Educational Programme

Expand and sharpen your technical expertise through the following tracks presented by experienced HP customers, developers, managers and product engineers, and third-party vendors.

• Blades
  Discover how the HP BladeSystem functions as a datacentre in a compact and efficient form, consolidating UNIX, Windows, Linux, OpenVMS, and NonStop applications into a unified infrastructure. Accommodating Xeon, Itanium, Opteron, and storage blades, the HP BladeSystem can immediately benefit many applications.
• HP-UX
  These sessions focus on the current release of HP-UX operating system (HP-UX 11i V3 and its updates), future roadmap plans, HP9000 to Integrity transition best practices, and highlights of our new HP-UX operating environments. Main feature topics include manageability, virtualisation, security, performance, mass storage, and kernel configuration.
• IT Infrastructure
  This track covers subjects relating to the design, build, test, and operation of the technology used to deliver and support IT services.
  • TCO
  • Business Continuity
  • Virtualisation
  • Security
  • Server Management
  • Service-Oriented Architecture
• Rack and Power/Green Computing
• Server Factory Express
• Linux and Open Source
  Choice, integration, and confidence are the customer advantages of open source and Linux solutions from HP, the market-share leader in both Linux server units and sales. With companies increasingly embracing open source technology as a whole, HP's goal is to aggressively support regional initiatives while effectively marketing and delivering a compelling suite of open source and Linux solutions.
• NonStop
  The HP NonStop server track covers several aspects of configuring, administering, and using HP's high-end server platform. Sessions from HP provide information about the future of the platform, including the new blades offerings and enterprise storage integration, hardware and software roadmaps, and in-depth technical sessions on special hardware and software topics. End users report about business continuity efforts, security considerations, new ways of developing and deploying software for the platform, and their use of the systems for achieving their business goals.
• Storage Technology
  With digital information exploding, data is becoming the lifeblood of your business. This track covers storage solutions that go beyond the server track specifics. Sessions from HP focus on enterprise-level data centre storage solutions, including the industry leading range of virtual arrays up to the bullet-proof XP Arrays—and how those help you mitigate risk, accelerate growth, and lower costs. In-depth technical sessions and hands-on labs cover hot topics such as virtualization, thin-provisioning, consolidation, de-duplication, as well as business continuity and high availability. Also hear about exciting new solutions for extreme data storage requirements.
• OpenVMS
  Sessions in this track cover a wide variety of topics such as system management, security, and migration as they relate to OpenVMS.
• Windows on Integrity
  Windows is everywhere, but most people only know the ProLiant/x64 environment. Discover why customers choose Windows server and SQL server on a 64-bit environment on Itanium. Hear directly from other users about what works and what doesn't work, as well as the impact to your business.

In addition to technology tracks, we are pleased to offer valuable sessions that cover the applications that run your enterprise.

• Applications and Solutions
  These sessions bring local experience directly to you. Hear and learn real-world experience from SAP solution experts from HP's nearby SAP competence centre. Share experiences in technical computing with the University of Muenster.

German Track

To create a richer attendee experience for attendees from our host city, some of the sessions offered at Community Connect Europe 2008 will be presented in German. Find the latest information online about the German track from GTUG.

Hands-On Labs

Hands-on labs are a new offering that provide an in-depth understanding of topics ranging from VMWare Certification to Virtual Partition to Blades. These labs have limited seating, so preregistration will occur on a first-come, first-served basis.

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