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OSF Electronic Bulletin - Jan '94
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Search for these topics inside this issue:
* Executive Summary
- key highlights from this month's Bulletin
Let us know what you think. Send
your comments to: newsnug@osf.org)
* OSF Research Institute's Spring Symposium -
April 21-22, Boston Marriott Cambridge, MA
* Technology news nuggets:
- Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
- DCE Interoperability 1994 Events Calendar
- DCE Developers Symposium - April 18 - Wash, D.C.
- Distributed Management Environment (DME)
- OSF Selects Bull As Primary Integrator for the DME
Network Management Option (NMO)
- OSF/Motif graphical user interface
- It's official -- Motif is now an IEEE Standard!
- Motif API spec submitted to X/Open Fast Track
- Second Motif R2.0 Snapshot Shipped
- Call for submissions for Motif Products Listing
- Motif at OSF Member Meeting, Brussels-May 1994
- Motif Calendar of events
- OSF/1
- OSF/1 use continues to grow
- OSF plans OSF/1 demonstration at Uniforum
- OSF/1 rated Most Open by IS Managers
- Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (ANDF)
- ANDF technology collected papers available
- RI participates in Esprit DEPLOY Program
- Mosaic and ANDF
- End User Activity
- OSF End User Forum 1994 activities planned
- OSF Welcomes New Members during first weeks of 1994
* Other OSF news
- Correction
- New Case History from OSF
- OSF Member Meeting - Brussels - Week of May 23
* SIG news: News from OSF's Special Interest Groups
* OSF Sabbatical Opportunities
* Industry Events Featuring OSF Technology
- DCE featured at MVS/DCE Executive Planning Symposium
- IFIP/IEEE ISINM '95 Call for Papers
* OSF Calendar of Events
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OSF Electronic Bulletin
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A monthly electronic mail news update for OSF Members
from the Open Software Foundation.
Vol 5, Issue 1. January 21, 1994
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Executive Summary
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- The OSF Research Institute (RI) will hold its first
1994 Symposium on April 21-22 in Cambridge,MA. This
event will focus on RI programs in operating systems,
and a new program in multimedia Internet browsing based
on the Mosaic technology. (More information follows.)
- OSF will offer a one-day DCE Developer's Symposium on
Monday, April 18, in conjunction with the 3 day
Distributed Computing World and the Client/Server
Developers Conference, April 19-21, in Washington D.C.
(Details in the DCE Section)
- The OSF End User Forum, made up of more than 100
international commercial, government and educational
user organizations representing considerable user input,
sets an aggressive calendar of activities for 1994.
(Details follow.)
- Interest in OSF technologies continues strong as seven
new members join OSF in the first weeks of January.
- OSF Member Meeting planned for May 24-26 in Brussels,
Belgium. It will afford the opportunity to network with
high level leaders in open systems and focus on OSF
technology updates, industry-specific workshops, user
experiences in implementing OSF technologies, OSF
technology demonstrations, and discussions of trends,
issues and plans. (Information follows)
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OSF News Nuggets
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The OSF Research Institute's Spring 1994 Symposium
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The OSF Research Institute (RI) will hold its first 1994
Symposium on April 21-22 at the Boston Marriott Cambridge
Hotel, Cambridge, MA. The symposium will include a
discussion of the RI's program in operating systems
including new activity in real-time and scalability. The
RI will also present a new program in multimedia Internet
browsing based on the Mosaic technology. The RI will
provide assistance at the symposium to members who would
like to explore the Mosaic technology at their own site.
An agenda will be available in early March.
