OpenVMS Updated Information

[Sue Skonetski]

really long message

-----Original Message-----
From: Skonetski, Susan
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 2:23 PM
To: Skonetski, Susan
Subject: Updated VMS Information - Ok for external use - Please distribute


Dear distribution lists,

As you can tell I am back in my office after a wonderful three weeks doing the European OpenVMS Technical Update Days. This message of updated VMS information is long and please keep in mind that urls can and do wrap to the next line, they all work I have tried them all.

Sorry about this size of this, but its better than sending individual email messages.

Reminder where the jobs are concerned I have nothing to do with hiring anyone.

Warm Regards as always,
Sue



Table of Contents

Asia Pacific OpenVMS Technical Update days
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The HP DECset V12.7 product release is now shipping to customers!
availability of Web Service Integration Toolkik
Reminders
VMS MENTIONS IN THE PRESS
NOW AVAILABLE for the French and Italian VMS readers in our community
COOL WEB SITES - my favorites
EVENTS
New Feature - "It is Personal"
Jobs - there is a bunch of them

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Asia Pacific OpenVMS Technical Update Days still to come - see you there
Sydney Nov 3-4 http://www.hp.com.au/ovmstechdays/
Melbourne Nov 8-9, http://www.hp.com.au/ovmstechdays/
Singapore Nov 14-15 http://h50055.www5.hp.com/edm/sg/SG543010/default.htm
Taiwan Nov 17-18 http://218.32.200.131/enterprise/activity/051117_VMs/default.asp

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ANNOUNCEMENTS


The HP DECset V12.7 product release is now shipping to customers!

HP DECset version 12.7 for OpenVMS on HP Integrity servers, AlphaServer systems, and VAX systems is now available. HP DECset is a powerful set of command-line oriented development tools to be used with the HP OpenVMS compilers to aid developers in editing, compiling, and debugging their code. HP DECset supports multiple languages and improves software development productivity. Language Sensitive Editor (LSE) support for JAVA and HTML is new in DECset V12.7.

For more information on DECset visit: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/decset/decset_index.html
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/info/SP4229/SP4229PF.PDF
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/info/SP2707/SP2707PF.PDF
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HP has announced availability of Web Service Integration Toolkit for OpenVMS (WSIT) version 1.0 for HP Integrity servers and AlphaServer systems. WSIT is a collection of easy-to-use integration tools which are highly extensible, based on standards and built on open source technology. The toolkit can be used to call OpenVMS applications written in 3GL languages, such as C, BASIC, COBOL, and ACMS from newer technologies and languages such as Java, Microsoft .NET, Java -RMI, JMS, and web services. To learn more or to download, please visit: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/ips/wsit/index.html



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Reminders

Articles for the Technical Journal are due November 15.

If you have anyone that would like to sign up for the VMS interest list just have them send me email

New HP-Interex Belux web server in production "http://www.hp-interex.be"

Here is the latest issue of Customer Times
"http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/customertimes/index.html?jumpid=em_CTjun05_hm"
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VMS MENTIONS IN THE PRESS

HP expands virtualization offerings "http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1125028,00.html"

Computerworld Article from Tech Forum "http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,105503,00.html"

Stop Arguing About Cars and Start Managing Fleets (this one compares VMS to being just like UNIX) "http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh101705-story04.html"

IBM User Group President Warns Of IT Personnel Shortage (I like this one) "http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171204068"

its an interview with the Samba team lead and he does mention VMS as one of the
target platforms "http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1127053,00.html"

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NOW AVAILABLE for the French and Italian VMS readers in our community

Italian OpenVMS.Org site - http://it.openvms.org
French OpenVMS.Org site - http://fr.OpenVMS.Org

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COOL WEB SITES - my favorites

OpenVMS ebusiness information http://h71000.www7.hp.com/ebusiness/technology.html

THIS IS VERY COOL LOOK AT THIS - Molecular expressions http://microscopy.fsu.edu/wallpaper/macpaper/chipshots/dec.html

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EVENTS

OpenVMS Technical Update Days, Sydney Nov 3-4 and Melbourne Nov - 8-9, http://www.hp.com.au/ovmstechdays/
Montreal Canada Technical Seminar Oct 27 http://www.encompasscanada.com/seminars.htm
Edmonton Canada Technical Seminar Oct 31 http://www.encompasscanada.com/seminars.htm

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New Feature - Each week I am going to add something personal about a VMS user/customer/engineer as long as I get the information. It is Personal -----Original Message-----
From: Colin Butcher [mailto:colin.butcher@xdelta.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 5:33 PM
To: Colin Butcher
Subject: My brother's golf course and range


I know that I've told some of you about this and that you'd asked for more information if you were over this way. If it's not of interest then please ignore it.

