MVMRUG AGENDA

 8:15 a.m. Registration
 
           A continental breakfast will be provided.
 
 
 8:45 a.m. MVMRUG Business Meeting
 
 
 9:00 a.m. Plumbing a Connection to SMTP
           Robert P. Nix, Mayo Foundation
 
 
           Abstract
 
           One of the uses of OfficeVision at the Mayo Clinic has
           been the sending of automated messages from various
           applications.  With the conversion to Microsoft Exchange
           another method was needed to finalize the movement away
           from OfficeVision.  This session is a look at a Pipeline
           Interface to SMTP which exploits the 'ph' personal
           information lookup Internet function.
 
 
10:00 a.m. Break
 
 
10:15 a.m. RSK (Reusable Server Kernel)
           Brian Wade, IBM-VM Development
 
 
           Abstract
 
           VM/ESA offers many technologies that appeal to designers
           and authors of large-scale server programs.  Multiple
           large address spaces, multithreading, a variety of data
           transport technologies, and large amounts of fast disk
           are examples of these.  However, exploiting these tech-
           nologies usually required the server author to write
           a certain amount of "server infrastructure" which while
           essential, is usually unrelated to the business problem
           being solved.  Further, certain abstract server-related
           programming problems, such as managing a set of enroll-
           ment data, appear in one server after another, and
           again the server author must solver these problems
           before mounting an attack on the underlying business
           challenge.
 
           The "Reusable Servr Kernel" (RSK) is a piece of server
           development support technology that addresses these
           recurring problems.  It implements a ready-to-use,
           technology-exploitive server infrastructure to which
           the server author can easily attach business logic.
           Further, the RSK offers API suites that solve recurring
           server related programming problems, such as the
           management of enrollment data.  In this presentation
           we will explore the programming model the RSK offers
           examine its API set.  We'll also have a look at a
           sample RSK-based server from both the server developer's
           and system programmer's perspectives.
 
 
11:00 a.m. VM/MPG vs. LPARs
           Byron Graham, Kimball International
 
 
           Abstract
 
           Over ten years ago, I gave my first presentation to a
           VM user group and compared the original LPAR function-
           ality of the first 3090 series proessor with using VM/XA
           to support guest operating systems. This talk will take
           a look at how things were then and update it with how
           they are today.
 
 
11:45 a.m. Lunch (We usually visit one of the local restaurants as a
                  group or you are free to go on your own)
 
 
 1:00 p.m. FREE - FOR - ALL
 
 
 1:30 p.m. Web Enabling Legacy Systems
           Ron Kohl, Beyond Software, Inc.
 
 
           Abstract
            - Approaches
            - Beyond's product strategy
            - On Line Demo
            - Customer Experiences
            - Summary
 
 
 2:30 p.m. Break
 
 
 2:45 p.m. Maintaining "www.vm.ibm.com"
           Brian Wade, IBM-VM Development
 
 
           Abstract
 
           Are you thinking of using VM/ESA to serve data to
           the Web?  IBM uses VM/ESA to serve www.vm.ibm.com
           to the Internet.  In this presentation, we'll explore
           www.vm.ibm.com's hardware and software configuration,
           including its daily-maintenance automation and the
           programs we use to support form submissions and the
           VM Download Library.  We'll also look at how the
           site's content developers maintain and edit their
           pages.  Come see how we run our site on ten minutes
           a day!
 
 
 4:00 p.m. Door Prizes/Closing/Q & A/Socializing
 
 

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