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OSF Electronic Bulletin
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February 16, 1995 - OSF Electronic Bulletin- 1
Date: Friday, 17 February '95
To: OSF Members
From: corpcom@osf.org (OSF Corporate Communications
Open Software Foundation)
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NOTICE: Long copy follows (Approximately 35 pages)
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Search for these topics inside this issue:
* Executive Summary
- Key Highlights from this Month's Bulletin
* Special OSF and Industry Announcements
- Make Your Reservation Now For OSF's Member Meeting
- OSF European Event Success Story
* OSF End User Forum Update
* OSF Special Interest Group (SIG) Update
* Technology News Nuggets
- Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
- Decorum '95 and DCE
- Decorum Product Announcements
- New DCE Case Study Available
- DCE in the News
- Reminder -- 1995 DCE Product Catalog Available
- OSF I-FEST
- OSF DCE Certification Program
- OSF/Motif Graphical User Interface
- VTS 1.1.1 New Bonus Feature of Motif Support
- Desktop Interest Group
- OSF/Motif 2.0 - The Extensibility Release
* OSF Research Institute (RI) Advanced Development
- OSF RI Boosts Presence at Web Events for '95
- OSF Web Tools Initiative--Users & ISV Support
* OSF Meetings and Events
- OSF Member Meeting
- Upcoming OSF Tradeshows
- UniForum '95 Update
- OSF Update Meeting in London-- 22 March 1995
- OSF European Symposium in Paris-- September '95
- DCE Developers Conferences
- OSF DCE European User and Developer Conference
* DCE User Group Contact and Meeting Information
* Customer Services
- European Licensing and Software Support Services
- European Documentation Sets
- OSF Professional Services in Europe
- European Open Enrollment Training Schedule
- European Open Enrollment Business Partner Training
Schedule
- OSF Customer Service Tear-off the Wall Chart
* OSF Calendar of 1995 Major Events
- European Events Calendar for 1995
* OSF Contact Information
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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 6, Issue 2. February, 1995
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Executive Summary
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* Make your reservations to attend OSF annual Member Meeting
in Boston, May 31--June 2, 1995 at the Westin Hotel, Copley
Place.
* European Event Success Story -- Sycomore, Kredit Bank
and OSF hold successful DCE seminar in Paris with more
than 100 information systems managers in attendance.
* Decorum '95 was a huge success. Look inside for
conference and product announcement information.
* "NASA's Mission to Planet Earth: Changing the
World's Environment," New OSF DCE Case Study Available.
* OSF RI Boosts Presence at Web-related Conferences.
* OSF Web Tools Initiative Calls for Users and ISV
Support.
* Check out the UniForum'95 Update -- Stop by OSF's
Showcase Booth #529 to see the companies exhibiting, the
DCE applications and tools, and the "live" presentation.
* Plan to attend the next OSF Update Meeting in London,
22 March 1995 at Hitachi Data Systems.
* Mark Your Calendar -- OSF's European Symposium will
be held in September 1995, in Paris, France. Plans
include a DCE Showcase exhibit.
* Don't Miss Out...Sign-up now for one of the upcoming
OSF DCE Developer Conferences
11-13 April 1995 San Jose, California
25-27 April 1995 London, UK,
21-23 August 1995 Boston, Massachusetts
* DCE Users Groups Are Up and Running. If you are
interested in participating, look inside for one in your
area.
-- Arizona held its second meeting on Jan. 17.
-- Northern California plans to hold its inaugural
meeting Mar. 6, in Foster City, CA.
-- Southern California group is now forming.
-- Denver's next meeting will be held Mar. 15.
-- MA next meeting is Mar. 23 in Waltham.
-- New York's next scheduled meeting is Mar. 8.
-- In Europe, London held its first meeting 18 Jan.
with more than 70 people in attendance.
-- Paris, France DCE Users Group is forming.
* Don't forget -- For the latest information be sure to
look at OSF's Calendar of Events and OSF's European
Events Calendar for 1995.
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Special OSF and Industry Announcements
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** Make Your Reservation Now To Attend
OSF's Member Meeting
The OSF annual Member Meeting will be held in Boston, from
May 31 -- June 2, 1995, at the Westin Hotel Copley Place.
OSF has arranged a special reduced hotel sleeping room rate
of $149.00 (single or double occupancy). The hotel has
agreed to extend the special rates from May 26 -- June 5.
Why not consider enjoying Memorial Day Weekend in Boston?
For hotel reservations, call the Westin Hotel Central
Reservations Office at (800) 228-3000 or (617) 262-9600. The
address of the Westin is as follows:
Westin Hotel
Copley Place Boston
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5798
Look for detailed information in the next Member Mailing!
** OSF European Event Success Story
In Paris on 24th January 1995, Sycomore, with the help of
OSF, held an extremely successful seminar entitled : DCE: a
basis for the deployment of major projects.
This seminar was attended by nearly 100 Information Systems
Managers from a wide variety of professional domains,
including Government, Telecommunications, Banking and
Insurance, Transportation and Public Utilities, Industry,
etc.
The aim of the seminar was to review the effectiveness of DCE
in an operational environment. The high degree of interest
shown by the attendees provides a clear indication that a
significant step has been made towards the recognition of DCE
as a dependable solution for Client/Server projects in
France.
To obtain a copy of the overhead slides, please contact
Sycomore on 33 (1) 41 26 46 46.
Sycomore would like to take this opportunity to thank Wim
Delvaux from Kredit Bank, Karl Deininger from Kapsch and
Colin Scaife from OSF for their excellent presentations.
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End User Forum Activity
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** OSF End User Forum Update
For current and general information on OSF's End User Forum,
check out End User Forum home page on the World Wide Web.
There are public document archives in this page, including
information about End User Forum activities, the members of
the OSF End User Steering Committee and schedules of upcoming
events, etc.
You can view the information from any Web browser (Mosaic,
NetScape, Lynx, etc.) via your connection to the Internet.
The link to the End User home page can be found on the OSF
web server under Member Programs at URL:
http://www.osf.org:8001/.
If you have information you would like to contribute such as
case studies about your end user experiences with OSF
technologies, links to other sources of open systems
information, etc., please contact Ted Hanss.
For further information about the OSF End User Forum, contact
Ted Hanss, Chair, End User Steering Committee (ted@umich.edu
or +1 313 763-6185) or Jane Smeloff, OSF Membership Services
(jane@osf.org or +1 617 621-8997). To get on the OSF end
user email list, contact enduser-request@osf.org.
