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NOCUS international conference'93 in Copenhagen April 20-22.
Author: B|rje Josefsson
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 12:36
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INVITATION to NOCUS International Meeting 1993 20-22 April in
Copenhagen
* * *
The Board of NOCUS take pleasure in inviting you to the NOCUS
International Meeting 1993 in Copenhagen, where we this time put the
CUSTOMER in focus!
As you will know, NOCUS' former ties to Norsk Data have gradually
weakened. Accordingly, we are now an independent user group, and as
such, we believe that our natural place is with you - the customer, be
it on an ND platform or every kind of standardized platform!
The conference will not introduce product presentations of the various
suppliers in the IT area. What we will focus on, is products seen with
the eyes of the customers, not the suppliers, thus giving you the
objective truth about a product, and not the "marketing" version of
the supplier!
Another focus will be given to EVALUATIONS: Choosing a local area
network, a database system or an operating system will never be easy
decisions to make; you need the skills and above all the time to make
a proper ealuation before you can finally decide. But can your company
afford such a "luxury"? In many cases the answer is no. for! So, why
not benefit from evaluations made by skilled people of other companes?
There are major companies/institutions where evaluating systems is
obligatory in the purchasing process, and they have both skills and
time to make detailed investigations. At the conference, we introduce
a number of sessions where the customer discuss in detail the pros and
contras of a product. We are sure it is worth while to listen and
learn!
We will also advise you to benefit from our comprehensive offerings of
tutorials. We are sure you will find something of interest here!
Finally we remind you that the deadline for registration is 12th
March. Register early - 2 travel vouchers of NOK 5.000 will be drawn
among the 30 first paying registrants!
We wish you all welcome!
THE NOCUS BOARD AND SECRETARIAT
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
TUESDAY 20 APRIL 1993
Tutorial number 1 Network Security - Managing the Risk
Dr. Alan Solomon
Tutorial number 2 How to make efficient SQL-based transaction systems under UNIX
Ivar Bakken, TP Consult A.S.
Tutorial number 3 LAN-til-LAN
Andreas Tryggeset, TBK A.S.
Tutorial number 4 Security Management og virus
Gunnar Bakken fra IBAS Instrumentbyr}et A.S.,
Tutorial number 6 Local Area Networks - Challenges & Opportunities
Richard Lavender
Read further for details on the tutorials.
WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 1993
09.00-09.05: Welcome.
09.05-09.35: Opening speech
09.40-10.15: The EEA-agreement (E/S-avtalen) and consequences for
purchases of EDP-equipment in the public sector.
* Call for tenders - what are the rules?
* In which areas will we see changes?
Speaker from N{ringsdepartementet in Oslo
10.15-10.45: COFFEE
10.45-15.00: O P E R A T I N G S Y S T E M S S E S S I O N
10.45-11.30 Evaluating an operating system at CERN:
CERN's Information System - The Sudden Birth Approach
See separate abstract.
Jrgen de Jonghe, CERN in Geneva
11.30-12.00: UNIX Management System.
* What are the tools available on the market today?
* What are the requirements of the users?
* What are the trends?
Ole Petter Friberg, Sysnet in Oslo
12.00-13.00: LUNCH
13.00-15.00: WINDOWS, OS-2 and UNIX
* From a "closed" to an "open" world -
Experiences in the OMEGA project.
Ragnar S. Holm, Siemens Nixdorf A.S.
* Customer experiences to be announced.
15.00-15.30: COFFEE
15.30-17.30: L O C A L A R E A N E T W O R K S E S S I O N
What should I choose?
* Establishing a local area network at NSB with Banyan Vines.
See separate abstract.
Ivar Stormo, Norges Statsbaner in Oslo
* Novell Local Area Networks at CERN.
See separate abstract.
Alberto Pace, CERN in Geneva
* Establishing a local area network at a governmental
department with LAN Manager.
Lecturer to be announced.
* Suppliers discussion.
17.30-18.30: P A R A L L E L S E S S I O N S :
a) UK customer group
b) German customer group
c) Nordic customer group (arranged by Comma A.S.)
20.00: DINNER & SHOW
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THURSDAY 22 APRIL:
08.30-09.00: NOCUS Annual General Meeting.
09.00-09.45: D A T A B A S E S Y S T E M S E S S I O N
What should I choose?
* Evaluating and testing Oracle and Sybase.
Kristin Baalsrud, Universitetet i Oslo
09.45-10.15: COFFEE
10.15-12.00: D B S E S S I O N continues:
* Call interface comparisons - Sybase and Oracle.
