The San Francisco Bay Connect Chapter invites you to join us for our second
meeting. We've heard feedback from the attendees that we want hard technical
information and education or training, and we've got both for you this time.
This is serious computing information for professionals who are serious
about their computing.

Date, Time and Place:

September 24, 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
HP Executive Briefing Center, 19091 Pruneridge Avenue, Bldg. 46
Cupertino, CA 95014
Maps and Directions:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/ebc/cupertino-directions.html

Agenda:

11:00 am Welcome, Chapter business

11:15 -12:15: Storage Overview/Update:
             Jens Meier, Senior Storage Architect, HP Storage
             [Attendees will need to sign a non-disclosure agreement
             at check-in.]

12:30- 1:30   Lunch (provided *)

 1:30 -3:30:  Seminar: "Designing and Implementing Mission-Critical Systems"
             Colin Butcher, XDelta Systems

 3:30-3:45:   Attendee feedback, closing.

Seminar Description:

The design and implementation of highly available mission-critical systems
requires a more disciplined approach than is common in the IT industry. It is
important to have a sound understanding of the technology as well as the
ability to communicate effectively and see the project through to successful
completion.

The rapid pace of change and the wide range of available technologies make it
increasingly important to have a good understanding of the underlying
principles and a clear view of how to apply systems to solve business issues.
System designers need to understand both the application and the behaviour of
their target systems and surrounding infrastructure in order to create
applications that are reliable, which have minimal performance impact and which
scale well in a production environment.

The seminar will discuss the factors governing systems availability and
performance, complemented by real-life examples of the design and
implementation of all aspects of a system from hardware and infrastructure to
application software."

Seminar Leader Biography:

Colin Butcher is an international consulting engineer who specializes in the
design and implementation of mission-critical and disaster-tolerant systems. He
has an engineering background, which gives him a thorough understanding of the
importance of the usability and reliability aspects of computer systems and
data networks. He specializes in leading major projects, providing
authoritative technical advice and project direction based on a sound
understanding of both business requirements and complex technical issues.

He has been responsible for the architectural design, implementation and
management of several major projects, including satellite control, air traffic
monitoring, finance data and healthcare infrastructures.

* HP is buying lunch for everybody, but they're not allowed to buy lunch for
 "public sector" employees, so you'll need to identify yourselves.

Advance registration is required; please sign up.

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