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OSF Special Interest Group (SIG) Update
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** OSF Security SIG Update
The next OSF Security SIG will be held at DSTC in Brisbane,
Australia. This is the SIG's first attempt to have a meeting
in Australia in an effort to attract OSF members who might
not normally attend Security SIG meetings.
REMEMBER THE DATES: February 27 -- March 2, 1995.
DSTC, our hosts for the SIG meeting, have been wonderful in
helping us to set up the agenda and arrange the many outside
details for the meeting. We couldn't have done it without
their help!
According to Gary Gaskell, DSTC, over 50 people have
currently registered for the meeting. As such, this meeting
promises to be the largest SIG meeting ever. This is a very
positive sign of both the importance of Security and the work
that the SIG is doing.
Below you will find a tentative agenda for the meeting and
registration information. Let me know if you have any
questions or need further information. We hope to see you
there!
Best regards,
Jim Schindler
Co-Chair OSF Security SIG
Macro topics of discussion include:
* Future security features of DCE
* Single Sign-On
* Global information system security and Cryptography
* Public-key login mechanisms
* User requirements from Distributed Security technologies
Tentative Agenda:
Monday, February 27 Cryptography Update & Tutorial Day
Given by: Information Security
Research Centre (ISRC)
Queensland University for Technology
The day of Tutorials will include:
"Is DES secure" and "Cryptographic systems of the future"
"AUSCERT report"
"Authentication Protocols"
"Cryptographic Policies and International Business Needs"
Topics include discussions and latest happenings in:
CRYPTO Standards Activities
Block Ciphers
Stream Ciphers
Analysis of recent threats on DES
OSF SECURITY SIG MEETING AGENDA ITEMS
February 28 -- March 2, 1995
OSF Update including:
* Trust Book
* PST Process Review
* Security Integration
Other items include:
* Single Sign On
* X.509 Certificate Extensions
* Hughes Requirements for Common Information Environment
* Telecom Australia (Telstra) Security Requirements
* Hong Kong Jockey Club Security Requirements
* Queensland Healthcare Security Requirements
* IBM Proposal to the OMG for Security RFC
* OSF Security Strategy Discussion
* Australian Banking Security Requirements
* Information Communication Institute of Singapore
* Public Key Cryptography Discussion
* DSTC Security Activities -- Current and Future
* DCE Security Update
* Stock Exchange Security Requirements
* Defence Science & Technology Organization
* RFC 8.1/8.2 Discussion
* DEMO of public key login
* Telecom Australia Research Lab discussion
* Smart Card Use in DCE
* Deployment issues with DCE
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OSF Security SIG Registration Form
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Note: Registration is available only to OSF Members and
invited guests of the OSF Security SIG.
To register, complete the following and email or fax to:
OSF Security SIG Meeting
c/- DSTC
Level 7, Gehrmann Laboratories
University of Queensland, 4072
Australia
Phone: +61 7 365 4310
Fax: +61 7 365 4311
Email: liz@dstc.edu.au
WWW: http://www.dstc.edu.au/events/security_sig.html
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Technology News Nuggets
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Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Technology
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** Decorum '95 and DCE
The Decorum conference in La Jolla was a huge success.
The conference was dedicated to promoting the successful
implementation of client/server computing solutions based
on the DCE model of computing. Over 700 people turned out
for the three-day program which included five concurrent
tracks with over 75 sessions and 90 speakers -- a ringing
endorsement for the advancement of DCE technology-based
solutions in the industry.
The majority of the sessions were presented by end-users who
are implementing DCE technologies throughout their
environments. In addition to end-user talks, Decorum'95
offered presentations by the major DCE systems vendors,
independent software vendors and consulting organizations.
These talks were supplemented by a Product Demonstration
Center which showcased the latest generation of DCE-based
products.
OSF's Joe Maloney, DCE Business Area Manager, and Rich Salz,
DCE Technical Lead, gave a DCE update to a full house,
covering DCE deployment and DCE 1.1 features in detail.
To order proceedings from the conference, send your request
to decorum@transarc.com.
** Decorum Product Announcements
There were several major product announcements at DECORUM'95:
- Informix announced the Informix-DCE/NET product, which uses
DCE services to provide customers with transparent access
to Informix and other relational databases;
- Locus Computing Corporation announced PC Support for DCE's
Distributed File System, providing a PC-to-UNIX
connectivity product that allows desktop users to access
DFS files on UNIX servers using standard DOS and Windows
interfaces;
- Transarc announced Encina for NT, enabling Windows NT as
a powerful solution for large-scale, three-tier computing,
and that development work is underway on a highly
portable, lightweight client capable of running DCE and
Encina services from computers with minimal resources and
low bandwidth connections to centralized data.
- Transarc and Gradient announced that Transarc now will be
reselling Gradient's PC-DCE;
- JYACC announced the availability of JAM/TPi (transaction
processing interface) for Transarc's Encina TP monitor;
- MAGNA Software Corporation announced a version
of MAGNA X that enables the simplified development of
Encina-based applications for COBOL programmers.
** New DCE Case Study Available
OSF has released a new technology case study entitled:
"NASA's Mission to Planet Earth: Changing the World's
Environment." This study focuses on NASA's Earth Observing
System Data Information System, one of the largest
information systems ever implemented, comprised of legacy
systems and data, computers of many varieties, far-flung
networks, and satellites in space. The study outlines the
role of DCE in federating its large distributed active
archive centers across the country as well as interoperating
with many other sites in the U.S. and abroad.
For a copy of the NASA case study, please contact OSF Direct
Channels at direct@osf.org or access the OSF WWW serverat
http://www.osf.org/.
** DCE in the News
"Today DCE is supported by nearly every major system vendor
and an increasing number of software vendors. 'There are
70 DCE tools,' says Roy Schulte, a program director with
the Gartner Group. 'A year ago that number was seven.' . . .
DCE is transforming a wide range of products, including
transaction monitors, network management tools, application
development tools, and software for printing and document
distribution across wide-area networks."
-- Open Computing, February 1995
"Each of the networking services that are part of DCE are the
legacy that's going to be used as part of the implementation
architectures for corporation, " Frank Dzubeck, chief
executive officer of Communications Network Architects, Inc.
