OpenVMS Boot Camp 2015
 
2015 Boot Camp Sessions
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Confirmed Keynotes

VSI Company Strategy and Directions Duane Harris
VSI Roadmap Eddie Orcutt
VSI Engineering Panel Moderated by Amanda Skonetski
Future OpenVMS Product Directions Clair Grant












Confirmed Sessions

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Big Data
Cloud Database
Hardware Migration and Porting
Network and Cluster Communications Open Source Development
Other Performance
Programming Security & Compliance
Storage System Management
Virtualization 


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09/27/2015
7:00 am - 8:00 amBallroom FoyerRegistration and Breakfast
8:00 am - 11:30 amBedford RoomPre-Conference Seminar
Pre-Conference Seminar - Morning Session [More Info]
8:00 am - 5:00 pmBedford RoomPre-Conference Seminar
Pre-Conference Seminar
11:30 am - 12:30 pmBedford RoomPre-Conference Seminar - Lunch
12:30 pm - 5:00 pmBedford RoomPre-Conference Seminar
Pre-Conference Seminar - Afternoon Session [More Info]
6:00 pm - 6:30 pmBedford RoomKeynote / General SessionFirst Timers Meeting [More Info]
 
09/28/2015
7:30 am - 8:00 amAshwood CourtRegistration and Breakfast
8:00 am - 10:00 amNashua SouthKeynote / General SessionVSI Company strategy and directions; HP-VSI partnership
10:00 am - 10:30 amAshwood CourtBreak
10:30 am - 11:30 amAmherst
ACME and LDAP authentication on OpenVMS [More Info]
Dan Buckley, software consultant, HP
10:30 am - 11:30 amBedford Room
Current State of Open Source on OpenVMS Project [More Info]
Bill Pedersen, Consultant/OpenVMS Evangelist, CCSS, LLC
10:30 am - 11:30 amChesterfield Room
HP Integrity Superdome X [More Info]
Leo Demers, Mission Critical Product Manager, HP
10:30 am - 11:30 amHollis Room
Introduction to AST Programming [More Info]
Robert Gezelter, Principal, Robert Gezelter Software Consultant
10:30 am - 11:30 amNorthwood Suite
OpenVMS Management – Do you have Peace of Mind? [More Info]
Brad Mccusker, VP VMS System Services, Software Concepts International
10:30 am - 11:30 amNashua South
The OpenVMS Performance show [More Info]
Christain Moser, CTO, Maklee Engineering
Guy Peleg, President, Maklee Engineering
11:30 am - 12:30 pmAmherst
Continuing with Alpha and OVMS [More Info]
Joe Kilcullen, Data Center Remarketing Consultant, HP Enterprise
11:30 am - 12:30 pmBedford Room
HP PERFDAT - an OpenVMS performance solution [More Info]
Wolfgang Burger, Technical Consultant, HP
11:30 am - 12:30 pmChesterfield Room
Integrating HP StoreOnce Technology with OpenVMS [More Info]
Eamonn Fitzmaurice, Master Technologist, HP
11:30 am - 12:30 pmNashua South
Performance Analysis and Resource Contention Detection Using the Availability Manager [More Info]
Barry Kierstein, Software Engineer, VMS Software
11:30 am - 12:30 pmHollis RoomRepopulating the OpenVMS Community [More Info]
Jeff Shelby, Director, Advanced Application Modernization
Dennis O'Brien, President, BRUDEN
11:30 am - 12:30 pmNorthwood Suite
Using BLOBs in ACMS applications – an Open Source-based approach for dealing with the 64K workspace limit [More Info]
Brett Cameron, Senior Software Engineer, VMS Software
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmNashua CenterLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmAmherst
