[Vms.sig-hu] Updated VMS Information and jobs, please keep for future reference - OK for external distribution (fwd)

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Dátum: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:52:52 -0400
Feladó: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Címzett: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Tárgy: Updated VMS Information and jobs, please keep for future 
reference - OK for external distribution

Dear Distribution lists,

Attached is some recent VMS information for your use.  As a reminder 
next week is HP World and some folks including myself will be 
attending.  If you are at HP World please stop by the campground and 
say Hi if not enjoy the email break ;')

Warm Regards,
Sue

Index

1. HP Open Source Porting Program to Integrity servers underway at 
Turin University
2. New HP AlphaServer Systems brochure is now available
3. Partner News
4. Job and FactSet (good company)
5. Linux article that mentions VMS


1. HP Open Source Porting Program to Integrity servers underway at 
Turin University
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/news/ospp_turin.html Many thanks to 
Marc Courchesne

2. The new HP AlphaServer systems brochure is now available, 
highlighting the renewed line of HP AlphaServer systems driven by the 
HP OpenVMS or Tru64 UNIXŽ operating systems View the brochure, 
http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/download/alphaserver_broch
ure_071504.pdf  or order printed copies from the HP Literature 
website, publication number 5982-7000EN. Many thanks to Marc 
Courchesne



3. Partner News:

LEGATO NetWorker was one of the finalists for InfoStor's "most 
valuable data protection software product". It is the ONLY finalist 
product that supports OpenVMS, as stated in the article.

http://is.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?
Section=ARTCL&ARTICLE_ID=208921&VERSION_NUM=1&p=23

4. JOBS:

----Original Message-----
From: pvenkatesh at factset.com [mailto:pvenkatesh at factset.com]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 2:49 PM
To: Skonetski, Susan
Subject: Open VMS positions
HI Sue,

Hope you are doing well and thanks for the loads of information that 
you have been sharing with us.

I have seen a couple of VMS recruiting emails sent from you in the past. 
I currently have two VMS positions open and I was wondering if it was 
appropriate to send them to you so that you could circulate it among 
your distribution lists. If it is not the right forum for this, please accept 
my apologies.

(See attached file: sr_vms_sys_eng.doc)(See attached file:
jr_vms_sys_eng.doc)

Regards,
- Prasanna
_______________________________________
5.
Linux article with an OpenVMS mention

Linux Migration is Automatic at HP (many thanks to Dan Klein)
Network Computing / August 6, 2004 
By Clement Teo 
 
While unofficial deployments of Linux occurred in workgroup 
environments prior to this, the first CIO-approved deployment of Linux 
within HP started in 1998. According to Rick Sewell, Linux business 
manager, enterprise storage and servers, HP Asia-Pacific, a team within 
HP-IT analysed and positioned the benefits, risks and rewards of 
introducing Linux as another strategic platform within HP's internal 
infrastructure. They then implemented Linux for use internally on over 
5,000 systems in countries worldwide. 
 
In fact, Sewell says that Linux was a critical technical enabler for the 
HP/Compaq merger. He recalls: "During the clean room discussions, 
platform support was threatening to be a large money sink. Compaq 
data centres could not support HP-UX and other HP platforms. HP data 
centres could not support Tru-64 and other Compaq platforms. But 
both data centres had Linux expertise. By deploying several merged 
company services on Linux instead of HP-UX/Tru-64, HP was able to 
save costs and streamline its IT infrastructure." 
 
While Sewell is keen to stress that HP does not have a general 
migration strategy to Linux, the company uses Linux in areas where 
suitable applications are available. Says Sewell: "HP does not have a 
general Linux migration strategy, so there is no specific phase strategy. 
But Linux is used in addition to HP-UX and Windows within our internal 
infrastructure." 
 
Supporting The Community 
It also makes sense for HP to operate in the Linux environment as the 
open source community starts to play a role in its business plans. In 
2003, the company announced Linux-based revenue in excess of 
US$2.5 billion for its fiscal year. "Our Linux services and solutions 
business grew at 40%," says Martin Fink, vice-president, Linux, HP. 
 
Sewell points out that the company has been heavily involved with 
Linux and the open source community for a number of years, and also 
sponsored a number of open source organisations. "[We] directly 
contribute to the open source community through projects such as the 
recently announced Scalable File System (Lustre) and the IA-64 kernel 
that is used in all distributions of Linux," he adds. 
 
Sewell says that examples of Linux use for important applications 
within HP's infrastructure include incoming e-mail (3TB/year) routed 
through RIM gateways; core DNS infrastructure (about 100 systems); 
clustered Enterprise Directory, using LDAP; DHCP/IP address 
management; network time (NTP critical element for HP infrastructure); 
internal and secure instant messaging network (Jabber); electronic 
design automation (Synopsys); utility data centre deployment 
(including 36-node IA-64 Linux cluster for HP Labs research computing); 
and Oracle 9i RAC Application Testing and Validation for production 
deployment. 
 
Employee remote e-mail access from the Internet is accessed through 
secure e-mail gateways (on Linux/Integrity). "HP supports Linux 
running on both HP ProLiant (32-bit Intel) and Integrity (64 bit Intel) 
servers," adds Sewell. 
 
He expects the use of Linux for internal IT systems will increase over 
time as more and more applications become available. However, as HP 
does not have a general Linux migration strategy, HP will continue to 
utilise systems running Windows, HP-UX, OpenVMS and Non-Stop 
Kernel (NSK). 
 
Even on the Dektop 
While HP does deploy Linux-based desktop software for their chip 
designers and software developers, these are in small pockets spread 
across the organisation. "We use the standard distros based on Red 
Hat 8 or 9-it comes packaged with both Gnome/KDE, and most people 
use KDE on dual boot desktops," says Sewell. 
 
While he was chary about revealing the cost of the migration, citing 
secretive corporate policy, he anticipates savings and return on 
investment for the Linux move. Sewell did reiterate that it was a widely 
supported move within HP. "The migration for internal infrastructure 
was planned within HP-IT. HP Managed Services (MSDD) designs and 
manages the base Linux infrastructure for HP-IT deployments 
worldwide based on a program called LinuxCOE (Linux Common 
Operating Environment). Currently, there is an Open Source team in IT 
that coordinates and shepherds Linux and open source deployments 
within HP," says Sewell