-- Client/Server Journal, February 1995
"The Open Software Foundation, Inc.'s (OSF) Distributed
Computing Environment (DCE) is making its way to the
desktop.That is the message vendors had for attendees
gathered here last week at Decorum '95, a conference
promoting DCE usage."
-- Network World, Feb 12, 1995
** Reminder --- 1995 DCE Product Catalog Is Now Available
The first '95 edition of OSF's DCE Product Catalog is now
available. This listing provides a view of DCE productization
including system vendor implementations, DCE-based
applications, and services provided to end users building DCE
solutions. The DCE Product Catalog is available on OSF's WWW
server: http//www.osf.org:8001 and hard copies are available
by contacting OSF Direct Channels: direct@osf.org or
617-621-7300.
If you are a systems vendor, software developer, end user, or
service provider and would like to be included in future
editions, you may obtain an entry form by contacting OSF
Direct Channels. Mail the completed form to:
DCE Product Listing
Open Software Foundation
11 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
FAX: 617 621-0631
Email: direct@osf.org
The product catalog will be updated quarterly with the
schedule for 1995 submissions as follows:
Submissions due by ** APRIL 22 ** for Apr. 29 publication.
Submissions due by ** JULY 22 ** for Jul. 29 publication.
Submissions due by ** OCTOBER 21 ** for Oct. 28 publication.
** OSF Interoperability Festival (I-FEST)
OSF is hosting its' Third Interoperability Festival
(I-FEST '95) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from June 5th
through the 16th.
OSF's Interoperability Festival (I-FEST), provides a large
scale, multi-vendor environment allowing engineers to work
closely with one another to solve interoperability issues on
a real-time interactive basis. Participants have access to
other vendor systems and their engineers, that may not be
available to them otherwise. Vendors execute OSF designated
tests in specified OSF DCE configurations creating
environments that resemble end user scenarios. Successful
participants will also complete one of the steps towards
achieving OSF DCE Certification for their implementation.
During the first week of the event, participants will test
their DCE implementations bilaterally, in a heterogeneous
environment, against each of the other participants'
platforms using the currently defined testing
requirements, in the applicable client and server
configurations. During the second week, participants' will
perform additional testing of the secure core (i.e., split
and replicated servers), as well as test DFS and
GDS products.
Registration kits and testing requirement information for
I-FEST '95 will be available in early February 1995. For
more information send mail to the contact information below.
** OSF DCE Certification Program
The OSF DCE Certification program is a vehicle to ensure end
users that OSF DCE Certified products provide application,
data, and platform interoperability across DCE
implementations. The objective of the OSF DCE Certification
Program is to ensure a consistent level of DCE functional
compliance across all products, where products are defined as
a specific hardware and software configuration.
The DCE certification program certifies the Secure Core,
Distributed File System (DFS) and Global Directory Service
(GDS) components of DCE. The Secure Core component includes
the Threads (THR), Remote Procedure Call (RPC), Security
(SEC), Cell Directory Service (CDS), and the Distributed
Time Service (DTS) components of DCE.
The program consists of three parts:
1. Open Development
The program facilitates "open development" so that vendors
can cooperate in assuring interoperability before reaching
the market place. Participants are encouraged to do
comprehensive interoperability testing in multiple scenarios
and configurations and make OSF Interoperability Program
testing an integral component of their own testing.
2. Validation Test Suite (VTS)
The applicant must submit to OSF a Statement of Conformance
that their product fully complies with the OSF Application
Environment Specification / Distributed Computing (AES/DC).
The AES/DC specifies a comprehensive set of application-level
interfaces, as well as the associated semantics and
protocols, necessary to provide portable and interoperable
implementations and applications.
The OSF DCE Validation Test Suite (VTS) tests the conformance
of a vendor's DCE implementation against the portability and
interoperability specifications described in the AES/DC.
These specifications cover the syntax and semantics of the
Application Programmer's Interface (API), describe how
implementations of the client and server runtimes
communicate, describe a set of abstract services that the
runtime must implement, and specify the conformance
requirements that conforming implementations must meet.
Successful passage of the VTS is a requirement for
certification. A product successfully passes the VTS if the
entire test suite can run on the platform being certified
with no failures other than those that are explicitly waived
by OSF.
3. Interoperability Festival (I-FEST)
Another requirement for certification is to attend the OSF
Interoperability Festival (I-FEST) with the platform being
certified. Participants must successfully achieve the
testing requirements, in the applicable client and server
configurations, for the I-FEST event. For more information
about the I-FEST event see the description above.
Those products that submit the Statement of Conformance,
successfully run the VTS, and complete the I-FEST
requirements are authorized to display OSF's DCE
certification seal for that product.
For more information about OSF's Interoperability Festival or
OSF's DCE Certification Program please contact:
Raymond A. Mazzaferro
Interoperability Program Manager
Open Software Foundation Phone: 617-621-8869
11 Cambridge Center Fax #: 617-225-2943
Cambridge, MA 02142 Email: ram@osf.org,
uunet!osf.org!ram
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OSF/Motif Highlights - User Environment Technology
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** VTS 1.1.1 -- New/Bonus Feature of Motif VTS Full Support
OSF is pleased to announce that Release 1.1.1 of the
Verification Test Suite (VTS) will be made available free-of-
charge to OSF Motif VTS Full Support subscribers as a
Bonus/New support contract feature. The VTS R. 1.1.1
corresponds to Release 1.2.4 of OSF Motif.
For information on this and other OSF Motif support available
to you from OSF, please contact OSF Direct Channels
Department at 617-621-7300 or email direct@osf.org.
** Desktop Interest Group
During 1994, OSF transitioned to a co-operative development
model for existing and new technologies. To this end,
several sponsors have worked to define the next release of
the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and Motif. The draft
proposal of the requirements was presented to the OSF
membership at the SuperSig meeting. This raised the need for
the UEC SIG to reconsider its charter and direction. It was
proposed that the SIG reconstitute itself with a wider
charter and interest as pertains to the entire Desktop
Environment. OSF has been setting up a mailing list to
support this interest and if you would like to participate,
please email crow@osf.org with the appropriate email address.
We'll be sending information on this list with specifics
regarding the first SIG meeting.
Working in OSF for the CDE/Motif PST is Terry Landers, the
Program Manager for the CDE/Motif Next project, Martha
Hester, the Quality Advocate, and Darrell Crow, the Business
Area Manager. Questions about this Desktop Special Interest
Group can be emailed to crow@osf.org.
