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Webinars - 2010

UKCMG TEC 2010 conference - May 2010

I/O in a virtual environment - Click to download the file 17th May 2010 - I/O in a virtual environment

BCS events - 2010

Designing and implementing mission-critical systems - Click to download the file 9th March 2010 - Designing and implementing mission-critical systems for the BCS Cheltenham & Gloucester Branch

Designing and implementing mission-critical systems - Click to download the file 25th Jan. 2010 - Designing and implementing mission-critical systems for the BCS Jersey Branch

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NHSBT "Pulse renewal" project keynote by Colin Butcher - July 2009

Video talks by Colin Butcher - June 2009

UKCMG EuroTEC 2009 conference - May 2009

Performance testing and monitoring for mission-critical systems - Click to download the file 18th May 2009 - Performance testing and monitoring for mission-critical systems

BCS events - 2009

Virtualisation in theory and practice - Click to download the file 29th Sep 2009 - Virtualisation in theory and practice for the BCS Bristol Branch
Mission-critical healthcare: NHSBT Pulse - Click to download the file 30th April 2009 - Mission-critical healthcare: NHSBT Pulse for the HC2009 conference
Disaster-tolerant systems - Click to download the file 17th February 2009 - Disaster-tolerant systems for the BCS Reading Branch

AICS events - 2009

Virtualisation - Click to download the file 16th March 2009 - Virtualisation for AICS members

Connect / BITUG / HP User Group Seminars - 2009

HPUG / BITUG - NHSBT Case study - Click to download the file 3rd December 2009 - NHS Blood and Transplant - mission-critical healthcare for the BITUG / HPUG exhibition and conference
Designing and implementing mission-critical systems - Click to download the file 24th Sep 2009 - Designing and implementing mission-critical systems for the San Francisco Bay Connect Chapter
19th March 2009 - IPCI (IP Cluster Interconnect) and HBVS (Volume Shadowing) enhancements (slides courtesy of Nilakantan Madahevan of HP OpenVMS Engineering) for the HP UK User Group OpenVMS update day.
HPUG OpenVMS day - OpenVMS performance on Integrity - Click to download the file 19th March 2009 - OpenVMS performance on Integrity for the HP UK User Group OpenVMS update day.

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HP Dutchworld - OpenVMS track - November 2008

HP Dutchworld Nov. 2008 - Networking with OpenVMS systems: DECnet Phase V, DECnet over IP, LAN failover, failsafe IP - Click to download the file 19th November 2008 - Networking with OpenVMS systems: DECnet Phase V, DECnet over IP, LAN failover, failsafe IP
HP Dutchworld Nov. 2008 - Performance: getting the best from your new system platform - Click to download the file 20th November 2008 - Performance: getting the best from your new system platform
20th November 2008 - IPCI (IP Cluster Interconnect) and Volume Shadowing enhancements (slides courtesy of Nilakantan Madahevan of HP OpenVMS Engineering).
HP Dutchworld Nov. 2008 - Disaster tolerant clusters - Click to download the file 20th November 2008 - Disaster tolerant clusters

Community Connect Europe - November 2008

Connect Nov. 2008 - Designing virtualised infrastructures - Click to download the file 11th November 2008 - Designing virtualised infrastructures
Connect Nov. 2008 - Data networks and storage networks: a technical overview - Click to download the file 11th November 2008 - Data networks and storage networks: a technical overview

UKCMG Forum - October 2008

UKCMG Oct. 2008 - How performance affects service - Click to download the file 14th October 2008 - How performance affects service

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2008

HPUG Oct. 2008 - Data Networking and Storage Networking - Click to download the file 1st October 2008 - Data Networking and Storage Networking

HP Sweden OpenVMS Technical Update - September 2008

Disaster-tolerant clustering with OpenVMS on Integrity - Click to download the file September 2008 - Disaster-tolerant clustering with OpenVMS on Integrity
Performance: getting the best from your new system platform - Click to download the file September 2008 - Performance: getting the best from your new system platform

HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - May 2008

June 2008 - Availability Digest article on OpenVMS clustering - Click to download the file June 2008 - Availability Digest article on OpenVMS clustering
This article was based on a two day pre-bootcamp seminar given by Keith Parris and Colin Butcher, attended by Bill Highleyman of the Availability Digest.