For more information, please contact Ira Goldstein at
617-621-7342/irag@osf.org
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OSF Technology News Nuggets
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Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Technology Update
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DCE Interoperability Events
Uniforum 1994 in San Francisco will kick-off a series of
DCE promotional events where OSF members and licensees
can showcase their products that support DCE. The key
message from these events is that DCE systems, tools, and
applications have proliferated during the past year and
are available from numerous vendors. The cornerstones of
the promotional schedule are four well-promoted
Networld+Interop events, where OSF will showcase members'
and licensees' OSF certified DCE-compliant products:
Networld+Interop-Las Vegas May 2-6
Networld+Interop-Berlin June 6-10
Networld+Interop-Tokyo July 25-29
Networld+Interop-Paris October 25-28
The Interop events will feature the first public
showcases of the Interoperable Partners' DCE-certified
products that passed IFEST, OSF's multi-vendor
interoperability testing event. Members interested in
participating at these events will want to join the OSF
DCE Interoperability Partners Program. (Contact info
below.)
The '94 DCE events program includes a series of varied
forums throughout the year (trade shows, member meetings,
seminars, conferences), reaching audiences in five major
market areas (U.S., Benelux, France, Germany, Pacific
Rim).
In addition to the Interop shows, members will
demonstrate DCE-based products at the OSF Member Meeting
in Brussels, which will be the first 1994 display of DCE
systems in Europe as well as a staging opportunity for
the Networld+Interop-Berlin show. The full schedule of
1994 DCE interoperability events includes:
* Nikkei Show DCE showcase Feb. 22-24
Tokyo
* UniForum DCE showcase Mar. 23-25
San Francisco
* DCE Developers' (dev. conf.) Apr. 18
Symposium
Wash., DC
* I-FEST Interoperability Apr. 11-22
Cambridge certification event
* Networld+Interop Certified demo's May 2-6
Las Vegas
* Members Meeting DCE demo's May 24-26
Brussels
* Networld+Interop Certified demo June 6-10
Berlin
* Developers' Conf. Sponsor conf.; June 14-16
Boston area DCE demo's (tentative)
* Networld+Interop Certified demo's July 25-29
Tokyo
* Networld+Interop ------- Sept 12-14
Atlanta
* Networld+Interop Certified demo's Oct. 25-28
Paris
* Super*SIG*Week DCE demo's Oct. 31 -
Boston area Nov. 4
All events are open to any vendors, space permitting.
Certification is not required for all of the events, but
certified products will be given precedence over non-
certified products.
Members with DCE-based products who would like more
information about the OSF DCE Interoperability Partners
Program may contact Courtney Grey. Vendors and ISVs who
would like to participate in any of the events or shows may
contact Courtney Grey, 617-621-8870, grey@osf.org; or
Michael Gross, 617-621-7204, mcg@osf.org.
DCE Developers Symposium - April 18 - Wash, D.C.
OSF will offer a one-day DCE Developer's Symposium on
Monday, April 18, 1994, in conjunction with the 3-day
Distributed Computing World and the Client/Server
Developers Conference in Washington D.C. This special
OSF event will focus on vendor strategies for DCE,
developer experiences, and development tools.
Distributed Computing World and the Client/Server
Developers Conference will take place April 19-21, 1994.
The theme of this event focuses on the information you
need to successfully implement and manage the next
generation of computer systems as well as the
interoperability issues of client/server technology.
For more information about the agenda, plus a FREE
subscription to George's Quarterly Newsletter (edited by
noted IS expert Dr. George Schussel, this newsletter is
his version of Cliff's Notes for client/server and
related topics in the computer industry), call DCI's
Customer Service number: 508-470-3880, Fax your request
to: 508-470-0526, or respond via Compuserve at
75300,2002
Be sure to mention your priority code of BVQIH00.
AND include your name, title, company name and address,
telephone and fax numbers when replying.
Opportunity to participate in DCE Developers Symposium
OSF is responsible for the design of the DCE Developers
Symposium agenda, content, and speakers. This event
presents an excellent opportunity for all of our vendor
licensees, users and ISVs to promote and publicize their
DCE contributions. If you have an interest in speaking at
the Developers Seminar, send email to loring@osf.org.