** OSF/MOTIF 2.0 -- The Extensibility Release
If you haven't heard about OSF/Motif 2.0, it is a major
functional release from OSF in 1994 that incorporates many
improvements over R. 1.2. The 2.0 user environment offers a
more powerful base on which to create sophisticated
applications for worldwide markets.
A thumbnail sketch includes the following:
- New extensibility features that make building widgets
easier than ever
- Seven new widgets including: container, notebook and
combobox
- UIL support of 64-bit architectures
- MWM support for virtual screen and workspace management
protocols
- Revised Style Guide: converges windows, CUA, CDE,
OSF/Motif styles
- New CD-ROM distribution for OSF/Motif 2.0.
Also available from OSF is a new release of the OSF/Motif
Validation Test Suite (VTS), for validating OSF/Motif 2.0
against the latest Application Environment Specification.
This comprehensive release is the basis of the OSF/Motif
Certification and Trademark program as well as a valuable aid
to your quality assurance process. You can obtain the
details of the certification requirements by sending email to
crow@osf.org.
Pricing for OSF/Motif 2.0 remains the same as Motif 1.2, but
offers additional cost-saving options including low prices
for single user systems and for shipping applications with
DLLs. Complete technical and licensing information can be
obtained by contacting OSF/Direct at either direct@osf.org or
617-621-7300, or contact Darrell Crow at crow@osf.org.
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OSF Research Institute Update
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** OSF RI Boosts Presence at Web-related
Conferences in '95
OSF plans to participate or sponsor many Web and
Internet-related conferences, workshops and seminars in
this year. Both OSF members and customers of OSF
members will want to watch for events being held in your
area about the rapid developments taking place in the
OSF RI's Web-related research areas including DCE Web
security, Groupware for the Web, and Web Mail.
Mark your calendars now for these 1995 OSF-sponsored Web
conferences:
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April 10-14 Third International World-Wide Web
Conference, Darmstadt, Germany
April 29- AusWeb95 - Australia Regional WWW
May 2 Conference Balina, New South Wales,
Australia
Dec. 11-14 Fourth International World-Wide Web
Conference, Boston, MA
The '95 World-Wide Web (WWW) Conferences will include:
* tutorials where both beginners and experts can gain
new skills,
* reviewed papers presented by Web practitioners about
their most recent work,
* special sessions for developers to discuss the
evolution of the technology in this field, and
* demonstrations of the latest, hottest technology and
products.
More details about each OSF-sponsored Web conference can
be found in the OSF RI Web pages under "Conferences" at
URL:
http://riwww.osf.org:8001/index.html
** OSF Web Tools Initiative -- Call For Users and ISV Support
The World Wide Web (WWW) is creating a major transformation
in the delivery of knowledge to society at large.
Development, usage and deployment of the World Wide Web
technology is critical for the European vendors, ISVs and
end-users.
To address the challenge, INRIA, Fraunhofer Institute and OSF
Research Institute are proposing to launch a major initiative
in Europe to make the Web technology industrially viable for
the industry at large and accelerate its deployment in
European businesses.
The intent of the Web Tools Initiative is to group several
coordinated and focused projects. This initiative is
complementary to the EEC WebCore project since its purpose is
to develop tools as opposed to Core protocols and services.
The major goals of the initiative are:
* to invent and prototype new ideas for higher level tools
targeted to end users as well as application developers
* to produce and make widely available ready-to-use software
tools that will make the Web technology usable for mission
critical business.
* to coordinate future developments in this area: it offers
an umbrella under which system and software vendors can
develop, integrate and validate applications that will
further enhance usability of the Web technology.
A major goal Web Tools Initiative is also to support the user
community. It is a central place for organizations and
businesses to:
* obtain information and training
* acquire and install software
* communicate with other parties interested in the Web
For that purpose, the Initiative also includes the
development of an Awareness Program, to contribute to the
promotion and dissemination of the Web and help deployment in
businesses. To complement the annual international
conferences, (the next three are organized respectively
by Fraunhofer, OSF RI and INRIA), WTI will organize workshops
and seminars, where companies involved in Web development as
well as organizations willing to use the technology will be
able to exchange views and learn about the new products and
recent developments. The three organizations will maintain
on-line up to date information about the related activities
and useful pointers to other active organizations. We also
intend to conduct surveys on end users to measure deployment
of the technology and requirement analysis.
As the name indicates, the focus of the Web Tools Initiative
is development of software tools for business usage. The
tools can be roughly classified as:
* Tools for Web server builders and administrators, people
who implement and administer servers, such as tools to
develop enterprise wide policies that make interactions
secure and compliant with general corporate policies
* Tools for content authoring multi-media hypertext
documents, tools for information publishers.
* Tools for classifying, filtering and indexing the enormous
amount of information available
* Tools for integration with the enterprise computing
framework, the security infra-structure, distributed
computing and legacy data encapsulation
* Tools for integration of Web with traditional desktop
tools such as electronic mail and calendaring, integration
of browsers into the desktop; as well as development of
collaborative tools for groupware
* Tools for end users, customization tools, scripting
languages, establish personal indexes and profiles
* Tools related to effective digital commerce and its
relationship with enterprise accounting and finance
management.
The Initiative consists of a series of focused projects
spread over time. For every project run under the initiative,
the plan is to tightly associate technology producers and
users. Virtually every project should associate technology
contributors (academic institutes,
system or software vendors), end-user organizations ready to
invest their own resources in order to experiment with the
technology; and ISV's prepared to commercially deploy the
results of the project.
The research institutes involved in the initiative will seek
funding for technology development, including funding from
the European Commission and national administrations or
agencies.
In order to start the initiative with pragmatic goals and
results, as well as establishing proof of concept, we are
currently planning a first project targeted to be funded by
the EEC FrameWork IV Prgramme.
For this first project, we are focusing on deployment of the
Web technology within the enterprise. We believe the Web is
going to be the primary tool for developing and accessing
corporate knowledge bases and disseminate information
corporate wide. Some early adopters are deploying corporate
internal Webs for this purpose. For this first project, we
are emphasizing specifically four aspects:
* making the technology viable for business use in terms of
security and resilience, ease of administration,
integration with databases.
* authoring of hypertext documents, following corporate
policies and corporate style, including collaborative
authoring
* integration with the desktop: integration with electronic
mail, collaborative authoring, decision making, resource
discovery aids for the user.
