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The following appears in the IEEE GRID magazine.  Anyone who is interested 
is more than welcome to attend.

IEEE Oakland/East Bay Communications Society

Subject:        Integrating SNA and TCP/IP Networks
Speaker:	Hank Bechtel, IBM
Date:           Thursday, May 21, 1992
Time:           7:00 PM
Location:       Pacific Bell, 2600 Camino Ramon, San Ramon
                I-680 to Bollinger Cyn. East to Camino Ramon
Information:    Paul Brierley (510)823-4870  (No reservations required)

    		Integrating SNA and TCP/IP Networks

                              ABSTRACT.

A recent strategy being implemented by companies is to install a
router-based network to facilitate interconnection of isolated,
decentralized LAN-based systems (i.e. DEC at plant sites; Appletalk,
Novelle, etc. at branch offices).  After establishing the transport,
interoperability is accomplished by installing TCP/IP software.  The
next desired step is the combination of this TCP/IP network with the 
corporate SNA network.

This talk will investigate and compare the basics of TCP/IP and SNA,
including APPN (Advanced Peer to Peer Networking), and then discuss
the wide area implications of integrating the two of them.

                              BIOGRAPHY

Hank Bechtel is a Consulting Systems Engineer for IBM, specializing
in data communications.  He has 15 years of experience with IBM,
including customer account responsibilities (Chevron and Bank of
America) and IBM internal network design and implementation (IBM CCDN).  
Prior to that he worked for seven years as a systems programmer with
the Civil Service (GSA and USAF).  He has a BS in Computer Science 
from Purdue University.