Please find details of the TSM Symposium to be held at Oxford University
in September below and at http://tsm-symposium.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ 

Thanks and best wishes, Sheelagh

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                        TSM Symposium 2007
               Tivoli Storage Manager : Preparing the Path
               St Catherine's College 25-27 September 2007

                  http://tsm-symposium.oucs.ox.ac.uk/

               *****   NOW - Registration Open       *****                   
               *****   NOW - Call for Papers         *****
               *****   NOW - Call for Exhibitors     *****
               *****   NOW - Call for Sponsors       *****
               *****   NOW - Call for Contributions  *****

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Background:

Oxford University is hosting the fifth TSM Symposium, which will be held
(once again) in St Catherine's College. It will have been two years since
the last one, and there will be plenty of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
related topics to talk about. This is your chance to join us in Preparing
the Path for new and changed functionality that is expected to come in TSM
over the next couple of years.

Come along and keep up with the very latest features, gain hints and tips
on upgrading your archive and backup services, learn how to exploit the
forthcoming new functionality, and acquire additional technical insight
into TSM. Take full advantage of the presentations from IBM Development,
as well as contributions from other experienced and established TSM
users. Best of all, meet and get to know peer professionals.

How to make a contribution...

We are seeking technical contributions in the form of papers and
presentations from the TSM user community - the system managers and
administrators who are arguably the real TSM experts - and this is an
excellent chance to share your knowledge and wisdom!

Technical contributions from TSM solution architects and related storage
vendors are also sought: this is an opportunity to demonstrate the
flexibility and extensibility of TSM.

We offer excellent opportunities for exhibiting at the Symposium.

Please see http://tsm-symposium AT oucs.ox.ac DOT uk/contributions.html for
further details.


Calendar:

      Now                                       Call for papers
      Now                                   Call for exhibitors
      Now                                  Call for sponsorship 
      Now                                     Registration open  
      2nd July                              Paper abstracts due 
      20th August                              Final papers due 
      25th September                           Symposium begins

      
Organisation of the TSM Symposium:

This user-led event has been initiated and organised by Oxford University
Computing Services, and follows on from the previous similar events held
at Oxford in 1999, 2001 , 2003 and 2005.

The technical committee comprises:

    * Rolf Bogus, University of Heidelberg
    * Laura Buckley, STORServer, Inc.
    * Kirsten Glöer, University of Heidelberg
    * Peter Jones, Oxford University
    * Peter Pijpelink, PLCS/STORServer Europe
    * Remco Post, SARA, Amsterdam
    * Ian Smith, Oxford University
    * Sheelagh Treweek , Oxford University
    * Paul Zarnowski, Cornell University

The overall planning of the symposium is being co-ordinated by the Oxford
team: Peter Jones, Ian Smith and Sheelagh Treweek, with (warmly appreciated)
administrative help and support from Wendy Simmonds.

The symposium will be held at St Catherine's College, with early arrivals'
registration opening on the afternoon of Monday 24 September 2007. The
exhibitions will be open and the exhibitors will give their introductory
presentations before hosting an evening reception.

The symposium presentations will start on the following morning Tuesday 25
September 2007, and conclude at lunchtime on Thursday 27 September 2007.
Optional residential accommodation for 3 nights is available in en-suite
rooms at the college. All meals are included.

All arrangements will be handled through Oxford University Computing
Services (please do not contact the college directly) and we can be
contacted by email or web form (preferably) and also by phone or fax.
The contact and registration pages give more details.

We look forward to meeting you at the Symposium in Oxford. Meanwhile,
please consider whether you can make a contribution to the success of
this popular event by presenting a paper yourself?
          
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Sheelagh Treweek                      
Oxford University Computing Services  
Email: sheelagh.treweek AT oucs.ox.ac DOT uk 
Phone: +44 (0)1865 273205 Fax:-273275