The TechnicalCounsel(sm) News -- May 2005
Volume 2 Number 2 May 2005


Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Welcome to the May issue of The TechnicalCounsel(sm) News, our consulting practice's quarterly newsletter.

In this issue:

IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitors Program sponsors speeches by Mr. Gezelter

IEEE Computer Society Southern Alberta Chapter hosts Calgary speech on Architectural Techniques for Interoperability and Coexistence

The IEEE Computer Society's Southern Alberta Chapter has graciously invited Mr. Gezelter, as part of the IEEE Computer Society's Distinguished Visitors speaking program, to present Architectural Techniques for Interoperability and Coexistence in Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 6:30 PM.

This presentation will examine how systems and software architectures to have long productive lives. Good architecture eliminates the need for expensive, on-going revisions. Good architecture also enables systems to evolve to additional tasks and missions without incompatible changes. Systems can operate efficiently for decades without architectural revision, much less incompatible revisions.

The full abstract and location of this presentation can be found at: http://www.rlgsc.com/ieee/calgary/2005-05/announce.html

Following the talk, the slides from the presentation will be available through the above URL.

A description of the IEEE Computer Society’s Distinguished Visitor program can be found in Volume 1, Number 1 of the TechnicalCounsel(sm) News.

IEEE Computer Society Northern Canada Chapter hosts speech on Safe Computing in the Age of Ubiquitous Connectivity

The IEEE Computer Society's Northern Canada Chapter has graciously invited Mr. Gezelter, as part of the IEEE Computer Society's Distinguished Visitors speaking program, to present Safe Computing in the Age of Ubiquitous Connectivity in Edmonton, Alberta on Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 6:00 PM.

This presentation will examine the challenge of today’s “office”, which is located anywhere one happens to be: cubicle, conference room, customer site, coffee shop, or park. Broadband connections, both wired and wireless, enable this agility, and expose information systems to new challenges and responsibilities. Maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of information systems is a vital, ongoing, challenge.

The full abstract and location of this presentation can be found at: http://www.rlgsc.com/ieee/edmonton/2005-05/announce.html

Following the talk, the slides from the presentation will be available through the above URL.

Encompass Canada Edmonton and Area LUG Hosts presentation addresses OpenVMS on Integrity Servers

Mr. Gezelter will speak at the invitation of the Encompass Edmonton and Area LUG (EARLUG) at the HP offices in Edmonton, Alberta on Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 11:45 AM.

His presentation will address the technical issues of assimilating HP’s Itanium-based Integrity servers into the IT infrastructure. The technical issues involved in migrating existing VAX and Alpha-based applications will also be examined.

The full abstract for the presentation, together with links to the Encompass Canada EARLUG www site can be found at: http://www.rlgsc.com/encompass-canada/edmonton/2005-05/announce.html Following the talk, the slides from the presentation will be available through the above URL.

Mr. Gezelter cited in Business Communications Review article on TCP/IP and DECnet

What’s hiding in your Datacenter?, a featured article in the February 2005 issue of Business Communications Review, discussed the the strengths and weaknesses of the TCP/IP protocol suite versus the DECnet protocol suite. Mr. Gezelter was quoted as stating that the differences between TCP/IP and DECnet provide fundamentally different functionality and are complementary.

We do not have permission from Business Communications Review to make the full text of this article available electronically. Hard copies of this article are available on request.

Upcoming News

Future IEEE-sponsored Speeches

Mr. Gezelter is in discussion with several IEEE chapters throughout North America concerning presentations under the auspices of the Computer Society's Distinguished Visitor's Program. As scheduling arrangements are finalized, we will keep our readers advised.

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