Nils O. Tangvik, NOTIS A.S. in Trondheim
* Common tools across different database systems -
Sybase, Oracle and Ingres.
Lars Ivar N>ss, Sysdeco Innovation A.S. in Oslo
* Experiences in using CASE-tools in a major development
project.
Steinar Heggelund, Cap Computas A.S. in Oslo
12.00-13.00: LUNCH
13.00-15.00: MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE -
A comparative study:
P A R A L L E L S E S S I O N S :
SESSION A: Scandinavia, comparing service & maintenance
of the companies Comma, Kongsberg Systek and SNI
SESSION B: United Kingdom
SESSION C: Germany
P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N :
Total service - to the total satisfaction of the customer?
15.00-15.30: Outsourcing
Lecturer to be announced.
15.30-16.00: Visions
Lecturer to be announced
16.00-16.10: Closing session
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A B S T R A C T S
** Evaluating a general operating system at CERN:
CERN's Information System - The Sudden Birth Approach **
CERN's management information department used to run an IBM using 2
operating systems, 3 database management systems and applications with
a total of 800000 lines of COBOL source code.
On 1 Jan 1992, this system was switched off and a new
Unix/Oracle-based system was put into production with virtually no
possibility of returning to the old system. Unix was chosen since it
appeared as the only mature operating system that was as close as
possible to an open system. The AT&T System V based Unix was preferred
because of its success in other commercial environments and because of
its maturity.
After a call for tender, a scalable multi-processor architecture was
chosen to be able to cope with a rapidly growing demand for processing
power which can be expected from the introduction of applications with
graphical user interfaces.
** Establishing a local area network at NSB with Banyan Vines **
Norges Statsbaner has chosen Banyan Vines for its local area network
solution: * How was our organisation prepared for installing a LAN? *
What was our policy? * What was our choice based on? * Problems in the
installation period * Status of today * NSB's organisation of the LAN
operations * Future solutions in NSB * Experiences with our LAN
supplier Cinet
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TUESDAY 20 APRIL 1993 - T U T O R I A L S
TUTORIAL NUMBER 1
Network Security - Managing the Risk
DATE: 20 April 1993 from 09.00 to 16.00
PLACE: Sheraton Hotel, Copenhagen
TARGET GROUPS: Information Centre managers, Computer security staff,
LAN installers and supervisors, Data Centre managers,
Auditors, PC support staff, Security consultants
COURSE OUTLINE: Introduction to the PC
* The boot process
* Interrupts and revectoring
* How disks work
* How DOS loads files
* Back doors, and how to find them
* Some security products
Networks
* How the network redirects file reads
* The three main network operating systems and how
they work
The theory of security
* Assets
* Risk
* Important principles
* The concept of insurance: utility theory
* Whose problem is it?
Backup
* Hardware
* Software
* Procedures
* How it all goes wrong
* How to prevent it going wrong
* How to evaluate products
Access control
* Hardware
* Software
* Procedures
* Users
* Passwords, tokens & biometrics
* Encryption
* Is DES really uncrackable?
* Some products
* How to evaluate products
* The Data Protection Act
Viruses
* How they are
* How they work
* What viruses are common, and what practical steps
you can take against them
Hacking
* Who they are
* What damage they do
* How they operate
* Why they have to be controlled
* Some products
* How to evaluate products
Disaster Recovery
* What have you got?
* A plan
* What to allow for
* Testing the plan
The Future
* The universal network
* Fileservers and Database servers
LANGUAGE: English
TUTORIAL LEADER: Dr. Alan Solomon is one of the world's leading
authorities on PC and network security. He is
the author of "PC Viruses" and "A Guide to PC
Data Security". Dr. Solomon's "Anti-Virus
Toolkit" it the most widely used anti-virus
product in the world. Dr. Solomon was educated
at Cambridge University, and has degrees in
Mathematics, Management, and a PhD in
Econometrics. He is Chairman of the IBM PC
User Group, Technical Director of the European
Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research,
Chairman of the AMC Committee on Virus
Identification, and Chief Executive of S&S
International. He is a frequent speaker at
conferences and seminars all over the world.
PC SECURITY SOFTWARE: The delegates will receive a free copy of Dr.
Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit.