* developing searching and indexing techniques, possibly
following corporate or group level strategies
We are currently looking for ISV's and end-user partners who
are willing to look at participation in this project. If your
company is interested in joining our consortium and is
prepared to commit some resources to work with us on these
projects, you should contact:
OSF Research Institute
2, Avenue de Vignate
30610 Gieres, France
Vania Joloboff
vania@gr.osf.org
+33 76 63 48 92
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OSF Meetings and Events
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** OSF Member Meeting
The OSF annual Member Meeting will be held in Boston,
from May 31 -- June 2, 1995, at the Westin Hotel Copley
Place.
OSF has arranged a special reduced sleeping room rate of
$149.00 (single or double occupancy). The hotel has
agreed to extend this rate from May 26 -- June 5. Why
not consider enjoying Memorial Day Weekend in Boston?
For hotel reservations, call the Westin Hotel Central
Reservations Office at (800) 228-3000 or (617) 262-9600.
The address of the hotel is as follows:
Westin Hotel
Copley Place Boston
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5798
Look for detailed information in the next Member
Mailing!
** Upcoming OSF Tradeshows
OSF will have booths at the following Trade Shows:
UniForum '95 DALLAS, TX March 14-16, 1995
- Dallas Convention Center
Theme: Solutions for Open Computing
Unix Expo '95 NY, NY September 19-21, 1995
- Jacob Javits Convention Center
Theme: Enterprising Solutions for the Open Systems
Age"
Please contact Ray Mazzaferro <ram@osf.org> if you are
interested in being a guest exhibitor in the OSF booth.
** UniForum '95 Update
Look for OSF at UniForum, March 14--16, 1995 at the
Dallas Convention Center. Everywhere you look, we'll be
there!
Expect to find an insert in the March 14th Show Daily as
you open your hotel room door to leave for the show or
as you enter the exhibit hall.
Also, check out the March issue of UniForum Monthly for
a feature article entitled, "DCE Status Report," along
with a special ad insert from OSF.
This year, for the first time, OSF's Showcase Booth #529
will educate and entertain attendees with a live stage
presentation, "DCE: The Source for Interoperability."
The presentation is designed to illustrate the benefits
of DCE and encourage attendees to speak with DCE
providers exhibiting in the OSF booth.
Companies exhibiting in OSF's Showcase Booth #529
include the following:
* Digital Equipment Corporation
* Gradient Technologies, Inc.
* HaL Software Systems
* Open Environment Corporation
* Open Horizon
* SunSoft
* Transarc Corporation
Check out these DCE applications and tools in the booth:
* Encompass
* PC-DCE
* Visual-DCE
* PC-DCE/32 for Windows NT
* DCE Cell Manager
* Connection/DCE
* DCE for Solaris
* Encina for Open OLTP
Stop by the OSF Showcase Booth #529 to view our
presentation and demos -- you will have an opportunity
to win one of the following special giveaways reserved
exclusively for booth attendees:
* OSF Briefcase Bags (One bag will be given away per
presentation)
* Free conference admission to attend the Fourth
International World Wide Web Conference, Dec. 11-14,
1995, in Boston, MA. OSF will give away one
conference admission seat each day at the close of
the show. Last year's conference in Chicago was sold
J out less than six weeks after it was announced.
On Tuesday, March 14, from 10:30 am to 11:45 am, Joe
Maloney, OSF Business Area Manager for DCE will lead a
DCE end user panel. Panel participants will include:
Anita Salinas, Citicorp; Sue Ericksen, US West
Technologies; and Tim Jurgensen, Schlumberger.
Discussion will focus on the participants' open systems
environments and also how they are using DCE to address
their needs for heterogeneous distributed computing.
Come hear about current work and plans for DCE
implementation.
Don't Miss Out On UniForum '95
Visit OSF's DCE Showcase Booth #529
** OSF Update Meeting In London -- 22 March 1995
LOCATION:
Hitachi Data Systems
Seftom Park
Stoke Poges
Buskinghamshire, SL2 4HB
United Kingdom
AGENDA:
9.00 Keynote Speech
David Tory, President of OSF
9.30 RI News and Webb Worldwide Conference
Ira Goldstein, OSF RI US
Jacques Febvre, OSF RI Grenoble
10.15 Coffee Break
10.30 Update on the PSTs and CDE
Vania Joloboff, OSF RI Grenoble
11.15 Telekom Focus
Lance Travis, OSF Cambridge
11.45 European Open Activities for members
Colin Scaife, OSF European Operations Managing
Director
12.35 Members activities update on DCE
12.15 Questions & Answers session
13.00 Lunch
Members are welcome to invite "special guests" (non members)
to this session. Guests entrance fee will be $100.
The afternoon session will be for End Users at the same
location.
PROPOSED AGENDA
During the afternoon session Henri Lowe will discuss
"Ubiquitous Transaction Processing and How to get it!"
The demand for open transaction processing (TP) is
increasing. SPIRIT sent a letter to OSF asking for TxRPC
(one of X/Open's TP interfaces supported by the ISO TP
protocol); Interactive EDI (I-EDI) will require platforms
with TP, too.
For these and other applications requiring TP, would the OSF
European End Users be interested in discussing approaches to
accelerating the availability of these services on vendor
platforms?
End Users from the banking sector would like to discuss the
following :
Linking DCE with Sybase Open client libraries. Citibank has
been having problems when a program needs to use both DCE and
Sybase libraries on an HP-9000. They would appreciate it if
you could get both HP and Sybase representatives at the
meeting to discuss the problem.
We would like to discuss with other members about the
problems and issues about administration, performance,
support etc.
To register, please contact Christine Mambourg:
Tel (32.2) 772 88 88
Fax (32.2) 772 92 28
Email <mambourg@osf.org>
** OSF European Symposium in Paris -- September 1995
The Symposium is open to members and non-members (fee:$200).
We would very much like to have your ideas and inputs in
order to build an agenda which will fulfill your needs and
requirements. Here is the draft agenda.
