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Seminar slides and papers by XDelta Limited.

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HP UK User Group Seminars, 2008

1^st October 2008 - Data Networking and Storage Networking (PDF, 238KB)

HP Sweden OpenVMS Technical Update - September 2008

September 2008 - Disaster-tolerant clustering with OpenVMS on Integrity (PDF, 175KB)
September 2008 - Performance: getting the best from your new system platform (PDF, 175KB)

HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - May 2008

June 2008 - Availability Digest article on OpenVMS clustering (PDF, 175KB)
This article was based on a two day pre-bootcamp seminar given by Keith Parris and Colin Butcher, attended by Bill Highleyman of the Availability Digest.

May 2008 - Block 249B - Disaster-tolerant clustering with OpenVMS on Integrity (PDF, 175KB) - latest version (HP Sweden OpenVMS TUD)
May 2008 - Block 277 - Networking with OpenVMS systems (PDF, 175KB)

BCS events - January 2008

23^rd January 2008 - Professionalism and leadership (PDF, 43KB)

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NCC EA-SE programme seminars - 2007

6^th November - Performance and Capacity Planning

27^th November - Identifying Risk and Managing Complexity

UKCMG 2 day seminar - Systems Engineering for Availability and Performance - 30^th - 31^st October 2007

Seminar description (PDF, 44KB)
Seminar slide set (PDF, 44KB)

UKCMG conference - June 2007

June 2007 - Principles of performance (PDF, 93KB)
June 2007 - Principles of availability (PDF, 126KB)

HP Netherlands OpenVMS Technical Update - October 2007

1^st October 2007 - Availability & Performance: Multi-site disaster-tolerant environments (PDF, 235KB)
2^nd October 2007 - Migrating to Integrity (PDF, 130KB)

HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - May 2007

May 2007 - A112 Designing OpenVMS systems for availability and performance (PDF, 175KB) - updated June 2007
May 2007 - A184 Networking with OpenVMS systems (PDF, 175KB)

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2007

4^th October 2007 - Data Networking and Storage Networking (PDF, 238KB) - latest version (HPUG October 2008)
19^th July 2007 - Migrating to Integrity (PDF, 130KB) - latest version (HP Netherlands OpenVMS TUD)
19^th July 2007 - OpenVMS roadshow: Bootcamp summary (PDF, 43KB)
24^th April 2007 - Migrating to Integrity (PDF, 130KB) - latest version (HP Netherlands OpenVMS TUD)

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UKCMG conference - June 2006

June 2006 - Hardware architecture and performance (PDF, 72KB)

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2006

28^th February 2006 - Implementing OpenVMS systems for availability and performance (PDF, 117KB)

Topinterim Seminars, 2006

18^th Sep. 2006 - The well-equipped professional (PDF, 33KB) - an independent professional's guide to I.T. survival.
20^th Aug. 2006 - Working as an independent professional (PDF, 83KB) - a session for outplacement clients with Jim Currie of DBM, David Pinchard of topinterim and Colin Butcher of XDelta Limited.

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HP OpenVMS Advanced Technical Symposium (bootcamp) - June 2005

June 2005 - DECnet-Plus and DECnet over IP (PDF, 114KB)
Feb. 2005 - DECnet-Plus Technical Overview (PDF, 279KB) as published in the HP OpenVMS Technical Journal V5

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2005

12^th July 2005 - Building an OpenVMS web server (PDF, 98KB)
1^st Mar. 2005 - OpenVMS V8.2 on Integrity - bare metal install (PDF, 176KB)

AICS Seminars, 2005

24^th May 2005 - Networks - how they work (PDF, 75KB)

Topinterim Seminars, 2005

10^th Mar. 2005 - Taming the technological monster (PDF, 83KB)
10^th Mar. 2005 - Small office network functional diagram (PDF, 33KB)

BCS Seminars, 2005

18^th Jan. 2005 - High Availability and Disaster Tolerance - Systems Design (PDF, 91KB)

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HP UK User Group Seminars, 2004

8^th Dec. 2004 - OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity (V7.3, V7.3-2 / E8.2 and E8.2) (PDF, 157KB)
28^th Sep. 2004 - Migration issues VAX - Alpha - Integrity (PDF, 129KB)
16^th Sep. 2004 - OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity (V7.3, V7.3-2 / E8.2 and E8.2) (PDF, 157KB)
15^th July 2004 - DECnet and DECnet over IP (PDF, 108KB)
29^th Apr. 2004 - Hardware Platform Architecture (PDF, 100KB)
3^rd Feb. 2004 - OpenVMS on VAX, Alpha & Integrity (V7.3, V7.3-2 and E8.1) (PDF, 157KB)

Topinterim Seminars, 2004

1^st Nov. 2004 - Taming the technological monster (PDF, 86KB)
1^st Nov. 2004 - SOHO network functional diagram (PDF, 27KB)
2^nd June 2004 - Post seminar notes (PDF, 60KB)

FSB Seminars, 2004

16^th July 2004 - Communications (PDF, 215KB)

SWIG Seminars, 2004

28^th June 2004 - IT Basics (PDF, 68KB)

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HP EMEA Pre-sales Knowledge Transfer Event, Oct 2003 - Böblingen

Networks session (PDF, 69KB)
Storage session (PDF, 71KB)
VAX hardware upgrades session (PDF, 411KB)
OpenVMS High Availability configurations session (PDF, 143KB)

Interex Europe Conference, May 2003 - Amsterdam

High Availability Systems & Networks Design session (PDF, 270KB)

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2003

7^th Oct. 2003 - Back to Basics: Networks seminar (PDF, 95KB)
9^th Sep. 2003 - Back to basics: Storage seminar (PDF, 118KB)
11^th Mar. 2003 - Supporting Legacy Systems seminar (PDF, 46KB)
11^th Mar. 2003 - Nemonix H/W upgrades (Rich Williams) seminar (PDF, 2121KB)
18^th Feb. 2003 - Introduction to Systems Design seminar (PDF, 123KB)

PCG Conference, 4^th Oct 2003 - Heathrow

A Personal View of the Future for Freelance Working (PDF, 51KB)

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HP EMEA Pre-sales Knowledge Transfer Event, Nov 2002 - Loch Lomond

High Availability principles session (PDF, 56KB)
Network principles session (PDF, 61KB)
Networking with OpenVMS systems session (PDF, 88KB)

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2002

26^th Feb. 2002 - DECservers seminar (PDF, 472KB)
26^th Feb. 2002- OpenVMS DCL file to Check LAT services (ZIPped DCL, 2KB)

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DECUS Europe Conference, May 2001 - Lisbon

OpenVMS V7.3 Technical Update workshop (PDF, 133KB)

HP UK User Group Seminars, 2001

9^th Oct. 2001 - clearVISN V3.1 seminar (PDF, 90KB)
20^th Sep. 2001 - DECnet Phase V seminar (PDF, 107KB)
24^th Sep. 2001 - DECnet Phase V Overview paper (PDF, 273KB)

Communities and user groups are important. They provide a forum for the interchange of ideas and information. This article explores some of the underlying principles that make them so effective:

28^th April 2007 - Building successful User Groups (PDF, 30KB)