Attached is the announcement for a data networking conference
on May 11 -13 in Chicago. The conference includes Interop Company
on-site technical training courses offered by Ameritech (at a discount),
SMDS and Frame Relay equipment demonstrations, and an executive
session. Accommodations can be arranged for $115/night including
three meals. Registration information is at the end of this message.
Call 800-334-3334 or 708-248-3694 for more information. Email
registrations to: memc@ameris.center.il.ameritech.com.
1st Annual Conference
Data Networking Directions --
The 1990s and Beyond
Integrating today's solutions and tomorrow's possibilities.
May 11-13, 1993
Lisle, Illinois
Sponsored by:
Ameritech and
AT&T
Interop Company On-Site Tutorials Offered by Ameritech
(Seats are limited. Please register as soon as possible.)
Executive Session: May 11: 11:30 - 7:00 p.m. (by invitation)
-Luncheon and demonstrations 11:30 - 12:45
-Conference 1:00 - 5:00
-Executive reception 5:00 - 7:00
"Research and Development Contribution to U.S. Business Success,"
-Robert Lucky, Vice President Applied Research, Bellcore
"High Speed Data Networking as a Strategic Component of Business
Infrastructure,"
-Michael Farmer, President Ameritech Advanced Data Services
"Using Mass Media Technical Information for Action, Not Confusion,"
-Alexander Cockburn, Syndicated Columnist, Los Angeles Times, The
Nation, and the Wall Street Journal
"Future of Information Networking from the Clinton Administration
Perspective,"
-U.S. Vice President, Al Gore (invited)
Technical Conference Kickoff:
-May 11 6:30 p.m.
-Reception and Vendor Panel, "Components of the Service and How They're Used"
Demonstrations Open: May 11: 6:30p.m. - 8:30 p.m. with reception
May 12: 12:00noon - 7:00 p.m. with reception 5:00-7:00
May 13: 8:00a.m. - 1:30 with contintental breakfast
breakfast 8:00 a.m. - 9:00
Vendors will be available to discuss your networking requirements and issues.
Interop Company on-site training courses, May 12 - 13, 9:00 - 5:00:
Introduction to TCP/IP Internetworking,
Dr. Douglas E. Comer, Purdue University
Instructor:
Dr. Comer is a full professor of computer science at Purdue
University and a internationally known author of TCP/IP, Author of
numerous research papers and textbooks and head of several
networking research projects. Dr. Comer designed and implemented
both the X25NET and Cypress networks and the Xinu operating system.
He is director of the Internetworking Research Group at Purdue,
editor-in-chief of the Journal of Internetworking, and former member
of the LAB. Dr. Comer is also the North American editor of Software
Practice and Experience.
Overview:
The TCP/IP suite lets heterogeneous computer systems communicate
across interconnected networks using gateways and routers. In this
tutorial, the instructor will describe IP addressing, subnetting,
and protocols including ARP, TCP, IP, FTP, TELNET, EGP and RIP. You
will learn about concepts, principles, format, and the content of
the messages including IP datagrams and TCP segments. Technical
terms and acronyms will be defined and examples of simple topologies
and routing strategies will be given.
Syllabus:
* Organizations, documents, services, concepts
* Internet protocol: IP addressing, address binding, APR, IP,
routing, fragmentation, ICMP
* Transport services, protocol layering, UDP, TCP, sockets, ports
* Internet architecture: backbones, routing, EGP, RIP, Hello, DNS
* Applications: client-server, mail, remote login (TELNET), file
transfer (FTP), network management (SNMP)
* Test provided to attendees: Internetworking with TCP/IP:
Principles, Protocols, and Architectures
SNA Interoperability Architecture and Implementations,
Wayne Clark, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Instructor:
Mr. Clark, the SNA architect at Cisco Systems, Inc., has a master of
science degree in computer engineering from Santa Clara University.
Mr. Clark was previously a senior architect in the IBM Connectivity
Operations of 3Com Corporation and a leading developer of OEM SNA
software at Communications Solutions, Inc.
Overview:
IBM's Systems Network Architecture (SNA) is the networking
architecture of choice for many corporations. The integration of
LANS and non-SNA networks with SNA has been popular for nearly seven
years. In this tutorial you will learn about the interoperability
of SNA with TCP/IP and OSI from both architectural and product
perspectives. The instructor will discuss a variety of products
from IBM and third-party vendors.
Syllabus:
* Overview of the SNA architecture
* Description of IBM's advanced architectures APPC and APPN
* IBM directions for SNA interoperability
* Detailed descriptions of current SNA internetworking devices
* Integrating heterogeneous networks into IBM's network management
solution
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for Internet Network
Management,
Dr. Jeffrey D. Case, SNMP
Instructor:
Dr. Case is the author and co-author of several management standards
(including SNMP). He is the principal author of the leading
vendor-independent reference implementation of SNMP-based agents and
manager of many vendors' SNMP implementations.
Overview:
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), designed for the
management of TCP/IP based internets, is a de facto standard. The
use of SNMP is expanding to other applications and protocol suites.
In this tutorial, you will gain a thorough understanding of SNMP and
its underlying concepts and information about how to implement
systems based on SNMP.
