Welcome to the first issue of the TandemWorld Newsletter for 2004.
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Contents
Sionet International is pleased to announce
Integrated Research announces expansion of partnership with IDX Systems Corporation
Insider Route Key events to BMC Patrol via Reflex 80:20
Regional User Group News
ACI Worldwide Expands Operations in Europe
Employment
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Sionet International is pleased to announce
Sionet International is pleased to announce that TapeLabs, the provider of world class enterprise storage solutions, has appointed Sionet
International Limited as their EMEA representative. Sionet International now has agreements with many of the HP EMEA Territories (including UK and Ireland, Scandinavia and the Netherlands) to work with HP’s NonStop customers to position and sell the Virtual TapeServer (VTS) solution.

The Virtual TapeServer solution is a middleware tape emulation engine developed by TapeLabs. The hardware portion of Virtual TapeServer takes advantage of proven leadership products from HP. This hardware/middleware combination emulates tape storage to HP NonStop hosts and provides backup storage for the data on industry standard low-cost disk RAID arrays. Data stored in Virtual TapeServer can later be copied to real tape media for archival storage or disaster recovery if long-term backup copies are required. Return on Investment (ROI) can be achieved in months and Sionet International welcome the opportunity to discuss this with NonStop customers, and look forward to meeting with some of you at BITUG in March.

For further information contact by Email or call +44 (0) 141 204 4046
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Integrated Research announces expansion of partnership with IDX Systems Corporation
Integrated Research (IR), a systems management software developer, announced today that IDX Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: IDXC) has extended its value added reseller (VAR) agreement to market and implement IR’s cross-platform PROGNOSIS software. 
IDX, a major U.S. healthcare information technology solutions provider, utilizes PROGNOSIS to assist in the management of high-availability, medical center IT environments. PROGNOSIS is a cross-platform systems management software suite for applications running on HP NonStop™, Windows and UNIX. 
IDX provides healthcare IT solutions across the United States and in Canada and the United Kingdom, which are installed at 3,200 customer sites and used by 134,000 physicians to improve patient care and other medical workflow processes. 
“We have a long track record of success with IR using PROGNOSIS to enhance our NonStop-based solutions,” said Brian Mitchell, IDX’s technology sales group director. “PROGNOSIS provides us with a unique ability to extend our current management services to cross-platform environments.” 
PROGNOSIS enables IDX staff to provide enhanced technical support and monitoring to all customers. Information technology staff from large physician organizations, hospitals and integrated delivery networks will also benefit from use of a single solution and interface for monitoring their IDX software.
For further information please visit our website.
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Insider Technologies has announced its Open MQ Lifecycle strategy
Press Release
Feb 23, 2004

Insider Technologies has announced its Open MQ Lifecycle strategy for the
management of multi-platform WebSphere MQ middleware, with software ready
for shipment. Based on either NonStop or Windows .Net architectures, SENRA
MQ provides a unique set of functions to configure, manage, track and
automate the spread of MQ middleware across an enterprise's systems. The
software is based on an open "meta-layer" of function which is implemented
through agents on each target platform, allowing a single web or Win32
interface to be used to carry out total management, reporting and tracking
across a network. The management suite traps all errors and events,
providing in-context drill-down to problems; and responds with scripted
automation and automated escalation to icons, email, sms and enterprise
gateways such as HP OpenView, Tivoli and BMC. Uniquely among such
management systems, SENTRA MQ provides a user toolkit to create business
tracking applications from the raw MQ flow of data. Examples in the
financial, government and military sectors are already in use.

