
DECUS '94/NEW ORLEANS HIGHLIGHTS
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Sunday - Evening
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     Welcoming Reception: Start your Symposium week off right by meeting 
     with old friends and making new ones.

Monday - Day
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   Robert Palmer 
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     Keynote Address: Digital's President and CEO provides an update on the 
     changes within Digital as well as future strategy and directions of the 
     company.

   Bud Enright
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     Implementing Open Client/Server Now: A product update presenting the 
     underlying technologies and critical open standards incorporated into 
     newly announced Digital products.

   Andy Goldstein 
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     Upgrading to OpenVMS VAX Version 6.0 Version 6.1: This is your first 
     opportunity to learn the details of this important release from Digital 
     Engineering.

   John O'Keefe 
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     Digital's UNIX Strategy: Leads off the four-day coverage on DEC OSF/1.  
     This Symposium DECUS has more sessions on DEC OSF/1 and UNIX than ever 
     before.


Monday - Evening
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     TRISIG Reception: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of UNIX and the 15th 
     Anniversary of UNISIG.

Tuesday - Day
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   Dr. Sam Fuller
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     Hear Digital's head of corporate research programs discuss the growing 
     Information Revolution.

   Jesse Lipcon
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     Future Directions for OpenVMS: The Digital executive responsible for 
     OpenVMS outlines what is in the future for the OpenVMS community.

   Digital Listens
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     An interactive panel session with Digital's senior managers. Take 
     advantage of this unique opportunity to provide your feedback to vice 
     presidents responsible for products and marketing.

   Software Quality and Testing
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     Digital Engineering describes how they monitor and enhance the quality of 
     software products.  

   Elaine Bond
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     Better Multivendor Computing: The President of OURS (Open User 
     Recommended Solutions) kicks off the Software Licensing stream by focusing 
     on industry programs that clarify and standardize licensing in the 
     multivendor, multiplatform world. 

   Disaster Recovery
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     "Has there been an earthquake in your life recently?" Your chance to gain 
     an update on effective disaster recover procedures.

Tuesday - Evening
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     Fun & Magic: OpenVMS; Security; AI in Science Fiction

Wednesday - Day
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   Dr. Jerry Baker 
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     UNIX in the Enterprise: Oracle's Product Line Division Senior Vice 
     President questions the right choice for mission critical Client/Server 
     solutions.

   Douglas Lenat 
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     CYC, Enabling Software Agents to Work Together: One of America's leading 
     AI researchers describes the current status of the CYC project to endow 
     software with common sense.

   Ashok Joshi 
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     Configuring and Building an Rdb Database on OSF/1 

   IP
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     The Next Generation of the Internet: A special panel on the search for a 
     new protocol for the Internet. Moderated by Scot Bradner, the chairman of 
     the technical committee charged with the task, the panel includes 
     presentations on the three proposals and a roundtable discussion.

   Terry Fink
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     Digital's Pricing Policies and Key Business Practices: Learn how Digital 
     is addressing issues such as worldwide pricing for end users and channels 
     from the Corporation's Director of Global Pricing. 

Wednesday - Evening
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     L&T Magic and Wizardry; Vendor Suites

Thursday - Day
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   Richie Lary 
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     The Future of Open Storage Busses: He's back. Don't miss Digital's 
     Storage Architect discuss the evolution of disk and storage technology.

   Michael Collins 
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     Alpha AXP New Memory Channel Clustering Technology and Directions: The 
     technology behind the next generation of clustering. 