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Distributed Management Environment (DME) Technology Update
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OSF Selects Bull As Primary Integrator for the DME
Network Management Option (NMO)
OSF has selected Bull S.A. to be the primary integrator
for the completion of the Network Management Option (NMO)
component of OSF's Distributed Management Environment
(DME). Bull is already a significant contributor to the
OSF DME, notably as the provider of the implementation of
X/Open's management protocol (XMP) application
programming interface (API).
The NMO release is planned for mid year 1994, allowing
users to benefit very quickly from a standard base
platform. As primary integrator, Bull will complete the
integration of the various subcomponents of the NMO
technology, develop the event system, and conduct system
test work.
The NMO, which is targeted to the management of
heterogeneous networks, handles the support of the simple
network management protocol (SNMP) and the common
management interface protocol (CMIP) management protocols
in distributed environments. The NMO is designed to
support legacy systems as well as work with emerging
standards. The underlying technologies that were
selected by OSF come from Bull, Hewlett Packard, and
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme. OSF has for the
past year led a combined team of the above companies
which has prepared for this final integration process.
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OSF/Motif Highlights - User Environment Technology
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It's OFFICIAL -- Motif IS NOW AN IEEE STANDARD!
Motif is now a formal industry standard, after passing
its last administrative hurdle the first of December --
the IEEE Standards Board. The IEEE GUI interface
standard is P1295. This standard,a subset of Motif 1.2,
includes specifications for both the API and the look and
feel for all the Motif widgets. OSF thanks all OSF
members who have contributed to this IEEE standard. OSF
prime contributors include Paul Rabin, Kamesh Ramakrishna
and Vania Joloboff. The project number was changed from
P1295.1 to P1295 since the OPEN LOOK project, P1295.2 was
withdrawn.
Motif API spec submitted to X/Open Fast Track
On December 1 X/Open started the formal Fast-Track
Company Review of the Motif API specification. This
review will end in January 1994. This Motif API
specification includes the support for gadgets, drag and
drop, and UIL as a superset of the IEEE standard.
All X/Open shareholders, technical buy-out members,
nominated representatives of Associate Membership Groups
and members of the Common Desktop Environment working
group may submit comments.
Copies of the specifications may be obtained directly
from X/Open at X/Open Company Limited, Apex Plaza,
Forbury Road, Reading, UK, RG1 1AX
Second Motif R2.0 Snapshot Shipped
This past December OSF shipped its second snapshot of
OSF/Motif R 2.0. If you have not already submitted your
snapshot license, you can still sign up for the snapshot
program. The current snapshot includes new features and
documentation as well as code corrections and bug fixes
made since the OSF/Motif 1.2 release. Enhancements
include extensibility that allows developers to write new
widgets without access to source code, new widgets,
workspace management, virtual screen support in
mwm, single API for Cut*Paste, Drag&Drop and primary
transfer. This snapshot builds and runs on three
OSF/Motif reference machines: HP 9000/700 running HP UX
9.01, using shared libraries; Sun Sparcstation 2 running
Sun OS 4.1.2, and an Intel 486 architecture system
running OSF/1 1.2. Contact OSF Direct Channels at 617-
621-7300 or 617-621-8835 for snapshot information.
Call for submissions for Motif Products Listing
In anticipation of the Spring '94 edition of the
OSF/Motif User Environment Products Listing, we invite
you to update and/or amend any copy you may have
submitted in the past. We also strongly encourage any
newcomers to the ranks of Motif ISVs and end-users to
submit product descriptions for inclusion. Shipments of
the list is brisk: more than 100 copies a month are
requested. To review your current listing, or to acquire
the product submission form, contact OSF Direct Channels
at 617-621-7300 or 617-621-8835.
Motif at OSF Member Meeting - Brussels - May 1994
OSF/Motif will host panel discussions by system vendors
and end users on their experiences in building user
interfaces and applications using Motif Rel 1.2. If
you're interested in participating on this panel, please
send email to crow@osf.org. Also, we may have an
opportunity to show some Motif-based applications. If
you're interested in demonstrating your Motif-based
application, please send email to the same address.