FAD - A Tool to Provide OpenVMS File System Insight [More Info]
Gregory Jordan, Lead Systems Engineer, FactSet
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmBedford Room
Migrating from Ingres to Oracle on OpenVMS [More Info]
Scott Knutsen, Software Engineer, DoD
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmNashua South
OpenVMS meets GitHub – an overview of modern source code control systems for OpenVMS [More Info]
Brett Cameron, Senior Software Engineer, VMS Software
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmChesterfield Room
Troubleshooting with SDA extensions [More Info]
Jim Mehlhop, Sr. Support Manager, PARSEC
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmNorthwood Suite
vtAlpha/vtVAX@work [More Info]
Joe Graziano, VP of Sales, MS Consulting Services, Inc.
John Spitkovsky, CTO, MS Consulting Services, Inc.
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmAmherst
A practical guide to getting RMS statistics in your T4 [More Info]
Duncan Morris, Senior VMS Engineer, CDL
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmBedford Room
Charon AXP Plus – Breaking the 1 Ghz speed barrier [More Info]
Thomas Siebold, Managing Consultant, S.IT.CO.
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmNashua South
Cluster Communications Improvements [More Info]
Richard Stockdale, Engineer, VMS Software
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmChesterfield Room
Controlled Customization using Hierarchical Logical Names [More Info]
Robert Gezelter, Principal, Robert Gezelter Software Consultant
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmHollis Room
Moving OpenVMS C to ANSI/C [More Info]
Jon Power, CEO, Sector7
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmNorthwood Suite
Secure file sharing via OpenVMS (SAMBA, NFS & Pathworks) [More Info]
Greg Guthman, Systems Administrator, Software Concepts International
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmBedford Room
CHARON Virtualization Strategies and Techniques [More Info]
Brad Mccusker, VP VMS System Services, Software Concepts International
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmChesterfield Room
Free performance management tools [More Info]
Jim Mehlhop, Sr. Support Manager, PARSEC
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmHollis Room
Maintain your OpenVMS environment and expand your IT Infrastructure with HP Renew [More Info]
Eileen Thompson, Renew Sales Development, Hewlett Packard
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmAmherst
OpenVMS Clusters, Long Distance, and Disaster Tolerance Updates [More Info]
Keith Parris, Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Company
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmNashua South
Running and managing Oracle databases on OpenVMS [More Info]
Christain Moser, CTO, Maklee Engineering
Guy Peleg, President, Maklee Engineering
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmNorthwood Suite
The Smarts Behind Smart Cards [More Info]
Bill Highleyman, Managing Editor, Availability Digest
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmNashua SouthKeynote / General Session
HP i4 HW update and Integrity server roadmap
6:00 pm - 9:00 pmWentworthPartner Roundhouse & Dinner Reception
 
