CALL FOR PAPERS
ABUI Annual International Conference
RENO, NV -  April 20 - 23

We're expanding our scope!!!!

Corporate Network Experts - we need you...
The Association of BANYAN Users International (ABUI) is recruiting speakers for
its April 20-23, 1997 Conference to be held at the Reno Hilton, Reno, Nevada.
Speakers are also needed for Post Conference Training Seminars.  Training will
be held Thursday and Friday, April 24 & 25.

CONFERENCE DIRECTION:  Networking is not about getting rid of the old for
something new, it s about adding value to the existing environment! To keep pace
with BANYAN and our evolving market, we are expanding the focus of our
conference. In addition to discussing and disseminating information on VINES,
StreetTalk, and other BANYAN products we will also do the same with NT, the
Internet and intranets. In addition, we will also provide a Developer Conference
that offers highly technical sessions for several areas of development. Our
ultimate goal is to educate and provide information related to networking
solutions for corporate networks of all sizes and scales, address the
professional growth needs of our members, and to promote interoperability
between different vendors.  Doing this will allow us to better service our
members needs.

BENEFIT:  As a speaker you will be marketed in the conference brochure, mailed
to thousands of networking professionals and on ABUI s web site, www.abui.org.
You will also receive free admission into the full conference.

RESPOND TO: Lisa Byrne at ABUI Headquarters via mail, fax, or email at the
contact info below.  Interested candidates must respond by forwarding their full
contact information, a brief bio, the title of the presentation, a 200 word
description of the presentation(s) as well as a 50 word description for
marketing purposes, and what track (see below)you feel it would best apply. In
addition, we require two references from past speaking engagements.

DEADLINE: November 4, 1996. Limited space is available...don t wait.

SELECTION PROCESS: All presentations will be reviewed by the program advisory
council and selected based upon applicability to program, technical content and
speaker experience. Presentations should be technical in nature and fit into the
theme of the conference.  A brief conference outline is provided below.

Vendors who would like information on sponsorship opportunities or exposition
booth space at ABUI, should contact Adams Carroll, 1-508-653-1545(voice)
76632....@compuserve.com
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ATTN: Lisa Byrne, Events Director                       phone 1.508.562.7412
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ABUI Headquarters                                       fax 1.508.562.1657
290 Turnpike Road       Suite 324                       li...@abui.org
Westboro, MA 01581
BRIEF CONFERENCE OUTLINE:

-FOUR TRACKS:

NT IN YOUR NET
NT is HOT! The legacy VINES environment has been somewhat closed to third party
products for other operating systems.  With the addition of StreetTalk on NT
this opens the door to a whole host of applications and business solutions.
Discover what is in store for you with NT.
Session Ideas:
Applications Servers
NT Integration
Database Servers
StreetTalk Access
Licensing Issues
I have VINES, why should I do NT?
Back up Issues
NT or 95, which should I use?
New third party providers
Messaging

FUNDAMENTALS
Here the latest from Banyan on the VINES related technologies you re using today
and what you can expect to see in the future.  These sessions center around
administrative and management issues as well as related internals.
Session Ideas:
BeyondMail
StreetTalk
IM
Wayfarer
New Explorer Product
VINES 7.0
Single log-ins
Troubleshooting and Fault Isolating in Banyan VINES Networks
Remote Access

INTRAPRISE
The Internet has crossed the traditional boundaries of the external network to
the internal enterprise.  This track will focus in on this evolving intersection
of the technologies and their integration into your current and future
environment.
Session Ideas:
Internet Service Providers and Vendors
Firewalls
Doing business over the Net
Implementation of a client server database using IM
LDAP
SAP in Place of Oracle and HP in six months
Debate/Panel on web servers
NW Security Issues

TECHNOLOGY INTERCHANGE
Very few of our networks today are VINES only--Enterprise networks use products
and technologies from many different sources. These sessions will provide you
with the latest facts on the implementation of these technologies.
Session Ideas:
TCPIP
ATM
High Speed WAN & LAN Technologies
ATM: Is it Ready for Prime Time?
IPV6
SMS Desktop Management
Desktop Management
DHCP
Server Configuration and Implementation (clustering, RAID, latest technology,
etc.)

-THE DEVELOPER CONFERENCE: In our effort to promote interoperability in the
developer and user markets, we are changing the focus of our Developer
conference.  This conference will offer sessions  that center around specific
areas of interest such as: Form Developers, Internet Application Developers,
Language Programming Developers and more.  The sessions will be highly technical
hands-on workshops designed to educate the attendees on specific technology.