If you're in the Edinburgh area and are interested in golf (I'm not!) then you might find this of use: http://www.kings-acregolf.com/2.html Apparently they'll also put together "day packages" for conferences etc. if you'd find that of use.

Claude Harmon is Butch Harmon's son (Butch is the coach for Tiger Woods). Ian knows him well and persuaded him to join him at Kings Acre working with Alan.

It's supposed to be pretty good.

Cheers, Colin.
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JOBS
ATMEL CORPORATION

JOB POSTING: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Req. 05091430#1
Note: All resumes must be accompanied by a JOS form and turned in to HR

Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. *Please ensure resume includes, but is not limited to: work history,

education (course of study, credit hours, date of graduation), and pertinent

data. The quality of the resume is equally important, so we will no longer

accept resumes through the EMAIL systems as the quality of the resume is not

maintained through the transferring process from one system to the other. JOB POSTING Qualified ATMEL regular employees may apply for the following position by submitting a resume of their qualifications to Kathy Lazarus in the Human Resources Department by Friday, September 9, 2005.
NOTE: PER COMPANY POLICY, IF YOU HAVE ACCEPTED A NEW POSITION AT ATMEL WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR IF YOU ARE PRESENTLY ON WARNING FOR ANY REASON, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BID ON THIS POSITION. YOU MUST HAVE RECEIVED A "3" OR A "GOOD" OR BETTER ON YOUR LAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.
POSITION: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEER
GRADE: E22 - E23
SHIFT: 1ST.
DEPARTMENT: 1430
HIRING MANAGER: JAMES FELIX
SUMMARY
Gather user requirements, perform analysis, define design specifications; develop, test, deploy, and support software systems in support of Manufacturing. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Design, develop, test, and implement software applications for critical Manufacturing Systems projects. Provide user support to the Finance Cost Accounting group on the Workstream SAP Cost Accounting interface, including troubleshooting, software enhancements, special run requests, new reports and requirements as requested. Provide thorough internal and user-based documentation of Manufacturing Systems projects. Assist in the planning and execution of manufacturing projects, including project scope, level-of-effort estimates, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and performance to schedule. Contribute to the overall company strategy for Manufacturing Systems usage and methodology. Collaborate with co-workers on Manufacturing Systems projects. Interface with other departments as required to support the overall goals and objectives of Manufacturing. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Advanced COBAL programming experience, preferably on VMS. Working knowledge of Workstream (COMETS) Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Experience developing interfaces between an MES and other external systems desirable. Experience with Oracle (DEC) DMBS desirable. Experience with file manipulation in a batch mode environment using a job scheduling system. Experience with ftp. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Strong customer service skills. General understanding of wafer fab manufacturing. General understanding of cost accounting and inventory valuation. Ability to execute new systems as defined by Atmel's Software Development Lifecycle. MSOffice experience (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), with working knowledge of Visual Basic for macro development/support. Web development experience, including Java. VMS command language (DCL) development experience. Compile application performance metrics for Manufacturing Systems management. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE E22 - Associate - BS degree required, preferably in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Information Technology, or Electrical Engineering and 2-5 years work related experience and specialized training. E23 - Senior - BS degree required, preferably in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Information Technology, or Electrical Engineering and 5-8 years work related experience and specialized training. LANGUAGE SKILLS E22-E23 Ability to ready, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers. Ability to effectively communicate with and present to customers and co-workers. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS E22-E23 Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts in a computing environment, including algebraic calculations, lists, arrays, and mathematical functions. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS E22-E23 Ability to solve a variety of urgent problems under pressure. Ability to maintain regular and predictable attendance. Ability to interpret/analyze a variety of problems, instructions and issues furnished in written, oral, diagram, or technical form. Ability to communicate internally and externally with all levels of the organization and to participate in problem solving/quality improvement activities. Ability to work independently. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, see, hear, and operate a computer. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and operate controls; simple grasping; firm grasping; fine pinching. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. After-hours and weekend remote support is frequently required. On-call "Hot Pager" rotation duty is mandatory.
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SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIST

Sacramento Corp. Office

The Golden 1 Credit Union is seeking an experienced professional with good work ethic and proven technical skills to become a part of our Information Technology team. The successful candidate will configure, implement, support and maintain open VMS clustered computer systems and utilities (which includes on call coverage for a 24/7 operating system). Individual must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent as well as 5+ years of systems support with 2 years of clustered, open VMS and computer storage systems experience. Financial institution experience would be a plus.

Please send resume with salary requirements to:

The Golden 1 Credit Union

Attn: Employment Officer

6507 4th Avenue

Sacramento, CA 95817

FAX (916) 732-4493

Email in text format to: backofficeresumes@Golden1.com

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Christiana Care Health System in northern Delaware has an opening for someone with strong VMS system management skills and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Experience with Unix would be helpful.