Wednesday 27 September
======================
8.00 Start-up of DCE Showcase (Product Tools)
13.00 Registration (Showcase time)
14.00 Start-up meeting
Welcome and Plenary Address by D. Tory
Delivery of Open System Technologies
(Mechanism of OSF)
14.40 Technologies Updates
(Peter Shaw or David Lounsbury)
15.15 Coffee Break (Showcase time)
15.30 Co-sponsor Presentation
16.00 OSF RI Programme
(Ira Goldstein//Jacques Febvre)
16.30 DCE WWW
(Vania Joloboff)
17.00 Panel on DCE Testimonials- End Users (3) +
OSF Moderator (Joe Maloney)
18.00 (Showcase time)
19.30 Cocktail
Thursday 28 September
=====================
9.00 Plenary Opening Remarks (Colin Scaife)
9.15 Parallel session for all Panel -- Call for papers
(DCE, ISVs, Forum) w/intro to DCE Strategy by OSF
--or--
9.15 Parallel session for Members -- PSTs Review
Roundtable (presentation and discussion) w/OSF PST
coordinator and PST's sponsor reps
10.45 Coffee Break (Showcase time)
11.15 Co-sponsor Presentation
11.45 Co-sponsor Presentation
12.15 Master of Ceremony
12.30 LUNCH (Showcase time)
14.00 Panel - Architecture for Open Systems
Featuring XOpen, APCX and OSF
(Moderator: John Morris)
14.45 Coffee Break (Showcase time)
15.15 Co-sponsor Presentation
15.45 Parallel session for all Panel on DCE Security
--or--
15.45 Parallel session for Members -- Working session on
OSF/NMF Spirit ITs (Moderator: Lance Travis)
16.30 Closing remarks
17.00 Adjourn
DCE SHOWCASE
There will be a DCE Showcase during the European Symposium.
System vendors and application developers who would like to
demonstrate their DCE based solutions are welcome, and
encouraged to invite their key customers to join them in this
showcase. The OSF DCE Solutions Showcase will provide a
great opportunity for press and consultant coverage for all
participants.
The number of pedestals is limited, so reserve your space
early. Please contact Christine Mambourg:
Tel (32.2) 772 88 88
Fax (32.2) 772 92 28
Email <mambourg@osf.org>
** DCE Developer Conferences
Reserve your seats for the 1995 DCE Developer's
Conferences
These conferences address the needs of new or
experienced DCE users, developers, and vendors by
providing information in a variety of forms.
They combine in-depth tutorials with a multi-track
conference schedule in the areas of DCE Technology, DCE
Deployment, DCE Success Stories, and DCE Product/Tools.
They also include a Solutions Showcase where
participating companies display their products'
abilities to interoperate over a wide range of diverse
computing environments.
April 11-13, 1995 - San Jose Red Lion Hotel
August 21-23, 1995 - Westin Hotel Boston
Call DCI for registration information: 508-470-3870
** OSF DCE European User and Developer Conference
There will be a DCE User and Developer Conference held April
25 - 27, 1995 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, UK.
IMPORTANT:
OSF Europe has negotiated a discount of 20% for its members
attending the European event. To benefit from this offer,
your registration needs to be in before April 3rd, 1995.
To obtain the brochure and to register, please contact :
Concorde Services
Phone : 44 81 743 31 06
Fax : 44 81 743 10 10
Email : event@concord.demon.co.uk
Address: 10 Wendell Road
London W12 9RT
UK
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DCE User Group Contact and Meeting Information
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UNITED STATES
** Arizona DCE Users Group (ADUG)
Contact: Michael J. Danley
Phone: 602-441-2887
Email: mdanley@next3.corp.mot.com
ADUG Meeting Information
ADUG held their second meeting on January 17th. American
Express hosted this meeting and Robert Kalka from IBM
Endicott labs was the key speaker. Bob presented an overview
of the MVS/DCE offering which included a discussion on the
IMS & CICS Application Server features. The discussion also
included a talk on justifying DCE as a business case within a
corporation.
The ADUG group currently has approximately 20 members from
12 different Valley of the Sun companies including two from
consulting and vendor companies in Southern California. This
list also includes the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
State University in Tempe and the Maricopa County Community
College support services.
The group has formed their own Web page with a URL:
http://www.adug.org. ADUG members may also access the list
server: adug@adug.org for information.
Possible discussion topics for future meetings may include,
but not be limited to, the following:
* Staff retooling
* Cell naming, sizes
* Schwab use of DCE
* Business Cases
* Technical discussions
* OMG, CORBA
* MOM, MQI, messaging
* Client/Server vs. DCE
* C++ w/DCE
* DBMS & DCE
ADUG is also hoping to have presentations from the following
companies during upcoming meetings:
* Open Horizon
* Transarc
* IBM
* OEC
* Novell
* Microsoft
* HP
* Oracle
** Northern California DCE Users Group -- Bay Area
Contact: Dipak Basu, Open Horizon
Phone: 415-593-0298
Email: dbasu@openhorizon.com
Northern California Meeting Information
Notice of Inaugural Meeting
The first meeting of the Northern California DCE Users Group
will be held on March 6, 1995 at the Microsoft Regional
Office Seminar Room in Foster City, California.
The meeting will focus on the needs, concerns and suggestions
of current and potential users of OSF's DCE. DCE User Groups
have already been established in other geographical areas,
and an attempt will be made to obtain the experiences of
several such groups. OSF and user presentations will be
scheduled.
I visualize this group to (at least initially) adopt a loose
association or interest group structure, functioning with the
purpose of members sharing experiences and funneling
suggestions to OSF and the DCE-SIG.
At this point, I am looking for a headcount. Please e-mail
me if you think you can attend, with the name of your organi-
zation (no problem with more than one attendee per company).
Please feel free to forward this message to others who may
be interested in getting together.
Suggestions for the format, agenda, or other topics welcome.
Sincerely,
Dipak Basu
Open Horizon, Inc.
(415) 593-0298
e-mail: dbasu@openhorizon.com
** Southern California DCE Users Group
A Southern California DCE Users Group is now forming. For
further information, please contact any one of the following:
Steve Jenkins
Phone: 818-306-6438
Email: Steven.Jenkins@jpl.nasa.gov
Mark Michael
Phone: 310-364-6759
Email: mmichael@igate1.hac.com
Marcus Ross
Phone: 818-858-2040
Email: Marcus_Ross@transarc.com
** Denver DCE Users Group
Contact: Chris House, US West
Phone: 303-762-3098
Fax: 303-762-3138
Email: cmhouse@indss1.exte.uswc.uswest.com
Denver Meeting Information
The next Denver DCE User Group meeting will be held on March
15, at 1:00 pm in the Denver Service Center in the Junior
Board room on the first floor. The Denver Service Center is
located at 1005 17th Street in downtown Denver -- Cross
streets are Arapahoe and 17th.