MOTIF CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Client/Server Jan 18-21 San Jose, CA
Conf. & Expo
X Tech. Conf. Jan 25-26 Boston, MA
Uniforum Mar 23-25 San Francisco, CA
XWorld Apr 25-28 New York City, NY
OSF Member Meeting May 24-26 Brussels, Belgium
Xhibition June 22-24 San Jose, CA
OSF Super Sig Week Oct 31 - Boston, MA
Nov 4
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OSF/1 Highlights
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OSF/1 use continues to grow
Adoption of the OSF/1 technology continues to grow. To
date, OSF/1 has well over 100 source licensees. Many
vendors offer products based on the OSF/1 technology.
The current release of the technology has been shipping
for a year and includes internationalization based on
XPG4. In addition, OSF/1 V1.3, the microkernel release,
is available for OSF licensees. To learn more about
suppliers of OSF/1 technology and available OSF/1
releases, please contact OSF Direct Channels at email:
direct@osf.org or call 617-621-7300.
OSF Plans OSF/1 demonstration at Uniforum
OSF is planning the OSF/1 demonstration in its booth at
Uniforum, March 23-25, and invites members to
participate with equipment and demonstrations
highlighting their implementation of the OSF/1 operating
system. Members interested in exhibiting in the OSF
booth at Uniforum may contact Marcia Roland, OSF/1
Technology Manager, at 617-621-8720 or email:
roland@osf.org.
OSF/1 Rated Most Open by IS Managers
Computerworld surveyed 164 IS Managers, and published
their results in the December 6 1993 issue. OSF/1 was
rate the most open on the basis of:
* compatibility with interface standards
* application portability across different hardware
platforms
* support for open communications standards
* interoperable support for heterogeneous standards
* more than one supplier of the primary technology
* third party support and applications availability
* Published set of public and de facto standards
scalable across different sized hardware platforms
It is nice to see that the goal of offering technology
based on relevant industry standards is being recognized
by IS Managers.
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ANDF Technology Update
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ANDF Technology Papers available
Volume 4 of the ANDF Technology Collected Papers is now
available. The collection covers topics such as:
- ANDF's benefits to the industry in general
- ANDF's benefits to one particular vendor
- A description of the new ANDF Research Kit
- Utilization of the ANDF technology within the OSF RI
- Issues on building an ANDF producer from an existing
language front end.
ANDF Research Kit
The new ANDF Research Kit will be available in March. It
contains all the software necessary to work with the
ANDF technology, both for compiler experimentation and
application porting. It also contains technology
developed by DRA, OSF, and the FSF. Because it contains
proprietary code from DRA, a signed ANDF Cooperative
Research Agreement is prerequisite to receiving the kit.
This kit and the corresponding agreement replace the
ANDF Snapshot program. All ANDF Snapshot licensees are
encouraged to continue the active involvement that has
supported ANDF efforts..
A subset of the ANDF Research Kit, the GANDF installer
technology, consists freely distributable code. This
code will be available via unrestricted FTP access in
the near future.
DEPLOY Program
The OSF Research Institute (RI) will participate in the
Esprit DEPLOY project. This three year program is aimed
at the promotion of the ANDF technology, including
standardization, educational activities, and conformance
testing. The RI's main contribution will be conformance
testing. In addition the RI currently participates in
the OMI/GLUE project, whose aim is to make ANDF available
for more languages and target architectures.
Mosaic and ANDF
The NCSA Mosaic browser and server have been built and
installed using ANDF on a variety of platforms at the
OSF RI, including Intel 486 running OSF/1, HP-PA RISC
715 running HP-UX 9.0, and IBM RS-6000 running AIX 3.2.
This is an important step in assuring that distributed
applications can be installed on any platform that has
an ANDF installer.
The OSF RI is also maintaining a Mosaic server which
provides information about many OSF RI programs and
technologies, including ANDF. A subset of the papers
from the "ANDF Technology Collected Papers" are
available for viewing. These papers are also available
on-line via the OSF FTP server "grabbag.osf.org". There
will also be an anonymous FTP server in the near future.