Resumes and questions can be sent to Michael Dixon at MiDixon@ChristianaCare.org.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dana Dolin [mailto:Dana.Dolin@loginconsult.com]
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 7:48 PM
To: Skonetski, Susan
Subject: RE: Basic Vax Programmers


Thank you for your quick response, Sue.

Our client is a major Healthcare insurance provider in Woodland Hills, CA. They are looking for a number of full time and contract VAX Programmers. Their most pressing focus is to find experienced BASIC programmers though they require COBOL programmers as well. The big challenge has been to find people with recent experience. Responsibilities will include:

Formulate/define system scope, approach and objectives for assigned projects. Prepare detailed specifications from which programs will be written. Responsible for program design, decoding, testing, debugging and documentation. Responsible for quality of system and project components developed by current team. Develop, test, debug, maintain and document components of information systems applications. Employ programming and design techniques that ensure adherence to software development standards, performance efficiency, reliable and easily maintainable code and self-documenting programs. Create appropriate test plans for unit testing and support system and user acceptance testing.

A minimum of 5 years systems analysis/design and development experience in a complex distributed environment is required in addition to significant BASIC or COBOL coding skills.

I hope you have safe and productive trip in Europe. Have a great weekend and thanks for your assistance.

Dana Dolin
Recruiter
Login Consulting Services, Inc.
310.607.9091, ext. 114

310.607.9818 fax
300 N. Continental Blvd., Suite 530
El Segundo, California 90245
www.loginconsult.com

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Subject: [OpenVMS_Friends] VAX/VMS position in NJ
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:59:42 -0000
From: Rithesh Nair
Reply-To: OpenVMS_Friends@yahoogroups.com
To: OpenVMS_Friends@yahoogroups.com



If you would know someone who might be interested in a 6+ months
Contract position in Peapack, NJ.

Skills:-

COBOL on VAX/VMS platform
Oracle Rdb database - RDO and SQL
VAX/VMS tools - DTM, DCL, TDMS and FMS
Crystal Reports / Oracle Reports
ODBC
Oracle Database - PL SQL
Visual Basic--- DESIRED


Thanks,

Rithesh Nair
Sr.Technical Recruiter
rnair@pioneerdata.com
Tel: 732-603-0001 Ext: 209

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[Allan Bowman]

Hey Sue - welcome back!

We miss you down here in Orlando...

Allan

[Sue Skonetski]

Thanks, it was a wonderful trip and I am looking forward to the AP Portion of the Technical Updates as well. Its kind of cool to see folks that you only know their email names. But I can a little to much to take (love VMS to much)the first time you meet me ;')

Sue

[Ian Miller.]

Welcome back - I look forward to lots of email

[Antoniov.]

Susan,
welcome back.
soory but some above link can't work.
HP expands virtualization offerings:
N/A
Computerworld Article from Tech Forum:
http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,105503,00.html
Stop Arguing About Cars and Start Managing Fleets (this one compares VMS to being just like UNIX):
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh101705-story04.html
IBM User Group President Warns Of IT Personnel Shortage (I like this one):
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171204068
it's an interview with the Samba team lead and he does mention VMS as one of the
target platforms:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1127053,00.html

Antonio

[Lawrence Czlapinski]

Susan: Same links didn't work as for Antonio. One thing, you need a space before the end quote. Otherwise it puts the end quote into the link.
Lawrene

[Lawrence Czlapinski]

" http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/customertimes/index.html?jumpid=em_
CTjun05_hm "
__________________________

VMS MENTIONS IN THE PRESS

HP expands virtualization offerings " http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1125
028,00.html "

Computerworld Article from Tech Forum " http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,105503,0
0.html "

Stop Arguing About Cars and Start Managing Fleets (this one compares VMS to being just like UNIX) " http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh101705-story04.html "

IB
M User Group President Warns Of IT Personnel Shortage (I like this one) " http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171204068 "

it
s an interview with the Samba team lead and he does mention VMS as one of the
target platforms " http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1127053
,00.html "

[Lawrence Czlapinski]

" http://www.hp.com/products1/evolution/customertimes/index.html?jumpid=em_CTjun05_hm "
__________________________

VMS MENTIONS IN THE PRESS

HP expands virtualization offerings " http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1125028,00.html "

Computerworld Article from Tech Forum " http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,105503,00.html "

Stop Arguing About Cars and Start Managing Fleets (this one compares VMS to being just like UNIX) " http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh101705-story04.html "

IB
M User Group President Warns Of IT Personnel Shortage (I like this one) " http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171204068 "

it
s an interview with the Samba team lead and he does mention VMS as one of the
target platforms " http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1127053
,00.html "