** Massachusetts DCE Users Group
Contact: Jaqui Lynch
Email: lynch@cleo.bc.edu
Web Page: http://dceusers.bc.edu
Massachusetts Meeting Information
The next meeting of the Massachusetts DCE Users Group will be
held on March 23, 1995, at IBM in Waltham in room 5a from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Although the agenda is still being
developed, it will include Art Gaylord from the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, who will speak on Project Pilgrim.
Suggestions or offers to speak are always willingly received.
For anyone who has asked about how to join this group, if you
are getting this email, then you are a member! Also, if you
want to be added to the MA DCE Users Group membership list,
then you need to send me an email requesting if along with
the information you want listed. The format that I'm using
is: Name, Company, email address. I am not listing people
unless they ask, since not everyone wants their email address
publicized.
Don't forget to keep an eye on the Web for periodical
updates. The access URL is: http://dceusers.bc.edu.
** Twin Cities DCE Users Group (Minneapolis and St. Paul)
Contact: William A. Estrem, 3M
Information Architecture Department
224-4E-21
3M Center
St Paul, MN 55144-1000
Office: 612-736-6853
Fax: 612-733-3502
Email: waestrem@mmm.com
** New York City DCE Users Group
Contact: Ilya Goldberg
Voice: 212-235-5206
Email: goldberg_ilya@jpmorgan.com
Web Page: http://www.osf.org:8001/dce/user-groups/ny/
New York Meeting Information
Times: 5:30PM on the second Wednesday of every even month
** Seattle DCE Users Group
Contact: Dick Tennent, Boeing
Voice: 206-865-3613
Fax: 206-865-6903
Email: tennent@espresso.rt.cs.boeing.com
** Washington (DC) Area DCE Users Group
For information: Email wa-dce-users@osf.org
Contact: Laks Prabhala, Hughes Applied Information
Systems, NASA ECS Program
Office: 301-925-0431
Fax: 301-925-0327
Email: laks@eos.hitc.com
EUROPE
** London DCE Users Group
Contact: Linda Sawyer, IBM
Tel. 44 818 18 4444
Email: linda_sawyer@uk.ibm.com
London Meeting Information -- UK
The first DCE Focus group meeting held on 18 January at IBM
was a very successful one. More than 70 people attended it.
These DCE Focus Groups are scheduled to provide a forum for
exchanging information and experience on DCE, on implementing
the technology and related topics.
To obtain the list of participants and/or minutes of the
meeting, please contact Linda Sawyer at IBM, Tel (44 81) 818
44 44 -- email <linda_sawyer@uk.ibm.com>
** Paris DCE Users Group -- Forming
Contact: Pierre-Louis Neumann
INRIA Rocquencourt
BP 105, 78153 Le Chesnay CEDEX, France
Tel. 33 1 39 63 55 62
Fax 33 1 39 63 50 34
Email: Pierre-Louis.Neumann@inria.fr
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OSF Customer Services
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** European Licensing and Software Support Services
If you wish to receive information on our technologies and
its support please contact:
Christine Mambourg
Tel (32.2) 772 88 88
Fax (32.2) 772 92 28
Email <mambourg@osf.org>
** European Documentation Sets
If you wish to receive information on documentation sets
please contact:
Christine Mambourg
Tel (32.2) 772 88 88
Fax (32.2) 772 92 28
Email <mambourg@osf.org>
** OSF Professional Services in Europe
From our Brussels office, the OSF Europe Professional
Services group reviews IT strategy and architecture,
supports the set-up of DCE cells and prototypes, and
provides advice on the design of distributed
applications. The group is actively involved in several
large DCE pilot projects, mainly in the financial and
telecom arena. To this end, we are providing consulting
services with emphasis on security and distributed
management issues.
For more information on the European Professional
Service offerings, contact Yair Melamud, Director of
Customer Services, Europe.
Please note that when exporting DCE you must comply with
all applicable laws, rules, and regulations relating to
the export or re-export of technical data.
** European Open Enrollment Training Schedule
Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control,
classes are sometimes canceled. If we must cancel a class, we
will contact you promptly.
OSF DCE System Administration with lab
Grenoble, Belgium Apr 24-28
OSF DCE Internals Architecture
Brussels, Belgium Jun 12-16
OSF Understanding DCE
Grenoble, France Mar 6-7
OSF Managing Distributed Systems
Grenoble, France Mar 8-9
Register for courses in Brussels and Grenoble by contacting
Yair Melamud, OSF Brussels.
** OSF European Open Enrollment Business Partner Training
Schedule
FINSIEL S.p.A.
via del Ponte di Piscina Cupa, 43
00128 Roma - Casta Romano
Italy
The OSF training courses held in Italy are delivered by
Finsiel, OSF's Business Partner, and are given in
Italian. For details and registration, please contact:
Valerio Romano of Finsiel
Phone: +39 81 7611900, fax: +39 81 668335
Email: <vromano@tecsiel.it>
CRP-CU : CURRENT OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHEDULE:
CRP-CU
162a, Avenue de la Faiencerie
L-1511, Luxembourg
The ongoing courses held in Luxembourg are delivered by
CRP-CU, OSF's Business Partner, and are given in French.
For details and registration, please contact:
Pierre Mousel of CRP-CU
Phone: +352 47 02 61 370, fax: +352 47 02 64,
Email: <mousel@crpcu.lu>
KAPSCH : CURRENT OPEN ENROLLMENT TRAINING SCHEDULE:
KAPSCH AG
Wagenseilgasse 1
A-1120 Vienna, Austria
OSF DCE 1.0.2 Features and Functionality
Vienna Mar 30
Vienna Jun 13
Vienna Sep 21
Vienna Nov 2
Vienna Dec 4
OSF DME Features and Functionality
Vienna Mar 31
Vienna Jun 14
Vienna Sep 22
Vienna Nov 3
Vienna Dec 5
OSF DCE Administration System
Vienna Apr 24-28
Vienna Jun 26-30
Vienna Oct 2-6
Vienna Nov 13-17
OSF DCE Application Programming with labs
Vienna Apr 3-7
Vienna Jun 19-23
Vienna Sep 25-29
Vienna Nov 6-10
OSF DCE Internals Architecture
Vienna Feb 20-24
Vienna Nov 20-24
The OSF training courses held in Austria are delivered
by KAPSCH, OSF's Business Partner, and are given in
German. For details and registration, please contact:
Miss Micheler of KAPSCH
Phone: +43 1 81 111 2601, fax: +43 1 81 111 3010,
Email : <Natascha.Micheler@kapsch.co.at>
QA : CURRENT OPEN ENROLLMENT TRAINING SCHEDULE
QA Training Ltd
Cecily Hill Castle
UK - Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2EF
United Kingdom
OSF DCE 1.0.2 Features and Functionality
Cirencester Mar 20
London May 15
OSF DCE System Administration
Cirencester Mar 20-24
London May 22-26
OSF DCE Application Programming with labs
Cirencester Mar 27-31
London Jun 5-9
OSF/Motif Programming
London Feb 13-17
Cirencester Apr 24-28
London Jun 26-30
The OSF training courses held in the UK are delivered by
QA, OSF's Business Partner, and are given in English.