For more information contact Bernadette Doyle on +44 (0) 161 876 6606 or
visit the company's website at www.insidertech.co.uk

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Partner solution validation program for Itanium based NonStop servers 
The NonStop Enterprise Division of HP is launching a program to provide Intel Itanium processor–based NonStop hardware and software to partners to validate their solutions and ensure solution readiness by First Customer Ship (FCS). 
Customers can be assured that through this program, both their HP and third-party solutions will be ready for use when NonStop hardware running on the Itanium processor arrives. Customers will also have the ability to validate their own applications during the Controlled Availability period prior to FCS.
For more information, Contact Us.
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Regional User Group News
BITUG
The British Isles NonStop User Group will hold its next conference on March 16–17, preceded by an HP Education Day on March 15. The conference will include user, Special Interest Group (SIG), and vendor sessions, in addition to presentations by HP.
CTUG
The Canadian Tandem Users Group will hold its 2004 Spring Conference on April 14 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

FTUG 
The French Tandem Users Group will hold its next meeting on March 18.
MIDWEST
The Midwest user groups will be putting on their first road show of 2004 on March 8–12.
·	TUMS (Minneapolis,MN): Monday, March 8 
·	MITUG (Detroit,MI): Tuesday, March 9 
·	MRTUG (Chicago,IL): Wednesday, March 10 
·	MCTUG (Kansas City,MO): Thursday, March 11 
·	OTUG (Columbus,OH): Friday, March 12
OZTUG
The Australian Tandem Users Group will hold its annual conference and trade show in Sydney on July 26–27.

SNUG 
The Spanish NonStop User Group is revitalizing and needs help in organizing. Those individuals interested in getting involved can either send e-mail to itug@itug.org or fill out the survey available on the SNUG website.
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Education
HP Education Services (HPES) are the premiere provider of NonStop education in the UK and Ireland region. Based in our residential training centre in Highfield Park near Reading, we have two dedicated 4 CPU S Series systems that are ideal for the delivery of training that can replicate the kind of real world scenarios that you encounter daily. Our courseware has been developed by the product specialists that created the technology and is updated regularly so is never out of date. Our pool of over 15 trainers are drawn for the best technical resources in the region and are continually updating their skill sets as when they are not in the classroom, they are out on customer sites, working on live systems. All of our trainers are accredited under the new NonStop Certification Program.
At this year’s BITUG event, HPES are pleased to announce that we are partnering with BITUG to offer you some great free education offerings. On the 15th, we are a running a free introduction to and overview of Open System Services (OSS) On the 16th and 17th we are going to set up a Prometric testing centre and give you the chance to take any one of the NonStop Accredited integration Specialist (AIS) exams for free. What better way to start your path to certification?
The exams that you will be able to choose from are:
HP NonStop Kernel Basics (Level 1) exam #HP0-660 (pdf)
HP NonStop Systems and Technologies exam #HP0-661 (pdf)
NonStop Configuration and planning exam #HP0-662 (pdf)
NonStop Data Communication Basics exam #HP0-663 (pdf)
NonStop Application Design and Development exam #HP0-664 (pdf)
Please follow the links for more details on each exam.
To register to take an exam please contact Darren Coffey 
To register for BITUG or the OSS day, please contact Neil Barnes 
Please be aware that early registration is advised as places are strictly limited. 
For more information on HPES and the Certification program please contact Tim Lydiatt at HPES on +44 (0)7947 451 212
Or visit our website at: www.hp.com/learn/nonstop
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ACI Worldwide Expands Operations in Europe with Subsidiary in Greece 	
(OMAHA, Neb. — 25 November 2003) — ACI Worldwide (Nasdaq: TSAI), an international provider of enterprise e-payment solutions, today announced that it has extended its regional presence into Greece with a new subsidiary in Athens. A launch party for customers and partners interested in cooperating with ACI’s Greek subsidiary is taking place today. The subsidiary supports ACI’s growing business in EMEA and its dedication to providing local support to customers. Go there	

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Employment
Project Manager - To manage a Test area for the HP NonStop Applications. Go there 
Testers - Testers required with solid Testing experience in a Telecomms environment.. You should have experience in SS7, IN and Unix. Go there
Tandem System Manager - We are seeking a Systems Manager with solid K to S migration experience. Go there
For other non Tandem / HP NonStop roles please send your CV via email 
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