Queensland Ingres User Group Events 2007

The Queensland INGRES User Group Inc meets on the last Wednesday of each odd numbered month. All are welcome, however because we are a self-funded group, non-members will be encouraged to join. 

Note: There is a change of Meeting time; we are to at 3.45 for 4.00pm start. This new meeting time will take effect at the AGM on the 6th December 2006.

The QIUG Management Committee has tabled the following events for the 2006/2007 calendar year:

28 November 2007	November Meeting Agenda Date: Wed 28th November 2007 Time: 3:45pm for a 4.00pm start Venue: Conference Room Level 5, AXA Building 144 Edward Street, Brisbane Agenda: 4pm Welcome from QIUG President, John Howell. 4:10pm Address from Colin Hunt, of ERPTapestry. ERPTapestry is the first Tier 1 Open Source solution with functionality comparable with SAP and Oracle. It is written in Ingres and OpenRoad and has been used for years by Governments, Universities and major corporations. ERPTapestry has recently been open sourced to allow organisations to sample and use its functionality; they may also customise the application and/or partner with ERPTapestry. Colin showed us the capabilities of the product including a look at the OpenRoad workbench and explained the philosophy and advantages of open sourcing this product. 4:45pm Annual General Meeting. Presentation of annual report. Election of Office Bearers: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Members at Large (2).  5:10pm Networking and Refreshments courtesy of Ingres Corporation.
26 September 2007	September Meeting Agenda Date: Wed 26th September 2007 Time: 3:45pm for a 4.00pm start Venue: Conference Room Level 5, AXA Building 144 Edward Street, Brisbane Agenda: 4pm Welcome from QIUG President, John Howell and lucky door prize draws. 4:10pm RUBY Presentation. Ruby is a reflective, dynamic, object-oriented programming language. It combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like object oriented features, and also shares some features with Python, Lisp, Dylan and CLU. Mike McKeon from NR&W told us why is a Ruby fan. He gave a basic overview of the language and a short demonstration. The presentation can be downloaded here. 4:50pm Open Forum: Questions and Answers (time permitting) Bring any questions or issues that you would like to share/discuss.  5pm Networking and Refreshments courtesy of Ingres Corporation.
22 August 2007	August Meeting Agenda Date: Wed 22nd August 2007 Time: 3:45pm for a 4.00pm start Venue: Conference Room Level 5, AXA Building 144 Edward Street, Brisbane Agenda: 4pm Welcome from QIUG President, John Howell 4:10pm INGRES Icebreaker Presentation. Icebreaker is one of the many new and exciting products from INGRES Corporation; it combines the INGRES database with Linux as a database software appliance with a single maintenance stream. We viewed a pre-recorded presentation from the INGRES Corporation web site and a discussion followed. The presentation can be downloaded from the Ingres Corporation VIP Archives website. 4:45pm Brief discussion on recent INGRES developments John Howell will be telling us about how INGRES 2006 Release 3 is better than INGRES 2006 Release 2. The INGRES Corporation presentation covering this material may be found on the INGRES Corporation VIP Archives website. 5pm Networking and Refreshments courtesy of INGRES Corporation.
30 May 2007	May Meeting Agenda Date: Wed 30th May 2007 Time: 3:45pm for a 4.00pm start Venue: Conference Room Level 5, AXA Building 144 Edward Street, Brisbane Agenda: 4pm Welcome from QIUG President, John Howell 4:10pm Address from Robert Acraman, Analyst/Programmer for Department of Natural Resources and Water. Robert Acraman gave a particularly informative presentation on INGRES Configuration and Performance. Robert outlined various parts of the INGRES DBMS and the presentation answered such vexing questions as what is the DMF Cache and what is the difference between a LogWriter and a Consistency Point. You can download the powerpoint presentation here.  4:45pm Brief discussion on recent Ingres developments John Howell spends probably too much of his free time experimenting with Ingres and gave a brief update on what INGRES Corporation have been up to recently, and what is new in INGRES 2006 release 2. You can download the presentation about INGRES 2006 release 2 here. 5pm Networking and Refreshments courtesy of Ingres Corporation.
14 March 2007	March Meeting Agenda Date: Wed 14^th March 2007 Time: 3:45pm for a 4.00pm start Venue: Conference Room Level 5, AXA Building 144 Edward Street, Brisbane We have had some very special guests this meeting, which is why it was put forward two weeks. We had the privilege of having Roger Burkhardt, the President and COO of INGRES coming to address us on his world tour. Roger was recruited to INGRES Corporation from the new York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where he was Chief Technology Officer. During his tenure with the NYSE, the NYSE deployed its first automatic trade execution service, he helped the exchange restart trading after the 9/11 attacks and managed a sevenfold increase in trade volumes. Accompanying him were representatives of the Ingres Corporation in Australia. We were, and still are, extremely pleased to have Roger Burkhardt here to have the opportunity to hear the view from the very top. Agenda: 4pm Welcome from QIUG President, John Howell 4:10pm Address from Roger Burkhardt, President and COO of Ingres Corporation. Roger Burkhardt is responsible for corporate strategy, development and engineering and global field operations including marketing, sales and support, alliance and channels and customer programs. Mr Burkhardt also serves on the Board of Directors of INGRES Corporation. Roger gave us an update on INGRES and the path forward, as well as the new community web site.  4:45pm Brief discussion on recent Ingres developments Questions and Answers with Roger and other INGRES staff, including: Steve Faris – Director – Sales and Operations – Asia Pacific, Stuart Pike – Country Manager – Australia and New Zealand, and Mark Dempsey – Regional Director – Northern Region. 5pm Networking and Refreshments courtesy of INGRES Corporation.

Meeting agendas of previous years:

2008 Meetings

2006 Meetings

2005 Meetings

2004 Meetings

2003 Meetings

2002 Meetings

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