For details and registration, please contact:
Lynne Rollings
Phone: +44 285 655 888, fax: +44 285 650 537,
Email : <LRolling@qatrain.mhs.compuserve.com>
SYCOMORE : CURRENT OPEN ENROLLMENT TRAINING SCHEDULE
Sycomore
31 place des Corolles
Cedex 31
F - 92098 Paris la Defense
DCE Features and Functionality
Paris Mar 9
Paris Jun 8
Paris Sep 28
Paris Nov 30
DCE Application Programming
Paris Mar 13-17
Paris Jun 12-16
Paris Oct 2-6
Paris Dec 4-8
DCE System Administration
Paris Mar 20-24
Paris Jun 19-23
Paris Oct 9-13
Paris Dec 11-15
The OSF training courses held in France are delivered by
Sycomore, OSF's Business Partner, and are given in
French. For details and registration, please contact:
Stephane Moriceau of Sycomore
Phone: +33 1 41 26 46 71, fax: +44 1 41 26 46 47,
Email: <stephane.moriceau@sycomore.fr>
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OSF Customer Service Tear-Off the Wall Chart
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Jim Curtin, Director, Pacific Operations
Phone: +81-3-3479-4740 Fax: +81-3-3479-4760
Email: jim@osf.org
Colin Scaife, Director, European Operations
Phone: +32-2-772-88-88 Fax: +32-2-772-92-28
Email: scaife@osf.org
Bob Goldschneider, Director, U.S. Operations
Phone: 617-621-8778 Fax: 617-621-0631
Email: bobg@osf.org
Kathie Dawe, Direct Channels, Western Region/Canada
Phone: 617-621-7300 Fax: 617-621-0306
Email: direct@osf.org
Tom Klejna, Professional Services, Cambridge, MA, USA
Phone: 617-621-7243 Fax: 617-621-0631
Email: ttk@osf.org
Kristen Knotts, Manager, Systems Engineering
Phone: 617-621-7271 Fax: 617-621-0631
Email: kjk@osf.org
Maribeth Llopiz, Direct Channels, Eastern Region
Phone: 617-621-7300 Fax: 617-621-0306
Email: direct@osf.org
Christine Mambourg, OSF Brussels
Phone: +32 2 772 8888 Fax: +32 2 772 9228
Email: mambourg@osf.org
Yair Melamud, Director, Customer Service, Europe
Phone: +32 2 772 8888 Fax: +32 2 772 9228
email: ym@osf.org
Haruyo Nogami, OSF Tokyo, Customer Service
Phone: +81 3 3479 4740 Fax: +81 3 3479 4760
Email: nogami@osf.org
John Raleigh, OSF, Cambridge, Manager, Customer Service
Phone: 617-621-7290 Fax: 617-621-0631
Email: jsr@osf.org
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OSF Calendar of 1995 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.
1995
February 20-24 International Conference on Open
Distributed Process (ICODP):
Brisbane, Australia
March 6-7 Research Issues in Data Engineering
(RIDE) Dist. Obj. Mgmt.
Taipei, Taiwan
March 14-16 UNIFORUM '95
Dallas, TX
March 28-30 Networld + Interop '95
Las Vegas, NV
April 2-5 ISSA: Dist. Comp./Sec.
Toronto, Ontario
April 10-14 World-Wide Web Spring '95
Darmstadt, Germany
April 11-13 DCE Developer's Conference
San Jose, CA
April 24-25 OSF RI Spring Symposium
Cambridge, MA
April 24-29 SANS-IV
Washington, D.C.
April 29-May 2 AusWeb 95 - Australia
Regional WWW Conference
New South Wales
May 1-5 IFIP/IEEE
Santa Barbara, CA
May 2-5 HPCN Europe
Milan, Italy
May 31-2 OSF Member Meeting
Boston, MA
August 21-23 DCE Developer's Conference
Boston, MA
September 19-21 UNIX Expo
New York
December 11-14 Fourth International
World-Wide Web Conference Fall '95
Boston, MA
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OSF European Events Calendar for 1995
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There will be one or two Focus Group meetings in the
Scandinavian countries (dates and places are to be
determined).
22 March 1995
OSF Update meeting at HDS in London
End Users meeting at HDS in London
19 April 1995
DCE Focus Group meetings in London, UK
25-27 April 1995 **
DCE User and Developer conference
Wembley Conference Center, UK
28 April 1995
DCE Focus Group Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany
19 July 1995
DCE Focus Group meetings in London, UK
27-28 September 1995 **
European Symposium in Paris *
18 October 1995
DCE Focus Group meetings in London, UK
29 September
End Users meeting in Paris *
(*) exact place to be determined
(**) for OSF members and non-members
(!!) Can be subject to changes without prior notice.
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OSF Contact Information
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OSF Main Number: (617) 621-8700 Fax: (617) 621-0631
OSF Direct Channels: (617) 621-7300 or direct@osf.org
Business Area Managers:
DCE Joe Maloney: (617) 621-7234 or maloney@osf.org
Motif Darrell Crow:(617) 621-7278 or crow@osf.org
DME Lance Travis:(617) 621-8822 or cmt@osf.org
OSF/1 Jack Dwyer: (617) 621-7246 or dwyer@osf.org
OSF RI Main Number: (617) 621-7340 Fax: (617) 621-8696
OSF France RI Main: 011-33-76-63-48-63
Fax: 011-33-76-51-05-32
U.S. Field Operations:
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