09/29/2015
7:30 am - 8:00 amAshwood CourtRegistration and Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 amNashua SouthKeynote / General SessionVSI Roadmap
9:30 am - 10:30 amAmherst
Beginning Perl for VMS System Managers [More Info]
Carl Friedberg, President, Comet & Company
9:30 am - 10:30 amBedford Room
Delivering mission-critical systems [More Info]
Colin Butcher, Technical Director, XDelta Limited
9:30 am - 10:30 amChesterfield Room
Implementation of a DropBox Client on OpenVMS [More Info]
Bill Pedersen, Consultant/OpenVMS Evangelist, CCSS, LLC
9:30 am - 10:30 amNashua South
Introduction to the x86 Architecture [More Info]
Camiel Vanderhoeven, software engineer, VMS Software
9:30 am - 10:30 amHollis Room
Migrating from Alpha to Integrity: A Real life experience [More Info]
Aubrey Howe, Principle Programmer Analyst, Skyworks, Inc
9:30 am - 10:30 amNorthwood Suite
OpenVMS: Securing “The Cloud” and “The World” [More Info]
TW Heim Jr, Grand Wazoo, Heim EnterpriZes
10:30 am - 11:30 amAmherst
AVTware Bare Metal Emulation, the making of [More Info]
Arie de Groot, Managing Partner, AVTware
10:30 am - 11:30 amNashua South
Developing iOS applications using OpenVMS Database [More Info]
Guy Peleg, President, Maklee Engineering
10:30 am - 11:30 amHollis Room
DevOps For OpenVMS [More Info]
Robert Doyle, Chief Architect, eCube Systems
Kevin Barnes, Manager, eCube Systems
10:30 am - 11:30 amBedford Room
How to simulate "Chaos" to recreate those odd and strange problems [More Info]
Robert Nydahl, VMS Support Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Sverige AB
10:30 am - 11:30 amNorthwood Suite
OpenVMS Performance & Availability Updates - Part 1 of 2 [More Info]
Speaker: Rob Eulenstein, Master Technologist, Hewlett-Packard Company
Speaker: Keith Parris, Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Company
10:30 am - 11:30 amChesterfield Room
Secure Data Exchange with OPC UA on OpenVMS [More Info]
Brian Segulin, Sr. Software Developer, RoviSys
11:30 am - 12:30 pmNashua CenterBOFAvailability Manager feedback on future directions [More Info]
Barry Kierstein, Software Engineer, VMS Software, Inc
11:30 am - 12:30 pmAmherst
Beginning AWK/GAWK for VMS System Managers [More Info]
Carl Friedberg, President, Comet & Company
11:30 am - 12:30 pmNorthwood Suite
OpenVMS Performance & Availability Updates - Part 2 of 2 [More Info]
Rob Eulenstein, Master Technologist, Hewlett-Packard Company
Keith Parris, Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Company
11:30 am - 12:30 pmNashua South
OpenVMS VSI Compiler and RTL Update [More Info]
John Reagan, Principal Software Engineer, VMS Software
11:30 am - 12:30 pmHollis Room
Profiting from Using VSI and Stromasys [More Info]
Dave Estes, Senior Sales Engineer, Stromasys
11:30 am - 12:30 pmBedford Room
What you always wanted to know about OpenVMS Service Control, but were afraid to ask! [More Info]
John Dite, Technical Consultant, Compinia GmbH; CO KG
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmNashua CenterLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmAmherst
Implementing Dynamic Web Pages on OpenVMS using Apache and DCL [More Info]
TW Heim Jr, Grand Wazoo, Heim EnterpriZes
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmBedford Room
Introduction to the Poulson (Intel 9500 series) Processor [More Info]
Keith Parris, Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Company
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmNashua South
Porting OpenVMS to x86 [More Info]
Clair Grant, Director R&D, VMS Software
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmChesterfield Room
Understanding the Integrity Console [More Info]
Jim Mehlhop, Sr. Support Manager, PARSEC
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmNorthwood Suite
Disaster tolerance with OpenVMS, Part 1 of 2 [More Info]
Colin Butcher, Technical Director, XDelta Limited
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmAmherst
Extending DCL With Command Files [More Info]
Robert Gezelter, Principal, Robert Gezelter Software Consultant
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmBedford Room
i4 vs. i2 - A Performance evaluation based on a real-world application [More Info]
Thilo Lauer, OpenVMS Technical Consultant IV, HP
Martin Zinser, Senior Expert Performance/Infrastructure, Eurex
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmHollis Room
Moving OpenVMS COBOL to ANSI COBOL [More Info]
James Hale, CTO, Sector 7
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmNashua South
OpenVMS VSI Compilers Future Directions [More Info]
John Reagan, Principal Software Engineer, VMS Software
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmNorthwood Suite
Disaster tolerance with OpenVMS, Part 2 of 2 [More Info]
Colin Butcher, Technical Director, XDelta Limited
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmAmherst
Distributed Lock Manager v8.3 and beyond (Pool Zones and Remaster weight) [More Info]
Jim Mehlhop, Sr. Support Manager, PARSEC
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmNashua South
Extending WSIT using RabbitMQ and AMQP - getting creative with code generation and integration [More Info]
Brett Cameron, Senior Software Engineer, VMS Software
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmHollis RoomOvercoming corporate objections to retaining OpenVMS platform and applications [More Info]
Nick Kudrycz, Solutions Architect, Advanced Application Modernization
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmChesterfield Room
RTR - An Introduction and Demonstration [More Info]
Robert Nydahl, VMS Support Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Sverige AB
4:30 pm - 5:30 pmNashua SouthKeynote / General Session OpenVMS is on track. Now here’s what you need to know about servers. [More Info]
Ken Surplice, Category Manager, Mission-Critical Servers, HP EMEA, HP
5:30 pm - 6:00 pmNashua SouthKeynote / General SessionNext Generation Global Online PC Gaming Platform (yes, using OpenVMS) [More Info]
6:00 pm - 9:00 pmWentworthVMS Reunion and Future Leaders Scholarship Dinner
 
