Seminar News
GSE -Large
Systems Working Group
Meeting
in Crosshaven (Cork Harbour, Ireland)
on Friday, 22nd September 2000
NOTE - AGENDA & EVENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Crosshaven
Hotels + B&B Listing (** More B&Bs supplied 8th Sep.)
Thursday Evening, 21/Sep:
Networking with your contemporaries in R.C.Y.C. on Thursday evening, 21st
September, in upper lounge, from 8.00 to 9.30 p.m. Later, move to a traditional music
evening at another nearby location.
Friday, 22/Sep:
LSWG meeting chaired by Julie Williams will commence at 9.30 a.m. on
22nd September in the RCYC, Crosshaven.
09.30: Registration & Coffee/Tea.
10.00: Announcements (OS/390 R.10 & OS/390 futures)
10.30: Experiences
11.30: Understanding the increased risk of
OS/390 with Image Management.
With over 43 members with hundreds to thousands of statements and a minimum 600
inspection points per image the IPL process has definitely not got easier. Auditing the
unique change management requirements is just as daunting. This new presentation by Glennon
Bagsby of NewEra Inc., U.S.A., was just presented this July by Glennon to SHARE
in Boston and was highly commended.
12.30-13.30 Lunch in "The
Anchor" restaurant
13.30: The Case for
an OS/390 Software Asset Manager
With software costs spiralling upwards in all IT budgets there is more
than a strong case for an (MVS) Software Asset Manager. But what kind of person do we want
and what exactly can he/she do to save us money not just now but in the future. Linda
McGrath of Fitz Software & Co. will present the ground rules and the way
forward.
14.30: The Hitachi Freedom Storage 9900
This presentation by Phil Jones of HDS will introduce an architecture
which handles large systems availability and performance. Also dealing on why
"Storage on Demand" is key for offering a better service.
15.30-15.45 Tea
15.45: OS/390 64-Bit - An independent perspective
Paul Arnerich will give a personal view on the 64-bit
OS/390.
16.25: SAP R3 User Experiences
Franco Vitale is giving an overview of
his SAP/R3 experiences from a large project he's been working on in Amsterdam since last
spring. We also hope to have a UK based project outlined by one of our members (tbc).
Saturday, 23/Sep:
The morning will commence with a visit to EMC Ireland in Ovens and a
tour of their plant (now employs nearly 1300 people) and a brief overview of their
technical support group and data-centre for simulating customer environments. Bus leaves
RCYC at 9 a.m.
There will also be a presentation on continuity and disaster recovery
procedures by EMC & Fitz.
At 12.00 we'll be back in Crosshaven and the rest of the afternoon will
entail boating in the famous Cork harbour with visits to historical sites including that
of the heritage centre in Cobh (formerly Queenstown and last port of call of the Titanic).
Crosshaven Hotels + B&B
Listing (** More B&Bs supplied 8th Sep.)
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