------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews The Newsletter For The UniForum Community ------------------------------------------------------------ Issue Date: November 4, 1996 Volume X, Number 13 ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: UniForum News UniForum '97: An Educational Opportunity New Member of Our Corporate Family Industry News Netscape Brings Out Its Web-Based Groupware Growth in E-Commerce and EDI Industry Profile Sukan Makmuri Brings Java Experience to Open Systems +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniForum '97: An Educational Opportunity Technical conference offers choices, information and fun The three-day conference at UniForum '97 (Mar. 12-14 in San Francisco) will offer 56 different sessions covering eight major track themes, taught by the industry's leading experts. The conference is broad enough in scope to attract virtually everyone working as an IS professional today. However, there is more than sufficient depth of coverage to satisfy those who are seeking real professional advantage through continuing education. There is also a two-day pre-conference of workshops and tutorials taking place Mar. 10 and 11; watch for details in the next UniNews online. Article Code: un1961104 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961104/thenews.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ New Member of Our Corporate Family MTI joins UniForum's Corporate Sponsorship Program UniForum is pleased to welcome MTI Technology Corp. of Anaheim, CA, as a corporate sponsor. MTI has received more than 40 RAID patents and is a major supplier of high-performance, cross-platform data storage management solutions for the enterprise. The company's executive team includes Raymond J. Noorda, who has been chairman of the board since 1987 when he and vice chairman Steven Hamerslag acquired MTI; and Earl Peralman, president and CEO. You can visit MTI's Web site at http://www.mti.com. Article Code: un2961104 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961104/thenews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Netscape Brings Out Its Web-Based Groupware Top player in the browser world to take on Lotus Notes The announcement by Netscape Communications Corp. in mid-October of its Netscape Communicator collaborative client software signals the arrival of a major competitor in the groupware market. Article Code: un3961104 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961104/Inews1.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Growth in E-Commerce and EDI IT expert assesses the electronic commerce arena The Oct. 8 session of the Software Forum/UniForum Unix Special Interest Group (SIG) offered attendees a timely and interesting presentation entitled "Electronic Commerce on the Internet," covering the latest developments and opportunities in e-commerce over the Internet. The presenter was Sukan Makmuri, vice president of enterprise architecture and standards for the Bank of America in Concord, CA, co-chair of the Unix SIG and member of UniForum's Technical Steering Committee. The session was held at Amdahl Corp.'s headquarters building in Sunnyvale, CA, and attracted about 50 computer professionals. Article Code: un4961104 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961104/Inews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sukan Makmuri Brings Java Experience to Open Systems He grew up in Indonesia and now works for Bank of America Name: Sukan Makmuri Age: 36 Place of Birth: Island of Java, Indonesia Position: Vice President, Enterprise Architecture and Standards, Bank of America, Concord, CA Family: Married, with children aged 3 and 5 Car He Drives: 1994 Chrysler Town & Country Nonwork Activities: Golf, skiing, reading books on business strategy and technology On the Future of Open Systems: "Microsoft is perceived as a very big threat in the Unix community. It will be interesting for the user community if Microsoft can ever provide performance comparable to Unix-based systems and still maintain its pricing structure." On UniForum: "In the late '80s, UniForum was concentrating on Unix only, and you can't blame them because not everyone knew what Unix was. But now, how do we integrate our solutions based on the available technology? How do we ensure that we move in the right direction so that we don't get locked into the wrong solution? How do we ensure that the solution we build will actually be expandable and that we can integrate it with the new technologies, paradigms and tools that don't exist now? The challenge is in providing that vision to the members and providing them with knowledge, understanding and options for their solutions." Sukan Makmuri took an unconventional approach to his college career. For two years and one quarter of the third year, he labored under superhuman academic loads of 22 to 28 units per quarter, earning nearly all the credits he needed for his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. By the end of the first year, he had discovered that UC Berkeley would have been more to his liking, academically speaking, but it was too late to transfer. So, having picked up on the notion of UCSB as a party school, he partied for two quarters, immersing himself in courses like golf, volleyball, skiing, scuba diving, sailing, tennis and gymnastics. Then, suitably refreshed, he went on to higher academic and professional goals. Article Code: un5961104 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/961104/Iprofile.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniNews is written and published by UniForum. For information about UniNews or to contribute news for future issues, contact Cedric Braun, Managing Editor, at 800-255-5620, or 408-986-8840; or e-mail to cedric@uniforum.org. Copyright 1996 by UniForum. All rights reserved. UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively to X/Open Co. UniForum is a trademark of UniForum. 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