09/30/2015
7:30 am - 8:00 amAshwood CourtRegistration and Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 amNashua SouthKeynote / General SessionFuture OpenVMS Product Directions [More Info]
9:30 am - 10:30 amChesterfield Room
Increase productivity of your OpenVMS applications [More Info]
Nick Kudrycz, Solutions Architect, Advanced Application Modernization
9:30 am - 10:30 amAmherst
Introduction to the x86 Architecture [More Info]
Camiel Vanderhoeven, software engineer, VMS Software
9:30 am - 10:30 amBedford Room
Migration to HP Integrity -i4 servers and beyond [More Info]
Colin Butcher, Technical Director, XDelta Limited
9:30 am - 10:30 amNorthwood Suite
OpenVMS Backup Strategies [More Info]
Bill Smoldt, President & CEO, STORServer, Inc.
9:30 am - 10:30 amNashua South
Oracle Database and Oracle Rdb on OpenVMS Product Update [More Info]
Kevin Duffy, Senior Director, Oracle
Gary Huffman, Senior Manager, Oracle
10:30 am - 11:30 amChesterfield Room
Migrating your OpenVMS cluster to virtual hardware with no downtime [More Info]
Darrell Wright, Senior Systems Engineer, Stromasys, Inc.
10:30 am - 11:30 amNorthwood Suite
Modern OpenVMS Systems Management [More Info]
Johan Michiels, OpenVMS Consultant, HP
10:30 am - 11:30 amAmherst
Porting OpenVMS to x86 [More Info]
Clair Grant, Director R&D, VMS Software
10:30 am - 11:30 amBedford RoomVMS Invent ? [More Info]
Gérard Calliet, ceo, pia-sofer
10:30 am - 11:30 amNashua South
VSI's Open Source Strategy - plans and schemes for Open Source software on OpenVMS [More Info]
Brett Cameron, Senior Software Engineer, VMS Software
11:30 am - 12:30 pmBedford Room
A BLISS Primer [More Info]
Norman Lastovica, Engineer, Software Concepts International
11:30 am - 12:30 pmNashua CenterBOF
Application Orchestration [More Info]
Kevin Barnes, Manager, eCube Systems
11:30 am - 12:30 pmChesterfield Room
Enhancing OpenVMS security with PointSecure System Detective and PointAudit [More Info]
Colin Butcher, Technical Director, XDelta Limited
11:30 am - 12:30 pmNashua SouthHow Much Does That Computer Really Cost [More Info]
Eddie Orcutt, Vice President of Software Engineering, VMS Software
11:30 am - 12:30 pmAmherst
OpenVMS VSI Compilers Future Directions [More Info]
John Reagan, Principal Software Engineer, VMS Software
11:30 am - 12:30 pmNorthwood Suite
Performance Analysis and Resource Contention Detection Using the Availability Manager [More Info]
Barry Kierstein, Software Engineer, VMS Software
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmNashua CenterLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmAmherst
Ada on OpenVMS, filling the gap [More Info]
Gérard Calliet, ceo, pia-sofer
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmNashua South
Adventures of VMS Moves, Migrations and Rehosting... [More Info]
Brad Mccusker, VP VMS System Services, Software Concepts International
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmChesterfield Room
Mirroring *dissimilar* database technologies on the fly [More Info]
Bryan Holland, President, Software Concepts International, LLC
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmNorthwood Suite
MQTT: A protocol for communicating with your things [More Info]
Brett Cameron, Senior Software Engineer, VMS Software
Robert Nydahl, VMS Support Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Sverige AB
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmBedford Room
Using OpenVMS to Build an Agile Computing Base [More Info]
Robert Gezelter, Principal, Robert Gezelter Software Consultant
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmAmherst
Migrating SQLMODs from Rdb to Oracle [More Info]
Denys Beauchemin, Account Executive, Sector7
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmNorthwood Suite
Network integration of OpenVMS with other platforms [More Info]
Colin Butcher, Technical Director, XDelta Limited
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmNashua South
Oracle Database 11g and Rdb 7.3 Feature Highlights [More Info]
Kevin Duffy, Senior Director, Oracle
Gary Huffman, Senior Manager, Oracle
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmBedford Room
Rebranding: What is it? Why and how did VSI provide it? [More Info]
Richard Bishop, Software Engineer, VMS Software
2:30 pm - 3:30 pmChesterfield Room
Rejuvenating your OpenVMS Applications [More Info]
Paul Holland, Vice President, Advanced Application Modernization
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmNashua South
LAN Driver Performance Improvements [More Info]
Richard Stockdale, Engineer, VMS Software
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmAmherst
Slow only wins in fairy tales [More Info]
Norman Lastovica, Engineer, Software Concepts International
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmBedford Room
SYSMAN for Improved Management of Restarts [More Info]
Robert Gezelter, Principal, Robert Gezelter Software Consultant
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmChesterfield Room
The OpenVMS Fast I/O Facility [More Info]
James Preciado, Principal, James J. Preciado, LLC
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmNorthwood Suite
Topics in OpenVMS System and Network Security [More Info]
Stephen Hoffman, DRI, HoffmanLabs LLC
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmNashua SouthKeynote / General SessionVSI Panel
6:00 pmNo locationBOFSushi BoF [More Info]