sob@harvisr.harvard.edu (Scott Bradner) (09/07/90)
Well, you stick your head up about testing routers & you start to get all sorts of things. I've now been asked to be part of a "town meeting" on network device testing at NETWORLD. I'm sending this forwarded message in case there is anyone out there that might want to come. (I don't think that this is a commerical announcement, I hope others agree.) Scott From sschultz@wellfleet.com Thu Sep 6 15:08:47 1990 Received: by talcott.harvard.edu; Thu, 6 Sep 90 15:08:29 EDT Received: by wellfleet.com (3.2/SMI-3.2) id AA26339; Thu, 6 Sep 90 14:54:18 EDT Date: Thu, 6 Sep 90 14:54:18 EDT From: Sheryl Schultz <sschultz@wellfleet.com> Message-Id: <9009061854.AA26339@wellfleet.com> To: sob@harvisr, ssking@mcimail.com Subject: Performance Testing Alliance Status: R Scott, I'm not familiar with Internet mail etiquette, but would like to somehow let the Internet know about the Performance Testing Alliance meeting that will take place on Tuesday at NETWORLD. I've been in touch with Steve King and have drafted the following Media Alert which has been released to the technical trade press and such....can you forward this on the appropriate mailing lists? Thanks, Sheryl Schultz NETWORLD 90 NETWORKING INDUSTRY TO CONVERGE ON ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE TESTING STANDARDS AT NETWORLD 90 THE EVENT: The inaugural meeting of the Performance Testing Alliance, PTA, a major effort on the part of end-users, vendors and the technical press to establish an open body of public-domain test methodologies, similar to those developed for the workstation and CPU industries. The PTA will focus on the LAN industry's critical need for standardized benchmarks for testing network interface cards, bridges/routers, network applications software, and network operating systems. The first PTA meeting will have two segments: the first hour will feature strategic presentations by top industry players whose jobs depend on performance-related issues. The second hour will be conducted as a "Town Meeting" where long and short term goals will be established for the PTA. WHEN: Tuesday, September 11th, 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. WHERE: NETWORLD, Dallas, TX, Ballroom D PARTICIPANTS: Banyan Systems, cisco Systems, Compaq Computer, Data Communications, Gannet Inc., Harvard University, IBM Corporation, LAN Magazine, LanQuest Labs, Lone Star Evaluation Labs, Madge Networks, Novell Inc., PC Week, Proteon, 3COM Corp., and Wellfleet Communications, among others. For Additional Information: Sheryl Schultz, SRS Associates 617-873-2479 Annie Scully, NETWORLD 201-569-8542 (X145)