Syllabus:
* Introduction to network management and the network management
model
* The SNMP protocol
* Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN1) language, syntax and
encoding
* Network management standardization process
* Standardization status, recent developments and the future
* Text provided to attendees: The Simple Book - An Introduction
to Management of TCP/IP based Internets
Building Data Networks with Bridges and Routers,
Scott O. Bradner, Harvard University
Instructor:
Mr. Bradner had been involved in data networking at Harvard since
the early day of the ARPANET. He worked on the design of the
Harvard High-Speed Data Network (HSDN), the Longwood Medical Area
Network (LMAnet) and the New England Academic and Research Network
(NEARnet). He is chairman of the technical subcommittees of both
LMAnet and NEARnet and of the IETF Benchmarking Methodology Working
Group. Mr. Bradner is currently a consultant at Harvard and works
on the design and development of network-based applications.
Overview:
There has been an evolution in the design of data networks for the
university and enterprise-wide environments from bridged LANs to
complex internet-works. In this tutorial you will learn about all
of the aspects involved in operating a modern data network,
including how to design and manage internetworks.
Syllabus:
* Design: data network design issues: routers evaluation
* Examples: routing protocol descriptions and issues
* Security: data network security concepts and procedures
* Management: network management procedures and tools
* Background: equipment definitions applications and performance
Gigabit Network Architectures*
Instructor:
Dr. William E. Stephens is a Director in the "High Speed Switching,
Storage and Systems Interconnect Research Group" at Bellcore and has
done research on microwave-optical communications, ATM packet switching,
and optical signal processing. He has over 40 publications and one
patent in the field of optical communications and data communications.
(*Not an Interop course.)
Overview:
This course aims at providing a general understanding of the key
protocols and networking elements needed to design and implement
gigabit local area and wide area networks. The several transport
and switching protocols presently being considered for use in
gigabit networks will be discussed as well as the high throughput
computer I/O interfaces such as the High Performance Parallel
Interface (HiPPI). Bridging, routing and switching for high-speed
networks with an emphasis on ATM switching for public and private
networks will be discussed.
Syllabus:
* Introduction - Drivers for Gigabit Networks
- Information Age Interconnections
- Broadband ISDN Networks - Telephony's Vision of the Future
- Gigabit Testbeds
* Overview of High-Speed Transport Protocols
- SONET (Synchronous Optical Network),
- ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode),
- HiPPI (High Performance Parallel Interface),
- Fiber Channel System
* Advanced Routing, Bridging and Switching for Gigabit Networks
- OSI Stack and Its Relationship to SONET, ATM and HiPPI
- Integrated versus Segregated Networks
- The Role of Switching and Switching Techniques
- Implementation Issues for Large Scale Switches
- Local ATM Networks
Switched Multi-megabit Data Services (SMDS), Frame Relay Service and
Cell Based/ATM Networks
George Clapp, Ameritech Advanced Data Services
Instructor:
Mr. Clapp is Vice President Technology Management at Ameritech
Advanced Data Services, and has participated in MAN standardization
since 1985. He currently serves as chair of the IETF Working Group
on IP over Large Public Data Networks and of the IEEE 802.6 Bridging
Subworking Group. Mr. Clapp is working toward a Ph.D in computer
science at UCLA.
Overview:
Switched Multi-megabit Data Service (SMDS), a high-speed
connectionless packet switching service is the first public service
to be supported by broadband cell based technologies. This tutorial
will present a comprehensive overview of SMDS describing its
protocol structures, operation and management. The instructor will
describe LAN interconnection over SMDS an how SMDS related to the
IEEE 802.6 MAN standard, broadband ISDN, SONET and Frame Relay.
Syllabus:
* What is SMDS and who offers it?
* Relationship to 802.6 B-ISND, SONET and Frame Relay
* SMDS protocol and operation
* Management of an SMDS access
* LAN interconnection over SMDS
Half-Day Overview Sessions*
(*Not an Interop course.)
May 12 & 13 - 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Session is repeated.)
Overview of Frame Relay Service (FRS) and Switched Multi-megabit
Data Service (SMDS),
Tate Byrne Jennings, LATT Company and Deirdre Kostick, Bellcore
Overview:
SMDS and FRS are designed to interconnect customers' local data
environments over a wide area. They are synergistic services, each
meeting different sets of user needs. This overview will describe
both services, respective user environments where each service is
applicable, general protocol discussion, economics, example network
topologies, network management, national and international
activities, deployment and pricing.
Registration and General Information: (800) 334-3334 or (708) 248-3694
or register to: memc@ameris.center.il.ameritech.com
Please state name, mailing address and phone numbers, tutorial selection,
method of payment (bill you or Visa or MasterCard number and expiration date.)
**REGISTRATION SELECTION** **COST**
Executive session: None, invitation only
Interop tutorial, demonstration and $675
receptions in demonstration areas: (Note: cost at Interop
(List session desired.) Fall 92 and Spring 93
was $895)
Half-day overview session, $100
demonstrations and reception:
Demonstrations and reception only: Free if registered
by 4/29. $10 after.
Accommodations per night, including $115
three meals (see description below):
Day registration (meals) without overnight $35
accommodation,
LOCATION
Accommodations, sessions and demos are at the Hickory Ridge
Conference Center in Lisle, Illinois, approximately 26 miles west of
the Chicago loop.
Accommodations, at $115 per night include three meals and the
following recreational facilities:
* Swimming pool
* Racquetball
* Sauna
* Fitness Center with Universal equipment, Lifecycles and aerobic
classes
* Game room with billiards and ping-pong
* Outdoor tennis courts, sand volleyball court, horseshoes and
jogging trails
* Guests can play golf at nearby courses
* The Conference Center also has a cocktail lounge offering
light-fare and entertainment.