PRICE: NOK 3000,- for NOCUS members
NOK 3500,- for non-members
====================================================
TUTORIAL NUMBER 2
How to make efficient SQL-based transaction systems under UNIX
WHEN: 20 April 1993 from 09.00 to 16.00
WHERE: Hotel Sheraton, Copenhagen
TARGET GROUPS: People participating in the development,
operation and maintenance of transaction
systems. The tutorial will use examples from
Sybase/Unix-based systems, but most of the
material will be of a general nature and
should therefore be of interest to people
involved with transaction systems of a large
variety.
SUMMARY: The tutorial aims at giving the participants a
good understanding in making high performance
transaction systems. The importance of
hardware and software platforms, as well as
application and database design are explained.
You will learn how to make performance a
planned property of a new system rather than a
surprise (which is usually an unpleasant and
expensive one).
COURSE OUTLINE: Introduction
* Why is it important to control performance?
* What are the consequences of poorly managed
performance?
Main principles for securing good performance
* Understanding performance
* Performance measurements
* Performance modelling
Main principles of transaction system design
* Importance of platform
* Database design
* Application design
Practical transaction system design
* Importance of good application logic
* Index use
* Is denormalization necessary?
* Efficient updates
* Locking
* Controlling the optimizer
LANGUAGE: English
TUTORIAL LEADER: Ivar Bakken, TP Consult A.S.
Following an academic career as a
mathematician, Ivar Bakken has worked in the
field of Computer Performance for more than 12
years. For 8 years he was responsible for the
performance activity in Norsk Data's R&D
department. For the last 4 years, he has been
running his own consulting business
specializing in performance. The most
important activity during this period has been
work on the large Unix/ Sybase based
transaction system for the Oslo toll ring.
PRICE: NOK 1400,- for NOCUS members
NOK 1900,- for non-members
==================================================
TUTORIAL NUMBER 3
LAN-til-LAN
Form}let med kurset er } gi en grundig beskrivelse av teknologien som
brukes i dagens bro og ruternettverk, samt gi eksempler p} l|sninger
som knytter sammen lokalnett til store LAN-til- LAN nettverk, s}kalte
internett. Kurset tar sikte p} }:
1) Gi kursdeltageren innsikt i hvordan de vanligste
lokalnettprotokollene (TCP/IP, Novell, NetBIOS) fungerer i et
ruter/bro-nett, og problemstillinger som dukker opp med hensyn til
dimensjonering av linjekapasitet, adresseplan, konfigurasjonsendringer
etc.
2) Gi innsikt i selve ruter/bro teknologien. Vi vil beskrive
rutingprotokollenes (OSPF, RIP, IS-IS) funksjon, protokoller for
standardisert seriell kommunikasjon (PPP, SLIP), Spanning Tree
protokollen etc. Vi vil ogs} beskrive hvordan sikkerhet mot
inntrengning kan implementeres i et bro/ruternett, og hvilke
komponenter som finnes tilgjengelige.
3) Gi innsikt i de ulike teknologier og tjenester som finnes for }
koble sammen lokalnett via broer og rutere. Her vil bli forklart
fordeler og ulemper med den teknologien tjenester som DIGITAL,
Datapak/X.25 og oppringt forbindelse baserer seg p}. Vi vil ogs}
forklare nye teknologier, som SONET/SDH, ATM, Frame Relay og SMDS, og
hvilke teletjenester basert p} disse man kan vente seg i de n{rmere
}rene.
TID: 20. april 1993 kl. 09.00 til kl. 16.00
STED: Sheraton hotell, K|benhavn
HVEM B/R Konsulenter og personer med ansvar for } bygge opp eller bygge
DELTA? eller bygge ut ett nett for LAN til LAN kommunikasjon,
eller personer involvert i drift og vedlikehold av et
LAN til LAN nettverk. Kurset er ogs} ideelt for deg
som bare ?nsker et overblikk over teknologien som
brukes i slike nettverk. Kurset krever noe kjennskap
til lokalnettkommunikasjon.