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End User Activity
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OSF End User Forum 1994 activities
The End User Forum includes more than 100 international
commercial and government user organizations. In
addition, OSF's 192 educational members represent
considerable user input, including that of the Big 10
University Administrative Data Processing Directors
consortium.
An international steering committee of approximately 20
organizations provides leadership and planning for the
members of the Forum.
1994 Calendar of OSF End User Forum Events (tentative)
March
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END USER FORUM during Uniforum week, San Francisco.
General session meeting of user members, hosted by the
steering committee. Agenda determined by members.
End User STEERING COMMITTEE (EUSC) meeting planning
session of the leadership committee.
May
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END USER FORUM: May Member Meeting, Brussels.
Workshops and general sessions planned and moderated
by user forum for users and general membership.
August
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EUSC STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. User Forum leadership
and OSF management convene to review process and issues.
Sept/Oct
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END USER FORUM, European location/date to be
determined. General session meeting of user members,
hosted by the steering committee. Agenda planned by
members.
END USER FORUM, US location to be determined.
General session forum meeting as above
Additional regular communication to user members:
* teleconferences as needed for planning and response to
time-sensitive events
* mail from Steering Committee Chair to OSF end user
membership
* updates of EU Forum activity in each monthly OSF
Bulletin
* alias for Steering Committee and general end user
membership used for planning & communications
For more information on the OSF End User Forum, contact:
in Europe: Peggy Shea, shea@osf.org, 32-2-772-8888
in US: Marcie Becker, becker@osf.org, 617-621-8793
in Pacific: Jim Curtin, jim@osf.org, 81-3-3479-4740
or contact the Chair of the OSF End User Forum, Ted
Hanss, Director, University of Michigan, Center for
Information Technology Integration, at
ted@citi.umich.edu, or 313-763-6185.
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OSF Welcomes New Members
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In January, OSF welcomed 7 organizations to our family of
members, among them:
Telecom Finland, Finnish Telecommunications company,
Sweden Post, Swedish postal and money services
Hughes Applied Information Systems, providing US federal
IS integration,
Andersen Consulting, in Tokyo, Japan,
Household International, North American financial
services
OSF's non-educational membership are approximately 50%
commercial and government user organizations, and 25%
each system and software vendors.
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Correction
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The January 14 OSF Electronic Flash erroneously cited the
source of a Computerworld opinion survey on open systems.
According to the referenced article (Computerworld 6-Dec-
93, pp. 119-122), the rankings were the result of a
Computerworld survey, and not the X/Open global survey as
originally stated in the OSF Electronic Flash.
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New Case History from OSF
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A new OSF case history, "Open Systems Technology Helps
Shine a New Light on the Sciences," describes the work
underway at Argonne National Laboratory harnessing open
systems technology to help meet the goals for its new
Advanced Photon Source (APS). This facility will
accommodate 300 scientists at a time who will be able to
perform 1,000 experiments annually.
"The APS facility will have a lifetime spanning decades,
and will be used by researchers from industry,
universities, and other national labs," says Mark
Anderson, computer scientist in the Controls Group at
APS. "An open systems-based computing and services core
and interface to internal and external researchers is
absolutely necessary for the success of APS."
The case study outlines the APS computing environment and
the significant role OSF technology will play in the
facility's operation, scientist's investigations, and in
access to experiment data within the APS and by
researchers nationwide.
For a copy of the case study send your name and address
(surface mail) via email to literature-request@osf.org,
or call 617-621-8895. For both email and voice mail,
please include the document title and number - Open
Systems Technology Helps Shine a New Light on the
Sciences; O-OSF-CS2-1193-1.
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OSF Member Meeting - Brussels - Week of May 23
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The OSF Member Meeting is planned for May 24-26 in the
Conrad Hotel, Brussels, Belgium. Members will network
with other high level leaders in open systems while
focusing on OSF technology updates, industry-specific
workshops, user experiences in implementing OSF
technologies, and discussing trends, issues and plans.
