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Transarc User Event
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elaine_Wolfe@transarc.com)
Tue Oct 12 19:15:56 1993
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 16:04:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Elaine_Wolfe@transarc.com
To: Info-AFS@transarc.com, Info-Encina@transarc.com, Info-DCE@transarc.com
Announcement and
Call For Participation
Transarc User Event
March 2--4, 1994
Transarc Corporation is pleased to announce the first annual meeting
bringing together users of it products. The meeting will be held March 2
through March 4, 1994 in Orlando, Florida.
The meeting is designed to assist Transarc customers and third-party
partners as they incorporate Transarc products --- AFS 3, Encina, DCE,
DFS --- into their business plans.
Presentations may include:
## Talks ## Technical papers ## Panel discussions
Those submitting technical papers would be expected to provide copies of
slides to accompany the presentation in addition to the paper.
Suggested Topics:
- Site profiles exploring how a Transarc product is deployed within a
specific production environment.
- Modifying AFS or other third-party products to fit your environment.
- Optimizing and reporting on file system --- AFS or DFS --- performance.
- Management perspectives on planning and implementing a DCE-based
corporate strategy.
- Building applications that extend the services of the DCE and Encina.
- Migrating mainframe transaction processing activities to an Encina-based
distributed environment.
- Using Encina in conjunction with relational databases.
Those wishing to participate should provide a title, short abstract
(50--75 words), and suggested length for the proposed presentation,
along with the following information:
- Name, company affiliation, title.
- Postal and e-mail addresses.
- Phone and fax numbers.
- Panel presentations should include a description of the type of
panelists to be involved. The person submitting the panel topic assumes
responsibility - as the panel chair - for lining up speakers and
coordinating presentations.
Submissions may be made by electronic mail to elaine@transarc.com
(preferred method), or by hard copy mail to:
Elaine Wolfe
Transarc Corporation
The Gulf Tower, 707 Grant St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 338 4448
(412) 338 4404 FAX
elaine@transarc.com
Relevant dates:
- October 28, 1993: Final date for submissions.
- December 1, 1993: Acceptance notification to submitters.
- January 17, 1994: Completed papers and/or slides due in postscript or
hard copy format.
For further information, feel free to contact Elaine Wolfe at the
address given above.