AGENDA: Introduksjon
Broteknologi i Ethernet/ Token Ring milj|:
* Lokalbroer, fjernbroer, oversettende broer
* Spanning Tree-protokollen
* Source-Route Broing og transparent broing
* Source Route Transparent broing
* Design og optimalisering
Ruterteknologi:
* Internettadressering
* TCP/IP-nett: Virkem}te
IP-adressering og subnetting
* Novell-nett: Virkem}te
Novell-adressering
* NetBIOS-nett
* Sikkerhet
* Bro/Ruter - sammenligning
SNA-kommunikasjon via LAN-til-LAN-nettverk:
* Seriell transport
* SDLC til LLC konvertering
* Data Link Svitsjing
Rutingprotokoller:
* Distance vector kontra Link State
* RIP, OSPF, IS-IS - sammenligning
LAN-til-LAN kommunikasjon over fjernnett:
* X.25 Datapak, Digital, oppringte linjer
* Kapasitet og dimensjonering
Fremtidige teknologier og tjenester for LAN-til-LAN
kommunikasjon:
* ATM og SONET/SDH
* Bredb}nds ISDN (B-ISDN)
* Frame Relay, DQDB, SMDS, ISDN
L|sninger for LAN-til-LAN kommunikasjon
KURSSPR]K: Norsk
KURSLEDER: Andreas Tryggeset, TBK A.S.
PRIS: NOK 1700,- for NOCUS medlemmer
NOK 2200,- for ikke-medlemmer
===================================
TUTORIAL NUMBER 4
Security Management og virus
M}lsetningen med seminaret er } gi deltakerne en best mulig generell
informasjon om elementene som omfattes av det markedet betegner som
Security Management. I tillegg vil du f} f|rsteh}ndsinformasjon om det
nye regelverket som vil komme. Security Management er produkter og
tjenester som sikrer deg:
* maksimal tilgjengelighet til dine data
* \konomisk oversikt over konsekvensene ved driftsstopp
* reservesystemer og lokaler om dine settes ut av drift
* mot uautorisert tilgang til dine data
Det vil bli fokusert p} elementer som er felles for skandinaviske
forhold, og foredragene er like aktuelle uansett hva slags datamilj|
du har!
TID: 20. april 1993 fra kl. 09.00 til 15.30
STED: Sheraton hotell, K|benhavn
HVEM B/R DELTA? EDB-sjefer, \konomisjefer, daglige ledere og
driftspersonnell
AGENDA: * Velkommen.
* Orientering om markedets utvikling innen Security Management
* Personvernet og faren for kriminelle handlinger.
En orientering om det nye regelverket som vil komme.
* Virus. Norden har n} begynt } bli et eldorado for
Hackere! Er det en reel trussel?
* Gjenvinning av data om uhellet skulle v{re ute.
* Konsekvensanalysen - analysen som gir deg oversikt over
|konomiske konsekvenser om du utsettes for driftsstopp.
* Beredsskapsplanlegging. Din sikkerhet for maksimal
tilgjengelighet til data.
KURSSPR]K: Skandinavisk
KURSLEDERE: Gunnar Bakken fra IBAS Instrumentbyr}et A.S.,
Skandinavias ledende bedrift innen gjenvinning av data.
Tom Juvonen fra Data Fellows i Finland, som er ledende
p} forsk ning og utvikling innenfor bekjempelsen av datavirus.
Produktspesialister fra Comma A.S.
PRICE: NOK 1200,- for NOCUS members
NOK 1500,- for non-members
================================================
TUTORIAL NUMBER 6
Local Area Networks - Challenges & Opportunities
DATE: 20 April 1993 from 09.00 to 16.00
PLACE: Sheraton Hotel, Copenhagen
TARGET GROUPS: The event is directed to all staff involved
in the design, procurement, implementation and
management of Local Area Networks. It is also
directed to Sales and Support Staff who are
involved with customers trying to design and
build more efficient networks with rapidly
expanding numbers of users.
COURSE OUTLINE: 1) Technologies and Architectures
* Do we need standards?
* IEEE 802 committee
* Ethernet
* Token ring
* Logical Link Control
* Types of media
* LAN configurations
* Cabling schemes and LAN speeds
* LAN components - repeaters,
concentrators, bridges,
routers, and gateways
* Intelligent hubs and backbones
2) LAN Network Operating Systems Architectures
* Resource sharing
* Print and file servers
* Why a network operating system
* Novell's Netware
* LAN Manager
* Banyan VINES
* UB
* Network File Services, NFS
* Multiprotocol support using NDIS and ODI
* Domains and directories
3) LAN Applications and Software Configurations
* Distribution of function
* Front-end Graphical User Interfaces
* ODBC and DRDA architectures in a heterogeneous
network
* Electronic mail, facsimile servers, imaging and OCR
* Products for Windows and Unix systems
4) Future Opportunities
* 100 MBits/s Ethernet over twisted pair
* Where is FDDI and FDDI II
* SONET and SDH
* Megabits and Gigabits
* Security and access management
* Network management - SNMP managers and
agents, SMP
* Future proofing?
