"Why DECUS?" "Why New Orleans?" "Why NOW?"
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                           DECUS '94/New Orleans
   Managing Complexity - Succeeding In A Multivendor, Multiplatform World

                     Seminars * Trade Show * Symposium
                              May 7 - 12, 1994


Are you currently delivering services to your organization across a
multiplatform, multivendor environment?  If you're not yet, it's a safe bet
you will be.  And with rising expectations, and increasing costs, addressing
your organization's needs is getting tougher all the time.  There's a flood
of new technologies, new services, and new products - but no one source of
the technical information to help you make the critical decisions today that
will shape your organization tomorrow.

As a Digital customer, you have an advantage in this challenging
environment.  It's DECUS '94/New Orleans - committed to addressing your
technical and business needs.  Learn how to get the maximum benefits from
Digital's technology and products, and how to use them with other vendors'
technologies.  Re-designed around your changing requirements, DECUS '94/New
Orleans provides the premier professional educational experience.  Take
advantage of this unique opportunity to get the support you need to succeed
in this multiplatform, multivendor world.

Hands-on Problem Solving Using The Latest Technologies
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Whether you're in a traditional computing environment, or moving to
enterprise Client/Server, test and evaluate new technologies at the Digital
technology Center, DECUS Trade Show and the Campgrounds.  From fundamental
to advanced, featured technologies include Alpha AXP, Multimedia, OpenVMS,
Storage, Networking, System Management, Application Development, and
Transaction Processing.  Learn about the practical bottom-line applications
for today's hottest platforms.  More that 100 leading companies will be
exhibiting at the Trade Show including: Digital; Xerox; WRQ; Software
Partners; TGV, Inc.; SAS; and Ross Systems to name a few.

Superb Mix Of Seminar and Symposium Topics
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The seminar classroom setting and interactive format provide a full-day
intensive learning experience for solving specific problems you encounter on
the job.  Held on the weekend of May 7 - 8, the program eliminates conflicts
with the symposium schedule, and is ideal for those who can't afford time
away from the workplace.

With the widest range of sessions covering today's hottest topics, the DECUS
'94 symposium, May 9-12, offers an unmatched opportunity to improve your
performance.  New sessions feature Virtual Networks, Client/Server and
Transaction processing, Application Development, and Avant-Garde - a new
track concept that includes imaging, groupware and multimedia.  Plus,
there's the superb mix of traditional sessions you've come to expect from
DECUS symposia.

Peer-To-Peer Networking Provides Proven Solutions
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Meet, debate and learn from thousands of other DECUS '94/New Orleans
attendees who share your same technology concerns,  No other event offers
such easy access to a community of IT professionals all speaking the same
language.  With an enhanced attendee-focused schedule, DECUS '94/New Orleans
offers more time for informal discussions with peers, presenters, engineers
and product vendors.

Most Comprehensive Technical Training In The Industry
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For the second year in a row, DECUS has earned the Digital News & Review
Target Award for the industry's best training products and services.  With
so many high-quality technical symposium sessions and such a broad range of
seminars, you can design your own training curriculum.  In surveys,
attendees tell us the training they get at DECUS events is an unmatched
value in the industry.

Knowledge Of Digital's Strategies And Technical Direction
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DECUS '94/New Orleans offers you a front-row seat for learning about
Digital's strategy and direction.  Hear presentations from Bob Palmer,
Digital's President and CEO, and Sam Fuller, Digital's VP of Research
responsible for the company's participation in industrial research
consortia.  Speak directly with Digital engineer, product managers and
service representatives.  Visit top technical specialists at the Digital
technology Center.  The new opening and closing events provide even more
opportunities to meet senior Digital management.

Best Reference Source For Those Planning Upgrades
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DECUS '94/New Orleans is your best decision making reference source.  At the
product announcements by Digital and other participating vendors, you'll
hear about the newest software and systems.  Through technical sessions,
peer-to-peer networking, product demonstrations, panels, tutorials,
exhibitor product sessions and talks with Digital developers and other
vendors, you'll make the most informed decision possible.  DECUS '94/New
Orleans is a unique forum for testing products and planning your upgrades.

Talk To Digital And Other Industry Experts Face-To-Face
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Communications at DECUS '94/New Orleans is a two-way street.  You will hear
from Digital and other industry experts and have the opportunity to tell
them what you think.  Talk face-to-face with the engineers who developed
your products as well as service, marketing and management professionals.
Participate in focus groups and roundtables, and get answers to questions
you can't get anywhere else.  Here's your chance to influence business and
technology strategies.

"How Will DECUS '94 Benefit My Organization?"
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"My greatest issue is switching to multiplatform development and deployment,
with VMS as only one of many targeted systems, while applying evolving
technologies to existing applications.  DECUS keeps me abreast of Digital's
and other vendors' products and strategies, and puts me in contact with the
engineers and managers who build the products I need to use."
Joseph A. Pollizzi, III
Project Engineer
Space Telescope Science Institute

"How Will DECUS '94 Benefit Me?"
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"At DECUS, I get valuable feedback on how my contemporaries are managing,
implementing and maintaining large scale systems across different
industries.  I find the technical stimulus enables me to keep current with
Digital and other vendor technology.  I like keeping in touch with
leading-edge peers with whom I've developed long lasting relationships."
Jim Gursha
Managing Director
Rocket Science, Inc.
