Seminar slide sets, Articles and Webinars

Seminar slides and papers by XDelta Limited.

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BCS seminars - 2013

16^th April 2013 - "Network infrastructure design and implementation" for the BCS Cheltenham & Gloucester Branch

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HP European OpenVMS Technical Updates - 5^th - 21^st November 2012

"OpenVMS on big blades" - Practical experiences with OpenVMS on the BL8x0c-i2 blade servers.

You can watch the webinar recording and work through the slide set at your own pace.

Transformation Leaders seminar - 2012

11^th July 2012 - "The well-equipped professional" - Using technology sensibly to run your own business with minimum hassle.

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PCG interview and seminar - 2011

23^rd November 2011 - "Running a Freelance Business" for the PCG.

You can watch the interview recording and work through the slide set at your own pace.

28^th June 2011 - "Running a Freelance Business" for the PCG in Birmingham.

Interview and production by Tim Bradburn

Connect HP User Community Webinars - 2010

5^th May 2010 - "Delivering Mission-Critical Systems" for the Connect HP User Community.

You can watch the webinar recording and work through the slide set at your own pace.

6^th April 2010 - "Virtualisation in theory and practice" for the Connect HP User Community.

You can watch the webinar recording and work through the slide set at your own pace.

12^th February 2010 - "Networking with OpenVMS systems" for the Connect HP User Community.

You can watch the webinar recording and work through the slide set at your own pace.

Note: you may need the G2M3 codec from Citrix to play the GoTo Webinar recordings.

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

Keynote video and case study by HP about the NHS Blood & Transplant "Pulse renewal" project

Video production by ArtGal Media

Video talks by Colin Butcher - June 2009

System performance characteristics video

Design of high availability systems video

Video production by ArtGal Media

UKCMG conference - May 2009

18^th May 2009 - "Performance testing and monitoring for mission-critical systems" for the UKCMG EuroTEC 2009 conference.

BCS seminars - 2009

29^th Sep 2009 - "Virtualisation in theory and practice" for the BCS Bristol Branch.

30^th April 2009 - "Mission-critical healthcare: NHSBT Pulse" for the BCS HC2009 conference.

HP User Community Seminars - 2009

24^th Sep 2009 - "Designing and implementing mission-critical systems" for the San Francisco Bay Connect Chapter

19^th 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

19^th November 2008 - "Networking with OpenVMS systems: DECnet Phase V, DECnet over IP, LAN failover, failsafe IP"

20^th November 2008 - "Disaster tolerant clusters"

UKCMG Forum - October 2008

14^th October 2008 - "How performance affects service" for the UKCMG Forum 2008.

HP Sweden OpenVMS Technical Update - September 2008

16^th September 2008 - "Disaster-tolerant clustering with OpenVMS on Integrity"

HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - May 2008

Availability Digest article by Bill Highleyman on OpenVMS clustering based on a two day pre-bootcamp seminar given by Keith Parris and Colin Butcher.

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"

BCS seminar - 2008

23^rd January 2008 - "Professionalism and leadership" for the BCS Group Membership scheme.

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UKCMG masterclass - October 2007

30^th - 31^st October 2007 - "Systems Engineering for Availability and Performance" - Seminar description and slide set.

HP Netherlands OpenVMS Technical Update - October 2007

1^st October 2007 - "Availability & Performance: Multi-site disaster-tolerant environments"

2^nd October 2007 - "Migrating to Integrity"

UKCMG conference - June 2007

June 2007 - "Principles of performance"

June 2007 - "Principles of availability"

HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - May 2007

May 2007 - Block A112 - "Designing OpenVMS systems for availability and performance"

May 2007 - Block A184 - "Networking with OpenVMS systems"

User Groups - April 2007

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