LANGUAGE: English
TUTORIAL LEADER: Richard Lavender has extensive experience in the
computer communications and telecommunications
business. His career started with Cable & Wireless
where he worked on the design, installation and
operation of communications systems in various
parts of the world. Since joining Logica more than
12 years ago, he has worked on many major computer
based communications systems, both as a designer
and also as an implementer. His wide-ranging
knowledge and his ability to describe technical
topics in a simple and clear manner makes him
ideal to lead this course.
PRICE: NOK 2800,- for NOCUS members
NOK 3300,- for non-members
==================================================
Registration fees: Members Non-members
Fee for Wednesday/Thursday NOK 2.900 NOK 4.100
Fee for Wednesday NOK 1.600 NOK 2.100
Fee for Thursday NOK 1.600 NOK 2.100
Fee for Tutorial 1 NOK 3.000 NOK 3.500
Fee for Tutorial 2 NOK 1.400 NOK 1.900
Fee for Tutorial 3 NOK 1.700 NOK 2.200
Fee for Tutorial 4 NOK 1.200 NOK 1.500
Fee for Tutorial 6 NOK 2.800 NOK 3.300
Fee for Tutorial 7 NOK 1.100 NOK 1.400
The registration fee includes all conference facilities, 2 lunches,
coffee breaks, show and dinner on Wednesday.
An invoice for the registration fee will be sent you immediately on
receipt of your registration form. Confirmation of your participation
will not be given until payment of the invoice is settled.
Terms of payment:
To be able to attend the conference, payment must be made in advance.
Hotel prices:
The conference is being held in Sheraton Copenhagen Hotel:
- single room, NOK 840,-/night incl. breakfast
- double room, NOK 1140,-/night incl. breakfast
Settlement for your hotel bill must be done to the hotel directly when
checking out.
Travel arrangements:
We can offer reduced prices when flying with SAS From Oslo to
Copenhagen. Ordinary price is NOK 3.582 t/r and special price for our
conference participants is NOK 2.178. Please contact Heitmann Travel,
attn: Kari Loe, tel. 22 62 81 90 - fax. 22 62 85 00 and state you are
a participant at the NOCUS conference in Copenhagen to get this
special price.
Cancellation charges:
NOK 500,- of the registration fee is a non-returnable deposit. If you
cancel later than 14 days before the conference the full registration
fee is retained. However, if we manage to reallocate the place, we
will only retain the NOK 500,-deposit. Only written cancallations will
be accepted.
Tutorials:
All tutorials are based on a minimum attendance of 15 participants,
and will be cancelled if we do not reach the minimum number. You will
be informed about a possible cancellation by the end of March.
REGISTRATION FORM
Participant name: _________________________________________
Title/function: _________________________________________
Company: _________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
Tel: _______________ Fax: _________________
Nocus member Yes: ____ No: _____
Registration form must be sent NOCUS within 12th March. There will be
an extra deposit charge of NOK 500,- for registration after this date.
Register early - 2 travel vouchers of NOK 5.000,- will be drawn among
the 30 first paying registrants!
I wish to participate: Member: Non-member:
_ Conference Wednesday 21.4/Thursday 22.4 NOK 2.900 NOK 4.100
_ Wednesday 21.4 NOK 1.600 NOK 2.100
_ Thursday 22.4 NOK 1.600 NOK 2.100
_ Tuesday 20.4, Tutorial NO: _____ NOK _____ NOK _____
_ Conference 21.4 + 22.4 + Tutorial No: ___ NOK _____ NOK _____
- Registration fee paid by enclosed cheque
- Bank transfer to DNB account no. 7076.20.08341
- Transferred to Norwegian postal giro account 0813 2 88 99 70
Terms of payment:
To be able to attend the conference, payment must be made in advance.
Hotel reservation:
- Kindly accomodate me in Sheraton Hotel.
Arrival day: _________ Departure day: ___________
Single room: ___ Double room: ____
Please register me as a participant to the NOCUS International Meeting
1993. I agree that NOK 500,- of the registration fee is a
non-returnable deposit.
Date: _______ Signature: _____________________________
One participant per reservation form. Please make copies and return the
form(s) to:
NOCUS
P.O.Box 44 Bogerud
N-0621 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 22 62 80 00
Fax: +47 22 62 80 01
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Borje Josefsson, Computer centre, University of Lulea, S-951 87 Lulea, Sweden
Tel: +46 920 91 262 (direct), +46 920 91 000 (operator). Fax: +46 920 912 45
Mail: bj@dc.luth.se
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