The meeting provides a forum for members to exchange
ideas, discuss problems, learn from each other, and
demonstrate their latest products supporting OSF
technologies to other members.
On-site registration for the three-day member meeting
begins on Monday afternoon, May 23. On Tuesday, the
Member Meeting opens with messages from OSF leadership
and technology experts. On Wednesday and Thursday, a
variety of in-depth sessions, panels, workshops, and
discussions will take place simultaneously. Between
sessions, demonstrations will feature hardware and
software supporting OSF technologies.
In addition, we are exploring interest in presenting a
variety of tutorials on Friday, following the three-day
meeting.
We plan to send Member Meeting registration materials to
OSF member business, primary and technical contacts in
late February. If you wish to make your hotel
reservations in advance, you may do so by contacting the
hotel at Tel: +32 2 542 48 00 or Fax: +32 2 542 42 00.
The nightly room rate is BEF 8500. Please state that
you are attending the OSF Member Meeting.
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OSF SIG News
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DCE SIG update:
The most recent DCE SIG meeting was held November 1-2 as
part of the Super SIG Week in Boston. OSF presented the
current status of the DCE program, Microsoft presented
their perspective on the DCE RPC, and Project Pilgrim
spoke about the performance information they collected
in their use of DCE. A new work group, called the DCE
Deployment work group, was formed in order to provide a
forum for end-users to discuss issues and exchange
experiences relating to the deployment of DCE.
The *tentative* dates for the next combined DCE and DME
SIGs will be Mar 21 and 22 in the Silicon Valley area.
More details will be coming out very soon about this
meeting.
To join the DCE SIG and SIG distribution list, send mail
to sig-dce-request@osf.org. For general SIG questions
or comments, contact Sumner Blount at 508-486-5966
or blount@tuxedo.enet.dec.com.
DCE Doc working group
The DCE Doc working group of the Doc SIG is considering
meeting in conjunction with the DCE/DME SIG meeting in
March. Mike Leandertz has taken over the chair of this
working group, and will be sending out a message asking if
people are interested in attending a DCE doc meeting in
association with the West Coast DCE SIG meeting in March.
Security SIG Update
The date and location of the next OSF Security meeting
has been changed from February 8-10 to April 5-7, 1994
in Cupertino, CA. Topics of discussion will include:
- New DCE Security Requirements
- Smart-cards
- Public Key Cryptography
- DCE - Operating Environment Login Integration
Guidelines
To join the Security SIG and SIG distribution list, send
mail to sig-security-request@osf.org.
For more information about the Security SIG contact:
Charles Blauner or Jim Schindler
Bellcore HP
908-699-8395 408-447-4600
chazx@ctt.bellcore.com js@cup.hp.com
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OSF Sabbatical Opportunities
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Sabbatical assignments are available in many of OSF
technology areas. To be considered, please submit a
detailed resume describing your education and
experiences to help us determine the most effective
assignment. We try to personalize each assignment to
achieve the maximum benefit for you, your organization
and OSF. OSF managers from the specific technologies
will thoroughly and promptly evaluate your
background.
Assignments are available in the following areas:
Engineering-Cambridge, MA
- Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
- Architecture
- Development
- Software quality assurance
- Documentation engineering
- Graphical User Interface (Motif)
- Development
- Software quality assurance
- Documentation engineering
- Operating System (OSF/1)
- Development
- Software quality assurance
- Documentation engineering
Security Project Manager (Responsibilities):
- Define requirements for security support in all OSF
technologies. Analyze technologies to determine the
level of security support, and define strategies for
adding support in future releases.
- Security Support for OSF Offerings:
- Participate in planning process for all technologies
to ensure that security needs are factored in.
- Development work with technology teams to
implement a strategy that ensures that
security support is as consistent as possible
across OSF technologies.
