Listen to the latest OpenVMS.org VMS audio update.

Also see the User Groups sub-section of the XDelta web site.

23^rdJanuary 2008 - BCS, Davidson Building, Southampton Street, London, U.K.

BCS Group Membership Forum - Professionalism and leadership - Colin Butcher of XDelta Limited.

See the BCS Group membership web page for further information.

23^rd January 2008 - Professionalism and leadership (PDF, 43KB)

27^thNovember 2007 - NCC, International Press Centre, London, U.K.

NCC EA-SE workshop - Performance and Capacity Planning - Colin Butcher of XDelta Limited.

See the NCC EA-SE programme web page for further information.

6^thNovember 2007 - NCC, International Press Centre, London, U.K.

NCC EA-SE workshop - Risk and Complexity - Colin Butcher of XDelta Limited.

See the NCC EA-SE programme web page for further information.

30^th - 31^st October 2007 - Hilton Hotel, Olympia, London, U.K.

UKCMG 2 day seminar - Systems Engineering for Availability and Performance - Colin Butcher of XDelta Limited.

See the UKCMG seminar web page for further information.

Seminar description (PDF, 44KB)

4^th October 2007 - HP, 88 Wood Street, London, U.K.

HPUG event - Data Networking and Storage Networking - Colin Butcher of XDelta Limited.

This seminar provided a technical introduction to the principles and products commonly used in data networking and in storage networking.

4^th October 2007 - Data Networking and Storage Networking (PDF, 238KB)

1^st - 2^nd October 2007 - NBC (Nieuwegein Business Center), Blokhoeve 1, 3438 LC Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands

HP and Interex Netherlands OpenVMS Technical Update event

See the HP Netherlands OpenVMS TUD web page for further information.

• Sue Skonetski, Manager Engineering Programs, HP OpenVMS Engineering
• Andy Goldstein, Principal Member of Technical Staff, HP OpenVMS Engineering
• Jim Janetos, Technical Manager, HP OpenVMS Engineering
• John Shortt, Blades Project Leader, HP OpenVMS Engineering
• Meg Watson, Distributed Netbeans Project Leader, HP OpenVMS Engineering
• Colin Butcher, OpenVMS Consulting, XDelta Limited
• Gerrit Woertman, OpenVMS Ambassador, HP Netherlands (event organisation and planning)

1^st October 2007 - Availability & Performance: Multi-site disaster-tolerant environments (PDF, 235KB)
2^nd October 2007 - Migrating to Integrity (PDF, 130KB)

19^th July 2007 - HP, 88 Wood Street, London, U.K.

HP OpenVMS roadshow - Mary-Jane Vazquez (HP), Ray Turner (HP), Dave Holt (HP), Colin Butcher (XDelta)

19^th July 2007 - Migrating to Integrity (PDF, 130KB) - latest version (HP Netherlands OpenVMS TUD)
19^th July 2007 - OpenVMS roadshow: Bootcamp summary (PDF, 43KB)

24^th April 2007 - HP, Filton Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, U.K.

HPUG event - Migrating to Integrity from Alpha and VAX - Colin Butcher of XDelta Limited.

This seminar compares the different hardware platforms and discussse the typical issues to be addressed when porting from one platform to another, including performance, system configurations, floating point data formats, the importance of data alignment, device support, EFI console, multiple core processors, hyperthreading and blade systems.

24^th April 2007 - Migrating to Integrity (PDF, 130KB) - latest version (HP Netherlands OpenVMS TUD)

22^nd January 2007

PMP Evaluation Centre - IT Infrastructure, Security & Business Continuity.

Colin Butcher of XDelta Limited worries that there is a growing "expertise gap", caused by the loss of experienced staff and the lack of new people coming through to take their place.

IT Infrastructure, Security & Business Continuity - Mind the gap (PDF, 90KB)

25^th - 27^th June 2006.

UKCMG Annual Conference & Exhibition 2007, Whittlebury Hall Hotel, Northamptonshire.

Each year UKCMG hold a three-day Annual Conference and Exhibition. Delegates can tap into the best expertise and experience the industry has to offer, develop their technical skills, explore business solutions and meet their peers within the industry.

For the agenda, registration, hotel, questions and other information please see the UKCMG conference web site.

June 2007 - Principles of performance (PDF, 93KB)
June 2007 - Principles of availability (PDF, 126KB)

20^th - 25^th May 2007 with pre-symposium events.

OpenVMS Symposium (advanced technical bootcamp), HP OpenVMS Engineering, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA.
Held at the Sheraton Tara Hotel in Nashua adjacent to ZKO (Spit Brook Road).

The 2007 OpenVMS advanced technical symposium was yet another outstanding event. It gives attendees the opportunity to meet OpenVMS engineers, users and experts from around the world. It's also a great event at which to meet up with old friends and make new friends.

See the OpenVMS Symposium (advanced technical bootcamp) web site for further information.

May 2007 - A112 Designing OpenVMS systems for availability and performance (PDF, 175KB)
May 2007 - A184 Networking with OpenVMS systems (PDF, 175KB)

The John Wisniewski Spirit Award.

Ian Miller (of EDS in the UK) was presented with the John Wisniewski Spirit Award. This award from peers and colleagues within the OpenVMS community around the world recognises the outstanding contribution, quality and value of his work over many years. Ian is one of the main contributors to OpenVMS.org.

VMS Engineering created this award in 2004 in memory of a larger-than-life guy called John Wisniewski. He was a well-known and passionate OpenVMS expert who poured huge amounts of energy into his teaching, writing and consulting work. John was the guy who started the OpenVMS Hobbyist programme and who trounced all-comers at DEFCON with an impregnable OpenVMS system.

Previous recipients are:
2004: Brian Schenkenberger (of Tmesis in the USA) and Al Meier (OpenVMS Ambassador for HP in the USA).
2005: Colin Butcher (of XDelta Limited in the UK) and Kerry Main (OpenVMS Ambassador for HP in Canada).
2006: Dave Cathey (of Montagar Software Concepts in the USA) and Keith Parris (OpenVMS Ambassador for HP in the USA).