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Oracle RDB Forum 2017 (Nashua - Stockholm - Vienna - London - Utrecht - Paris - Sydney - Redwood Shores)

• Recording (35 minutes) - "Mission-critical systems with OpenVMS".
• Slide set - "Mission-critical systems with OpenVMS"

Connect OpenVMS "bootcamp" - Westford, MA, USA - September 2017

• Slide set - "OpenVMS Alpha - migration to VSI (pre-conference seminar)".
• Slide set - "OpenVMS modernisation - infrastructure (pre-conference seminar)".
• Slide set - "Delivering mission-critical systems with OpenVMS (session 233)".
• Slide set - "Designing for performance with OpenVMS (session 234)".
• Slide set - "Why move to VSI OpenVMS ? (session 235)".
• Slide set - "OpenVMS enhanced security with PointSecure (session 236)".
• Slide set - "Data networking with OpenVMS (session 237)".

VSI Professional Services Alliance

• Recording (20 minutes) - "Why move to VSI OpenVMS ?"
• See the VSI software products web page for further information.

Oracle Rdb Forum 2016 sessions

• Recording (45 minutes) - "Planning your migration to VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2" and later.
• Slide set - "Planning your migration to VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2" and later.
• Slide set (Japanese) - "Planning your migration to VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2" and later.
• Translation to Japanese and presentation in Osaka by Akira Yamamoto of HPE.

HPE OpenVMS Migration: User Community Technical Updates - 2014

Challenges posed by migrating from OpenVMS to other platforms - Stockholm (January 2014), Amstelveen (March 2014) and Hamburg (April 2014).

• Slide set (abbreviated) - "OpenVMS migration - design and experiences".

HPE OpenVMS technical updates (Europe): November 2012

• Webinar recording - "OpenVMS on big blades" and slide set.

HPE OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - June 2005

• Slide set - "DECnet-Plus and DECnet over IP".
• White paper - "DECnet-Plus Technical Overview" as published in the HPE OpenVMS Technical Journal V5.

BCS Wiltshire - November 2018

• Slide set - "Delivering mission-critical systems".

BCS Edinburgh - August 2018

• Video recording - "Systems performance engineering".
• Slide set - "Systems performance engineering".

Connect Germany Conference - Berlin - April 2016

• Slide set - "Virtualisation and Cloud Services".

HPE Discover - London seminars - 2015

• Slide set - "Putting big data to use".

Business networking seminars - 2016

• Slide set - "I.T. – the risk at the heart of your business" for CQI Bristol.

Business networking seminars - 2015

• Slide set - "Thoughts from the sharp end" - The hard reality of starting and running your own business.
• Slide set - "The well-equipped professional" - Applying technology effectively in your own business.
• Slide set - "I.T. security for smaller businesses" - Applying information and cyber security to your own business.
• Slide set - "Public speaking" - A discussion about public speaking.

IPSE (formerly PCG) interview "Starting and running your freelance business" - 2011

• Interview recording - "Running a Freelance Business".

Interview and production by Tim Bradburn