- In conjunction with the Security SIG,
identify specific requirements and assist
in prioritizing these relative to other
needs including cost, schedule and customer
demand.
- Standards:
- Participate in appropriate standards groups
and monitor other's activities.
Research Institute-Cambridge and Grenoble, France
- Mach microkernel development
- Real time applications
- Device interface
- Networking
- Development
- OSF/1 Advanced Development
- Microkernel development
- Filesystem and process development
- Performance measurement
To be considered for an assignment, please contact Phil
Sheerin, Sabbatical Programs Manager, OSF Cambridge at
617-621-8788, by fax at 617-621-8781, or by email to
sheerin@osf.org.
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Industry Events Featuring OSF Technology and Open Systems
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DCE featured at Executive Planning Symposium on MVS/DCE
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The first Executive Planning Symposium on MVS/DCE is
scheduled for February 27 - March 1, 1994 at the Hyatt
Regency, Dallas, Texas. This event is sponsored by a
number of customers who have been involved in IBM's early
support program for MVS/DCE. The symposium will focus
directly on the strategic technology choices and related
business investment decisions that all companies face.
Driven by initiatives underway at many companies, the
symposium will focus on the Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE) as one of the primary attempts to
deliver a comprehensive solution to client/server
computing in a multivendor environment. Since many
companies have a significant investment in large
systems, a major focus will be placed on the
implementation of DCE on MVS.
For more information or to register by February 6, 1994,
call toll free 1 800 426-5526 between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., EST.
MVS/DCE Executive Planning Symposium Agenda
February 28, 1994
Morning:
9:00 Open MVS Strategy and Future
Keynote Speaker - Linda Sanford, IBM General
Manager, S/390 Systems
Business Justification for Open Systems
Speaker - Richard Martin, Open Software Foundation
(OSF)
Afternoon:
The OSF Technologies
Speaker - Jeanette Horan VP of Interoperable
Technologies at Open Software Foundation
Glasshouse Disciplines in a Distributed
Environment
Speaker - Mike Guidry, Phillips Petroleum
The Role of the MVS/DCE Node
(Issues of Control and Data Access)
British Telecom and Motorola speakers
March 1, 1994
Morning:
8:30 Competitive Advantage of DCE
Keynote Speaker - Ted Hanss, U. of Michigan
The MVS/DCE Products and Related Services
Speaker - Peter Beggs, IBM Planning Manager for
MVS/DCE
Security Administration in a Distributed Computing
Environment - Integration Issues
Speaker - Charles Blauner, Bellcore
Speaker - C. S Chandersekaran, IBM
Afternoon:
ECIP Customer Experiences with MVS/DCE
Panel Discussion with 5/6 ECIP participants
Wrapup and ideas for the next Symposium
Mike Guidry - Phillips Petroleum
ends at 4:30-5:00.
Demonstrations will be shown during the Symposium
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IFIP/IEEE ISINM '95 Call for Papers
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The Fourth IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on
Integrated Network Management (ISINM '95) will be held
from May 1-5, 1995 in Santa Barbara, California, USA,
at the Red Lion Inn. The symposium is sponsored by the
International Federation for Information Processing
(IFIP) Working Group 6.6 on Network Management for
Communication Networks and cosponsored by the IEEE
Communications Society Technical Committee on Network
Operations and Management (CNOM). ISINM '95 is hosted by
the College of Engineering, University of California at
Santa Barbara.
The 1995 symposium will focus on the role that integrated
network management plays in 'Rightsizing in the
Nineties'.
Authors are invited to submit unpublished papers, as well
as proposals for tutorials, panel discussions, poster
demonstrations, or birds-of-a-feather sessions (informal
discussion groups).
Deadline for Receipt of Papers: July 1, 1994
Deadline for Receipt of Proposals for Tutorials,
Panel Discussions, Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions,
and Poster Demonstrations: August 15, 1994
The Symposium offers vendors the opportunity to
demonstrate their network management products during
three days, in parallel to the symposium.
