Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

448.0. "San Jose Dist DB Event" by DPDMAI::DAVISGB (Gil Davis DTN 554-7245) Tue Oct 03 1989 17:37

Any idea of who's going to represent Digital?  Would be interesting to see
    the meeting notes...
    
    
    
                           DISTRIBUTED DATABASE EVENT
         PRESENTED BY THE RELATIONAL INSTITUTE AT THE SAN JOSE FAIRMONT
                                 OCTOBER 24-26
                 WITH DR. E.F. CODD, CHRIS DATE AND COLIN WHITE



ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE...

	A PROFILE FOR THE FUTURE

		Distributed database is a hot topic.  In some respects the 
		emergence of true distributed systems represents the most
		significant event in the database marketplace since the 
		emergency of the first true relational system at the beginning
		of the 1980's.  Distributed database systems are the trend 
		today, and for a good reason.  ATTEND THIS EVENT AND LEARN WHY  
		THIS IS SO.

	DISTRIBUTED... A VENDOR APPROACH

		The Relational Institute has designed this event which will 
		allow leading vendors to present their products in a technical 
		format. Attendees will be able to take an in-depth look at many 
                of the distributed database technologies and applications.  Here 
                is an opportunity to track down the distributed path your 
                favorite vendor has gone.

	WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

		Data processing of computer science professionals, system 
		analysts, communication specialist, application programmers,
		database administrators, system architects, and managers in
		all areas.


EVENT FORMAT

	DAY 1:  OCTOBER 24

	DISTRIBUTED DATABASE THEORY AND PRACTICE
		by Chris Date and Colin White

		This is an intensive on-day seminar in which you will learn
		exactly what it means for a database system to be distributed
		why distributed DBMSs are desirable, and what is happening in 
		the world of distributed database systems today.
		o Learn about
		- The basic concepts
		- Advantages and disadvantages
		- What IBM is doing
		- The twelve rules of distributed database and how they apply
		- Heterongeneous DDBMSs and how Gateway Technologies apply
		- Applying the technology
		- The marketplace
		- Issues and applications
		- Various customer examples
		- Future directions

	DAY 2:  OCTOBER 25
	
	LOCKING OUT??_  A DISCUSSION ON NON-LOCKING CONCURRENCY CONTROL
		by Risto Kivivuori

		o He will cover topics such as
		- Consistency:  A logical view on data, rather than a physical 
		  state
		- Can anything more relaxed than predicate locking suffice?
		- Memories of time: Reality verses computer data
		- The one-hundred dollar transfer transaction and a management
		  report
		- Message travel times with different hardware platforms
		- Relativity of time
		- We cannot afford distributed transactions...or can we?
		- First Shot at the classical transaction paradigm
		- The real distributed transaction:  Message contents and
		  event sequence 
		- Resource handlers and other attributes
		- Atomicity in a distributed environment
		- Lids instead of locks
		- Message logs facilitate autonomous recovery
		- Beware of horizontal splits
		- The killer:  Where is ...?
		- The time of distribution


	DAY 3:  OCTOBER 26
	
	REDEPLOYMENT OF DATA:  DISTRIBUTION INDEPENDENCE
		by Dr. E.F. Codd

		Distribution independence is one of the five ways a user's
		investment is protected if a relational DBMS is acquired.  
		First, it means that application programs that were developed 
                for a nondistributed version of a relational DBMS can run 
                correctly without change on a distributed of that same DBMS, 
                even after the data has been distributed across several sites. 
                Second, the data may be redistributed across these and possibly 
                other sites without affecting the correctness of application 
                programs.  This ease of redistribution is an important 
                requirement for every company that acquires a distributed 
                database management system:a requirement that companies often 
                overlook.

		o  Topics to be covered:
		- What is Distribution Independence (DI)?
		- Why is DI needed by institutions with distributed databases?
		- What RM/V2 features provide necessary logical support of DI?
		- Why two copies of global catalog at two distinct sites?
		- Name resolution handled by local catalogs
		- Global catalog, an important tool for redeployment of data
		- The 3 main parts of a global catalog (GC1, GC2, GC3)
		- Redeployemnt principles
		- Five reasons why the relational approach is leading in 
		  managing distributed databases

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

	DR. E.F. CODD

		Dr. Codd is the world's leading authority on relational database
		technology.  He is the sole creator of the original relational
		model of data, including both the relational algebra and the 
		relational calculus.  Dr. Codd is a Fellow of IBM, recipient of
		the 1981 ACM TURING AWARD, the most prestigious award in 
		computer science, and elected member of the National Academy of 
		Engineering.  He is President of The Relational Institute, a
		nonprofit research and education company and Chief Scientist
		of Codd and Date International, a leading consultancy in 
		database management and concomitant technology.  Dr. Codd is the
		author of a new textbook.  "The Relational Model of Database 
		Management; Version 2," published by Addison Wesley.

