Board Room) Hewlett Packard Building Level 8 564 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004 RSVP: Bambos Haralambous by Monday 26 July 2004 for catering.
26 October 2004 Tuesday	1730 for 1800	I fought the law and the law won. (IT and the Law) David McKenzie (Paradigm-Shift) & Encompass Member This presentation addresses issues of the law that occurs in the field of information technology. The following points are discussed: What is a lawyer? How law is made The interaction between common law and legislation Contract law and the obligations incurred Tortious liability and Unjust Enrichment Deceptive and misleading conduct (The trade Practices Act) Are you really an independent contractor? Intellectual Property, Patent, Copyright, and Design Open Source and the Law International Law and treaties The Free Trade Agreement David McKenzie David's first degree was in physics and mathematics. He then worked for the Department of Defence, Attorney General's Department, Digital, and Computershare, with an emphasis on system management and large systems. He has implemented wide area clusters in Australia, Europe and the United States. During that period he also gained a Graduate Diploma in Information Systems. He is currently completing Juris Doctorate in Law, and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. He also does work for Legal Aid (Victoria) whilst still running a consultancy business, Paradigm Shift, which specializes in Disaster Tolerance and Disaster Recovery. Despite the current emphasis on law David also maintains an interest in IT, and has a strong interest in OpenVMS and Linux. E-Mail: david.mckenzie@paradigm-shift.biz Web: http://www.paradigm-shift.biz/ It's getting close to the end the 2004 Encompass event Calender, so come along and support your user group, socialise with the other members and enjoy the presentation.	Mt Bogong Room (Board Room) Hewlett Packard Building Level 8, 564 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004 RSVP: Bambos Haralambous by Monday 26 July 2004 for catering.

Board Meetings

Date	Time	Location
18 March 2004	1730	The Dining Room, Hewlett Packard, Riverside Click for directions
15 April 2004	1730	The Dining Room, Hewlett Packard, Riverside Click for directions
20 May 2004	1730	The Dining Room, Hewlett Packard, Riverside Click for directions
17 June 2004	1730	Chez Harrington; 6 Almond St, Wentworthville 2145
15 July 2004	1730	Chez Chevallier; 23 Wattle St, Killara
19 August 2004	1730	Chez Chevallier; 23 Wattle St, Killara
16 September 2004	1730	Chez Harrington; 6 Almond St, Wentworthville 2145
21 October 2004	1730
18 November 2004	1730
16 December 2004	1730