------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews The Newsletter For The UniForum Community ------------------------------------------------------------ Issue Date: March 27, 1997 Volume X, Number 19 ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: UniForum Conference Call for Proposals IT Horizon '97 Symposium, Workshop and Solutions Showcase UniForum News Association Meetings Held at UniForum '97 Action on the Show Floor - A UniForum '97 Report UniForum '97 Keynotes Span Key Open Systems Topics Industry News Vendors From Marketing Organization to Promote Unix HP Vows Enterprise Support for NT Help Desk: Tech Support and Market Opportunity Intranet Lessons from Early Adopters Need for Standards Great in Security Arena +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Call for Proposals; DUE BY: April 4, 1997 UniForum Association in conjunction with The Fisher Center for Information Technology and Management, UC Berkeley Announces: IT Horizon '97 Symposium, Workshop and Solutions Showcase - "From the NC to the Networked Enterprise: Thin Clients, Robust Servers, Universal Access" June 9-11, 1997 Red Lion Hotel, San Jose, CA Ê Article Code: un1970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/propos.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Association Meetings Held at UniForum '97 Annual Membership and Affiliate Meetings Convene The UniForum Association held two of its most important organizing and informational meetings of the year at the annual UniForum Conference and Trade Show earlier this month. Article Code: un2970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/thenews3.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Action on the Show Floor - A UniForum '97 Report Demonstration Shows How a Typical Enterprise Could Run on the Web A demonstration of an Internet-enabled enterprise was part of the exhibit mounted at UniForum '97 by Cambridge Technology Partners, a professional services firms based in Cambridge, MA. The firm's demonstration, Enterprise@Web, showed how the various functions of a fictitious timepiece vendor called ClockWorks could be centered on the Internet and company Intranets. Article Code: un3970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/thenews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniForum '97 Keynotes Span Key Open Systems Topics Ruettgers Proclaims Importance of Enterprise Storage Anyone who thought storage was boring can think again. Storage, ladies and gentlemen, is a happening thing and it's happening right now, in an enterprise near you. Article Code: un4970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/thenews.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Vendors Form Marketing Organization to Promote Unix Press and Analysts Briefed Clearly, the leaders of the Unix industry are worried. Worried enough to form their own marketing organization to handle the promotion and public relations activities of Unix on behalf of all the vendors. Article Code: un5970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/Inews1.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HP Vows Enterprise Support for NT Special to UniNews online At Hewlett-Packard's Palo Alto, Calif., corporate headquarters, HP CEO Lew Platt and Executive Vice President Rick Belluzo shared the podium with Bill Gates of Microsoft as the two companies outlined a series of far-reaching collaborative efforts. Article Code: un6970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/Inews5.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Help Desk: Tech Support and Market Opportunity by Eddie Rabinovitch, UniNews Correspondent As difficult as it is to confess to one's own weaknesses, I have to admit that I read airline magazines. Some industry analysts claim these magazines are the ones to blame (or praise, depending on your viewpoint) for some of the recent trends in Information Technology. Article Code: un7970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/Inews3.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Intranet Lessons from Early Adopters What can you learn from companies which have deployed intranets already? There are plenty of object lessons large and small which can help you avoid the major barrior to intranet success. Here are just a few. Article Code: un8970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/Inews4.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Need for Standards Great in Security Arena, Says The Open Group Proprietary solutions to the computer security problem won't work and jeopardize the growth of the market for security solutions, UniForum '97 attendees were told by a representative of The Open Group in a plenary session. Allen Brown, vice president and chief operating officer, said agreed-on standards and specifications are needed for products to deliver the comprehensive security solution for heterogeneous systems that users are looking for. Article Code: un9970327 http://www.uniforum.org/publications/uninews/970327/Inews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniNews is written and published by UniForum. For information about UniNews or to contribute news for future issues, contact Dick Shippee, at 800-255-5620, ext. 17, or 408-986-8840; or e-mail to dick@uniforum.org. Copyright 1997 by UniForum. All rights reserved. UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively to X/Open Co. UniForum is a trademark of UniForum. UniNews (ISSN 1069-0395) is published twice monthly and is included as a benefit of membership dues in UniForum, 2901 Tasman Drive, Suite 205, Santa Clara, CA 95054. 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