lugs@corp.sun.com (Miyong Byun, User Programs) (11/01/90)
Sun User Group Conference & Exhibit
San Jose Convention Center
December 3 - 5, 1990
For the past seven years the Sun User Group (SUG) has produced THE Sun
user event of the year. The conference provides the opportunity for
engineers, scientists, third-party vendors, end-users, developers,
executives and others to listen, share experiences, and learn how to
better deal with both hardware and software decisions facing Sun users
today.
This year's show will feature:
-Over 100 sessions in 5 major categories: Instructional, Systems
Administration, Performance, Scientific Applications, and Commercial
Applications.
-Tutorials will run all day Sunday, December 2nd. Sessions will be
offered by Sun Educational Services and other Unix notables.
-Over 200 exhibits housed in a 43,000 square foot convention center. See
the latest Catalyst and third party hardware and software ported to Sun.
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
(subject to change/sessions to be added)
DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING:
1. The Open Network Computing (ONC) Roadmap, Distributed Computing
Platform Directions and Services-Today and Tomorrow
2. OSI: The Latest GOSIP
3. Building Network-Independent Distributed Applications with ONC's
TI-RPC
4. SunNet License: How to Implement Floating Software Licenses in Your
Distributed Computing Environment
5. SunNet Manager, Rev 1.1 and Future Directions of Heterogeneous
Network Management
6. The PC Distributed Computing Platform-ONC's PC-NFS: Transparent
Integration of PCs into UNIX Environments
EDUCATIONAL:
Integrated Solution for Scholars
HARDWARE:
1. I/O Strategy for SPARCservers
2. Server Strategy for the Workgroup Computing Environment
3. Sun's Visualization Products
KEYNOTES:
Wayne Rosing, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
"The SPARC Wave" Andy Bechtolsheim
"Visualization in the '90's--Cutting Through the hype and the Snake Oil"
James Warner
NeWSware:
NeWSware - Information Support for the 90's
OPEN LOOK:
1. Development of Open Windows through DevGuide
2. Graphic Acceleration through X-Windows
3. Open Look - The Key to Interoperability
PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
1. Database - Productivity Tools for the Database
2. Desktop Application for the Office Environment
3. Developers Panel
4. Document Image Management - The Trend of the 90's
5. Electronic Publishing - A New Era Of Growth and Understanding
6. Visual Data Analysis--Solving Real Problems
7. System Integration: Heterogeneous Environments for Client Server
Applications
8. Executive Roundtable
SIGs/BOFs:
1. Collaborative Research - BOF
2. Educators Forum - BOF
3. NeWS Update From Open Vistas
4. SBus Developers
5. Object Oriented Programming in C++
6. Applications and Very High Speed Networking
7. SVR4 Developers
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT:
1. LispView (TM), A New Look for Sun Common Lisp
2. An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++
3. SPARCompiler Strategies and Directions
4. Sun Source Browser and Open Windows Development Tools
SPARC TECHNOLOGY:
1. Introduction to SPARC Architecture
2. SPARC Developers Tools
3. SPARC MMU & Cache Tutorial
4. SPARC Optimizing Compilers
SPECIAL EVENTS:
1. Sun Consulting/SE Assistance Center
2. XGL Workshop
3. BAYSLUG Meeting
SYSTEMS SOFTWARE:
1. CD ROM NOW! CD ROM Activities at Sun
2. Directions of Ease-of-Use for the Desktop Environment
3. System Software Future Plans and Directions
4. Internationalization and Asian Localization
5. Security at Sun
6. SunOS/SVR3 for Developers
7. System Software Enhancements for Large Systems
USER APPLICATION TALKS:
1. Advanced Features of Sun Make
2. Digital Signal Processing
3. Domain Name System Primer
4. Introduction to LaTeX
5. Networking with UUCP and Usenet
6. SCCS - A Software Control System
7. SELF: A Fast, Dynamically Typed, Object-Oriented Programming
Language Based on Prototypes (LIVE DEMO!!)
8. Yellow Pages (now called NIS) Management in 90's
ADDITIONS:
1. Sun's Standard's Philosophy
2. DARTnet
3. Distributed Image Processing
4. Design of a Distributed Image Processing and Dissemination System
5. Audio
TUTORIAL TOPICS
December 2, 1990
(NOTE: Tutorials will be full day sessions)
T1: The Internet And Its Protocols
T2: XView
T3: Topics In Systems Administration
T4: UNIX Device Driver Design
T5: Introduction To C++
T6: Open Windows For Application Developers
T7: SunOS 4.x Basic System Security
T8: SunOS Release 4.1 Update Seminar
* For more information, please call 415-336-4341 *