For more information or a complete call for papers for
ISINM '95 please contact: Mary Olson, ISINM '95, Phone:
+1 805 569 1222, Fax: +1 805 569 2227, Email:
ISINM@cs.ucsb.edu
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OSF Calendar of 1994 Major Events
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Members interested in learning more about OSF
technologies should check the OSF Calendar for
local events featuring OSF presentations. Below is a
listing of events, activities, and presentations where
you can hear more about OSF.
1994
January 17-24 USENIX Winter Technical Conference
San Francisco, CA
January 24-27 ComNet '93
Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
January 31- OOP '94/C++World
February 4 Munich, Germany
February
February 7-11 Workstation Expo '94 Conf & Expo
(HP/Apollo workstation environment)
San Jose Convention Ctr
San Jose, CA
February 15-17 Client-Server Workshop (DCI)
Sheraton Park Central, Dallas
February 15-17 Networks Expo (Formerly NetWorld)
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, MA
February 16-18 Government Technology Conference
Southwestern Region
February 21-25 Share User Group Meeting
Anaheim, CA
14 DCE-related sessions
February 22-24 Nikkei Open Systems Expo
Tokyo, Japan
February 24 - Decorum '94
March 4 Orlando Marriott Resort
Orlando, Florida
February 28 to Groupware '94 - Boston
March 3
March
March 9-11 Software World/Client-Server World
Toronto, Canada
Metro Toronto Convention Center
March 14-18 Software Development
San Jose
March 16-17 SEC Symposium on Interoperability
Singapore
OSF Presentations
March 16-23 CeBIT
Hannover, Germany
March 21-24 FOSE
Washington, D.C.
March 21-22 System Admin USENIX
San Francisco
March 21-22 DCE/DME SIG Meeting
(Silicon Valley area)
March ?? Internationalization SIG Meeting
(Dates to overlap with DCE/DME SIG)
Location: TBD
March 22-25 Patricia Seybold's Marathon Week
Boston, MA
March 23-25 UniForum
San Francisco
March 29-30 DECUS
OSF/1 Microkernel
April
April ? Lotus World '94
Boston MA
April 5-7 Security SIG meeting
Cupertino, CA
April 5-7 Rightsizing Expo
Tokyo, Japan
April 5-8 Enterprise Expo
Orlando, Florida
April 6-8 Open Systems & Client/Server Computing
Toronto, Ontario
April 10-13 Crossroads '94
(Nina Litton's)
Rancho Mirage, CA
OSF Keynote
April 11-22 OSF I-Fest
Interoperability certification
event, Cambridge, MA
April 18 OSF Developers Symposium
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
April 19-21 Distributed Computing World/
Client/Server Developers Conference
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
April 19-21 Unix Reseller Show & Conference
Dallas, Texas
April 19-21 Networks Expo
San Francisco, CA
DME
April 25-27 X World
New York
Motif
May
May 2-6 Networld + Interop 94
Las Vegas Convention Center
May 2-5 Supercomm ICC '94
Ernest N. Morial Conv. Ctr.
New Orleans, LA
May 9-13 DECUS
New Orleans, LA
4 DCE sessions
May 17-20 Business Show (JAPAN)
OSF DCE demo showcase
May 23-26 COMDEX Spring
Atlanta, GA
May 24-26 OSF Member Meeting
Brussels, Belgium
May 22-26 ICA ComNet Dallas
May 30 - AIC Conference
June 1 Singapore
June 30 OSF Japan Symposium
Tokyo
June
June 6-10 NetWorld + Interop 94 Berlin
June 8-10 Enterprise
Boston, MA
June 8-10 Focus '94
Copenhagen, Denmark
June 15-17 Supercomputing Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
June 20-24 Xhibition
San Jose, CA
June 27-28 SDNE
Prague
July
July 27-29 Networld+Interop Japan
OSF DCE demo showcase
September
September 7-14 AIIA and AUUG
Australia
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