	CHRIS DATE

		Chris Date is an independent author, lecturer, and consultant
		specializing in relational database systems.  He is a cofounder
		with Dr. E.F. Codd, of both The Relational Institute and Codd 
		and Date International.  He was previously a database specialist 
		at the IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory in San Jose, California,
		where he was involved in technical planning and externals design
		for the IBM relational products SQL/DS and DB2.  Mr. Dates is
		best know for his books, in particular, "An Introduction to
		Database Systems," Volume I (now in its fourth edition), which
		is the standard text in the field.

	COLIN WHITE

		Colin White is an independent consultant and editor of InfoDB,
		a technical journal specializing in large systems database.
		He also lectures at The Relational Institute and works with
		Codd and Date International.  He was an IMS, VM, and UNIX-based 
		DB/DC systems.  He has extensive experience with numerous
		database products and has lectured throughout the US, Europe,
		Australia, South America, and the Far East.

	RISTO KIVIVUORI

		Risto Kivivouri is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of
		of The VIA Group, Helsinki, Finland.  He made Finland a "PL/I
		Country."  He also started Finlands first Software company.
		In 1985, he established the VIA Group for implementing "VIA
		Distributed Relational Environment," a software solution for
		DDBMS in personal networks.  He is responsible for the design 
		and implementation of a relational data manipulation language
		that was used as a model in ADR/IDEAL.  He is the inventor of 
		new data storage and search algorithms.

PARTICIPATING VENDORS

		Cincom Systems, In
		Computer Associated International, Inc
		Digital Equipment Corporation
		Informix Software, Inc.
		Interbase Software, Inc.
		Microrim
		Oracle Corporation
		Relational Technologies, Inc
		Sybase, Inc
		Tandem Computers, Inc
		VIA Information Systems, Inc


                              CONFERENCE SCHEDULE


TIME		OCT. 24			OCT. 25			OCT. 26

7:00		Registration		Continental		Continental
					Breakfast		Breakfast

8:00		Continental		Risto Kivivuori		Dr. Codd
		Breakfast

8:50					Break			Break

9:00		Chris Date		Risto Kivivuori		Dr. Codd
		
10:00		Break			Break			Break

10:10		Chris Date		Vendor			Dr. Codd

11:00		Break			Break			Break
		
11:10		Chris Date		Vendor			Vendor

12:00		Lunch			Lunch			Lunch

1:00		Colin White		Vendor			Vendor

2:00		Break			Break			Break

2:10		Colin White		Vendor			Vendor

3:00		Break			Break			Break

3:10		Colin White		Vendor			Vendor

4:10 		Break			Break			Break

4:20		Vendor			Vendor			Vendor

5:20	---------------------Hospitality Meeting Rooms------------------

6:30-7:30				Cocktail Reception

Hospitality meeting rooms provide an opportunity to meet one-on one with
some of the leading vendors.

  	
REGISTRATION

		
The Relational Institute is presenting Distributed Database Event at the new and
exciting Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose.  The Fairmont Hotel is an elegant
centerpiece for the dynamic renaissance of San Jose as a modern urban city, 
proud of it's new streamlined light rail transit system.  Centrally located
in the Silicon Valley Financial Center, the Fairmont boasts a 58-foot swimming 
pool, gym facilities, saunas, steam rooms, and five international restaurants 
and supper clubs with live entertainment.  You are just a short drive from the 
San Jose Airport and within walking distance of downtown theatres, gourmet 
restaurants, museums, art galleries, unique shops and boutiques.

LOCATION:  The Fairmont Hotel, at Fairmont Plaza, 170 South Market Street, San 
Jose, California 95113 Phone: (408)998-1900, Roomrate: $110 single, $115 double 
occupancy.

Date:  October 24-26, 1989

Fee:  $995 - To register for this course, please fill out the order form below
and mail together with your payment, or call The Relational Institute on the 
west coast at (408)268-8821, Fix (408)997-6641 (24 hour registration), or our 
east coast number (201)906-7979, FAX (201)906-7993.

CANCELLATIONS:  No Shows and registrants who cancel 2 weeks or less prior to the 
event are liable for the entire fee.

DISCOUNTS:  When registering more than one attendees from the same company with 
the same billing address, the second and third attendees will each receive a 
$100
discount, and a fourth person any attend tuition-free.

HOTEL REGISTRATION:  A block of rooms has been reserved at the Fairmont Hotel, 
and participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodations.  Please 
call the hotel directly to make your reservations.

SPECIAL TRAVEL SAVINGS:  As the official airline and rental car agents for The 
Relational Institute, American Airlines and Avis Rental Car offer significant
discounts and perferential reservation arrangements for attendees at 
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Both American and Avis offer these special rates to attendees at TRI events 
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TRI is a non-profit organization devoted to quality and integrity for data 
processing community.

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    Marco Emrich, to whom I report, will be speaking there.
    
    I'll be attending, and intend to write a trip report, which I will post
    here the week after the conference.
    
    	Andrew Watson.
    	Product Manager, Distributed Databases.

    in CREDIT::USD02:[WATSON.PUBLIC],
    TRI_DDB_89_x.PS
    
    where x =	REPORT		my trip report
    		SLIDE		the slides we showed
    		HANDOUT		the pages we had included in the handout
    
    Sorry it's later than I'd predicted, but hope it's interesting.
    
    	Andrew.