Phoenix Computer Measurement Group
Wednesday, May 4, 2005


SAS Institute, Inc.
Phoenix Plaza, Tower One, Suite 1750
2901 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Parking is available in the parking garage on the Northeast corner of Central & Thomas on Catalina.

To register, please RSVP to Eileen Ahles, 602/236-6930

Agenda

08:30 - 09:00	Registration and Complimentary Continental Breakfast	Sponsored by SAS, Institute Inc.
09:00 - 10:30	"Introduction to J2EE and WebSphere Concepts" This presentation will be a high level overview of the J2EE architectural standard, as well as an introduction to WebSphere on z/OS. The purpose of this presentation is to help you gain a better working knowledge of the e-business technologies, J2EE standard, and what it means to be a J2EE application server. Also included in this session will be an overview of WebSphere on z/OS and how, and why, a product such as WebSphere is needed to satisfy the J2EE standard. So if you are curious what a Enterprise JavaBean is (and why it is not the same as a JavaBean) then you will find this session of interest. You will become familiar with terms such as JVM, Servlet, EJB, JSP, Connector, application server, web server, and many more concepts	Peter Enrico Enterprise Performance Strategies, Inc.,
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - Noon	"The Importance of Service Level Reporting" IT organizations are increasingly being tasked with providing higher levels of service, often in the face of declining resources. Defining, meeting, and documenting Service Level Agreements is critical. When the SLA is not being met, the ability to accurately isolate the cause of the problem is crucial, whether the problem is at the client end, the server end, or in the network. This discussion will focus on the necessity of sophisticated and timely Service Level Reporting, crucial to the achievement of SLAs and the successful operation of the enterprise.	Bob Trygg Applied Expert Systems
noon - 1:00	Lunch hosted by SAS Institute, Inc.
1:00 - 2:00	"Introduction to eWLM Concepts" The Enterprise Workload Manager (eWLM) is the next generation of policy oriented dynamic workload management. What IBM has done is it has taken the concepts and lessons learned from the z/OS Workload Manager (WLM) and applied them to complex multi-tiered computing environments. But what really is eWLM and how does it work? What are some of the new concepts and terms that need to be learned? What sorts of installations will benefit from it? Now that you've migrated to WLM goal mode do you need to start thinking about migrating to eWLM? During this presentation Peter Enrico will provide a comprehensive introduction to eWLM in the manner in which he is known. in an easy to understand but informative fashion. You will learn the basic concepts, terms, and approaches that eWLM takes to dynamically manage applications and workloads running in distributed multi-tiered environments This presentation will be a great technical introduction to eWLM.	Peter Enrico Enterprise Performance Strategies, Inc.,
2:15-2:30 2:30-3:30	Break "Application & Network Performance Optimization" Rigorous performance testing and optimization are critical factors in the successful delivery of business applications.  Yet frequently the performance of deployed applications and services does not live up to business requirements or end-user expectations.  Too often staging labs do not account for the different network conditions that exist between end-users and application servers that have a tremendous effect on the performance that users experience.  This paper explores the complex interrelationships between the network, applications, infrastructure and the quality of the users' experience. (QoE)  Based upon real-world testing, results point to the need to extend performance testing to incorporate the dynamics of these interrelationships	Mike Adams, Shunra Software, New York, NY