Disaster-tolerant clustering with OpenVMS on Integrity - Click to download the file May 2008 - Block 249B - Disaster-tolerant clustering with OpenVMS on Integrity - latest version (HP Sweden OpenVMS TUD)
May 2008 - Block 277 - Networking with OpenVMS systems - Click to download the file May 2008 - Block 277 - Networking with OpenVMS systems

BCS events - January 2008

Professionalism and leadership - Click to download the file 23rd January 2008 - Professionalism and leadership

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NCC EA-SE programme seminars - 2007

UKCMG 2 day seminar - Systems Engineering for Availability and Performance - 30th - 31st October 2007

Seminar description - Click to download the file Seminar description
Seminar slide set - Click to download the file Seminar slide set

UKCMG conference - June 2007

June 2007 - Principles of performance - Click to download the file June 2007 - Principles of performance
June 2007 - Principles of availability - Click to download the file June 2007 - Principles of availability

HP Netherlands OpenVMS Technical Update - October 2007

Availability & Performance: Multi-site disaster-tolerant environments - Click to download the file 1st October 2007 - Availability & Performance: Multi-site disaster-tolerant environments
Migrating to Integrity - Click to download the file 2nd October 2007 - Migrating to Integrity

HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - May 2007

May 2007 - A112 Designing OpenVMS systems for availability and performance - Click to download the file May 2007 - A112 Designing OpenVMS systems for availability and performance - updated June 2007
May 2007 - A184 Networking with OpenVMS systems - Click to download the file May 2007 - A184 Networking with OpenVMS systems

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2007

Data Networking and Storage Networking - Click to download the file 4th October 2007 - Data Networking and Storage Networking - latest version (HPUG October 2008)
Migrating to Integrity - Click to download the file 19th July 2007 - Migrating to Integrity - latest version (HP Netherlands OpenVMS TUD)
OpenVMS roadshow: Bootcamp summary - Click to download the file 19th July 2007 - OpenVMS roadshow: Bootcamp summary
Migrating to Integrity - Click to download the file 24th April 2007 - Migrating to Integrity - latest version (HP Netherlands OpenVMS TUD)

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UKCMG conference - June 2006

June 2006 - Hardware architecture and performance - Click to download the file June 2006 - Hardware architecture and performance

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2006

Implementing OpenVMS systems for availability and performance - Click to download the file 28th February 2006 - Implementing OpenVMS systems for availability and performance

Topinterim Seminars, 2006

18th Sep. 2006 - the well-equipped professional - Click to download the file 18th Sep. 2006 - The well-equipped professional - an independent professional's guide to I.T. survival.
20th Aug. 2006 - Working as an independent professional - Click to download the file 20th Aug. 2006 - Working as an independent professional - a session for outplacement clients.

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HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - June 2005

June 2005 - DECnet-Plus and DECnet over IP as given at the HP OpenVMS advanced technical bootcamp - Click to download the file June 2005 - DECnet-Plus and DECnet over IP
DECnet-Plus Technical Overview as published in the HP OpenVMS Technical Journal V5 - Click to download the file Feb. 2005 - DECnet-Plus Technical Overview as published in the HP OpenVMS Technical Journal V5

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2005

Building an OpenVMS web server - Click to download the file 12th July 2005 - Building an OpenVMS web server
OpenVMS V8.2 on Integrity - bare metal install - Click to download the file 1st Mar. 2005 - OpenVMS V8.2 on Integrity - bare metal install

AICS Seminars, 2005

Networks - how they work - Click to download the file 24th May 2005 - Networks - how they work

Topinterim Seminars, 2005

10th March 2005 - Taming the technological monster - Click to download the file 10th Mar. 2005 - Taming the technological monster
10th March 2005 - Small office network functional diagram - Click to download the file 10th Mar. 2005 - Small office network functional diagram

BCS Seminars, 2005

High Availability and Disaster Tolerance - Systems Design - Click to download the file 18th Jan. 2005 - High Availability and Disaster Tolerance - Systems Design

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HP UK User Group Seminars, 2004

OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity - Click to download the file 8th Dec. 2004 - OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity (V7.3, V7.3-2 / E8.2 and E8.2)
Migration issues VAX - Alpha - Integrity - Click to download the file 28th Sep. 2004 - Migration issues VAX - Alpha - Integrity
OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity - Click to download the file 16th Sep. 2004 - OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity (V7.3, V7.3-2 / E8.2 and E8.2)
DECnet and DECnet over IP - Click to download the file 15th July 2004 - DECnet and DECnet over IP
Hardware Platform Architecture - Click to download the file 29th Apr. 2004 - Hardware Platform Architecture
OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity - Click to download the file 3rd Feb. 2004 - OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity (V7.3, V7.3-2 and E8.1)

Topinterim Seminars, 2004

1st November 2004 - Taming the technological monster - Click to download the file 1st Nov. 2004 - Taming the technological monster
1st November 2004 - SOHO network functional diagram - Click to download the file 1st Nov. 2004 - SOHO network functional diagram
Post seminar notes - Click to download the file 2nd June 2004 - Post seminar notes

FSB Seminars, 2004

FSB Technology Seminars - Communications - Click to download the file 16th July 2004 - Communications

SWIG Seminars, 2004

28th June 2004 - IT Basics - Click to download the file 28th June 2004 - IT Basics

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HP EMEA Pre-sales Knowledge Transfer Event, Oct 2003 - Böblingen

Networks session - Click to download the file Networks session
Storage session - Click to download the file Storage session
VAX hardware upgrades session - Click to download the file VAX hardware upgrades session
OpenVMS High Availability configurations session - Click to download the file OpenVMS High Availability configurations session

Interex Europe Conference, May 2003 - Amsterdam

High Availability Systems & Networks Design - Click to download the file High Availability Systems & Networks Design session

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2003

HPUG 7th Oct 2003 - Back to Basics: Networks seminar - Click to download the file 7th Oct. 2003 - Back to Basics: Networks seminar
HPUG 9th Sep 2003 - Back to basics: Storage seminar - Click to download the file 9th Sep. 2003 - Back to basics: Storage seminar
HP-CUO 11th Mar 2003 - Supporting Legacy Systems seminar - Click to download the file 11th Mar. 2003 - Supporting Legacy Systems seminar
HP-CUO 11th Mar 2003 - Nemonix H/W upgrades (Rich Williams) seminar - Click to download the file 11th Mar. 2003 - Nemonix H/W upgrades (Rich Williams) seminar
HP-CUO 18th Feb 2003 - Introduction to Systems Design seminar - Click to download the file 18th Feb. 2003 - Introduction to Systems Design seminar

PCG Conference, 4th Oct 2003 - Heathrow

A Personal View of the Future for Freelance Working - Click to download the file A Personal View of the Future for Freelance Working

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HP EMEA Pre-sales Knowledge Transfer Event, Nov 2002 - Loch Lomond

High Availability principles session - Click to download the file High Availability principles session
Network principles session - Click to download the file Network principles session
Networking with OpenVMS systems session - Click to download the file Networking with OpenVMS systems session

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2002

HP-CUO 26th Feb 2002 - DECservers - Click to download the file 26th Feb. 2002 - DECservers seminar
HP-CUO 26th Feb 2002- OpenVMS DCL file to Check LAT services - Click to download the file 26th Feb. 2002- OpenVMS DCL file to Check LAT services

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DECUS Europe Conference, May 2001 - Lisbon

OpenVMS V7.3 Technical Update workshop - Click to download the file OpenVMS V7.3 Technical Update workshop

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2001

HP-CUO 9th Oct 2001 - clearVISN V3.1 seminar - Click to download the file 9th Oct. 2001 - clearVISN V3.1 seminar
HP-CUO 20th Sep 2001 - DECnet Phase V seminar - Click to download the file 20th Sep. 2001 - DECnet Phase V seminar
HP-CUO 24th Sep 2001 - DECnet Phase V Overview paper - Click to download the file 24th Sep. 2001 - DECnet Phase V Overview paper

Communities and user groups are important. They provide a forum for the interchange of ideas and information. This article explores some of the underlying principles that make them so effective:

Building successful User Groups - Click to download the file 28th April 2007 - Building successful User Groups