The color brochure should be appearing on the SNA website and IBM's z/VM
website (http://sinenomine.net and http://www.ibm.com/vm). The brochure
has the location details etc.
* Date: October 2, 2003
* Location: Computer Associates
2291 Wood Oak Drive
Herndon VA
* Time: 8:30 for 9:00 until 2pm
AGENDA
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* Breakfast - Brought to you by: Aduva
* Linux Connectivity - Alan Altmark
* Linux in the Finance Industry - Leonard Santalucia
* Vendor pitch: Aduva - Ray Glynn & Chris Van Tuin
* Universal Operating System for Diverse Hardware Architectures - Chris
Geddes
ABSTRACTS
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Linux Connectivity
Come and hear detailed information on how to integrate Linux for zSeries
into your
IP network. Alan will show you how to configure LCS, OSA Express
(QDIO), zSeries
HiperSockets, Channel-to-Channel, and IUCV connections. Special emphasis
is given
to the z/VM environment, IP address assignment, and routing
considerations.
Linux in the Finance Industry
In this presentation Leonard will discuss Linux from Business, Technical,
and
Financial perspective and how the Financial District uses Linux and why.
Vendor Pitch - Aduva
Ray will:
1. Provide background on Aduva
2. Speak to the challenges of Linux
3. Discuss Aduva's unique value
Next, Chris will conduct a live demonstration of the software OnStage
for
Enterprise IT.
Universal Operating System for Diverse Hardware Architectures
You envision one single operating system for diverse architectures, in
order to
reduce the training and administration costs and workload to a minimum?
Then
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 is the answer. No matter whether your IT
infrastructure comprises 32-bit or 64-bit x86 systems, PowerPC-based
systems,
or even IBM mainframes, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is universally
deployable.
All supplied services and applications can be utilized on the most
suitable hardware
for the performance of the respective task. In this way, you can exploit
your
hardware in the best way possible without any need for additional
training or extra
costs.
SuSE will discuss the following topics:
* Vision for Linux
* Linux Roadmap
* SuSE Value Proposition
* SuSE/ IBM Linux Services
* Competitive Differentiators: SuSE vs Red Hat
* Pilot Program
Neale Ferguson
