NUI News
INTERCONNECT '98: New and Improved NUI Conferences
Cecily Spencer
Companies demand heterogenous networks that provide users with instant access to data any time, any place, and across any platform. Because products and technologies are constantly evolving to meet this demand, NetWare Users International (NUI) has introduced InterConnect '98: a new generation of conferences designed to help you face today's networking challenges and prepare for future networking changes.
As with past NUI conferences, InterConnect '98 conferences feature technical training sessions and vendor exhibits. However, these resources have been expanded to provide you with more networking information than ever before. InterConnect '98 conferences also offer some exciting new resources, such as the Novell Connecting Points (NCP) network and the InterConnect Demonstration Lab.
TECHNICAL TRAINING SESSIONS
InterConnect '98 conferences feature technical training sessions that are divided into six tracks:
- LAN/WAN/Enterprise Management Track. This track includes technical
training sessions that cover network administration topics, such as managing
intraNetWare and troubleshooting network problems. This track also includes
technical training sessions that explain the features and capabilities of
NetWare 5.
- GroupWise Management Track. This track includes technical training
sessions that cover GroupWise administration topics, such as managing GroupWise,
maintaining GroupWise gateways, and troubleshooting GroupWise problems. This
track also includes technical training sessions that explain the features
and capabilities of GroupWise.
- Network Services Track. This track includes technical training sessions
that discuss all aspects of Novell Directory Services (NDS), including designing
an NDS tree, extending the NDS schema, and migrating from the NetWare 3 bindery
to NDS. This track also includes technical training sessions that explain
how you can use new Novell products, such as NDS for NT and Zero Effort Networks
(Z.E.N.works), to manage a heterogenous network. (For more information about
Z.E.N.works, see the related article.)
- Internet Services Track. This track includes technical training sessions
that prepare you to configure, manage, and troubleshoot the Internet and intranet
solutions on your company's network. This track also includes technical training
sessions that introduce you to BorderManager, Netscape Enterprise Server for
NetWare, and other Internet and intranet solutions.
- Web Design Track. This track includes technical training sessions
that teach you how to design, build, and maintain a World-Wide Web site. This
track also includes technical training sessions that discuss the tools you
can use to develop a web site that meets your company's needs.
- Best of BrainShare Track. This track includes technical training
sessions that give you a sampling of the information presented at BrainShare,
Novell's technical conference.
Each technical training session is geared specifically toward users with either
basic, intermediate, or advanced networking skills. As a result, you can attend
technical training sessions that are appropriate for your skill level. (For
more information about the technical training sessions that will be offered
at a particular InterConnect '98 conference, visit NUI's web site at http://www.novell.com/nui/conf/education.)
When you attend one or more technical training sessions, you receive a free copy of the Novell Support Connection CD, formerly called NSEPro. You also receive a variety of beta software and networking tools, as well as a computer-based training program that examines the architecture of NetWare 5 and describes how to upgrade your company's network to NetWare 5.
PARTNER EVENTS HALL
InterConnect '98 conferences also feature the Partner Events Hall, where you can find products and services from a variety of vendors. You can also visit the NCP network and the InterConnect Demonstration Lab:
- NCP Network. The NCP network is based on the same technology that
was used to provide network access to more than 250,000 users at COMDEX '97.
(For more information about NCP at COMDEX, see "COMDEX
Intranet--Novell Connecting Points: Mission Impossible?", NetWare Connection,
Dec. 1997/Jan. 1998, pp. 24-32. ) The NCP network allows you to explore the
NDS tree and to send and receive e-mail messages.
- InterConnect Demonstration Lab. The InterConnect Demonstration Lab
gives you a chance to test Novell and third-party products in a hands-on networking
environment.
REGISTER NOW!
You can register for any InterConnect '98 conference on NUI's web site (http://www.novell.com/interconnect),
or you can call 1-800-228-4NUI or 1-801-228-4500.
NetWare Connection, April 1998, p. 44