Meeting at the Raytheon ITS Auditorium,

1616 McCormick Dr, Upper Marlboro MD 20774-5301

October 26-27, 2004

Local Session Chair: Byron Peters, Phone: +1-301-925-0350, Fax: +1-301-925-0236,e-mail: bpeters@east.hitc.com

Theme: A Potpourri of Data Storage Options

Registration fee: The registration fee is $120 for those who pre-register. Registration for full-time students is $30. Walk-up registration is $150.

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The THIC Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges Raytheon ITS and Byron Peters for providing the facilities for this meeting, and STK and Tom Nelson for sponsoring the reception.

 

     
   Tuesday, October 26, 2004  
 08:00 - 08:45 Registration, Continental Breakfast  
 08:45 - 09:00 Administrative announcements, introductions  
 09:00 - 09:45 Randy Kreiser, LSI Logic, 12007 Sun Valley Dr, Suite 325, Reston VA 20191-3487, Tel: +1-703-262-5431, e-mail: randy.kreiser@engenio.com - "Understanding Storage to Provide a Solution"  
 09:45 - 10:30 Fritz McCall, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and Robert Chadduck, National Archives and Records Administration - "Digital Archiving and Long Term Preservation: An Early Experience with Grid and Digital Library Technologies"  
 10:30 - 11:00  Break  
 11:00 - 11:45 Dave Therrien, Exagrid Systems, 2000 West Park Drive, Suite 110, Westboro, MA 01581-3990, Tel: +1-508-898-2872 x226, Fax: +1-508-898-2401, Cell: +1-603-566-0500, e-mail: dtherrien@exagrid.com - "Leveraging Grid Technology for Data Protection"  
 11:45 - 12:30 Fred Byers, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8940, Gaithersburg MD 20899-0002, Ph: +1-301-975-2909, FAX: +1-301-869-7429, e-mail: byers@nist.gov - "Care and Handing of Optical Discs"  
 12:30 - 13:30  Lunch at the Raytheon ITS Cafeteria  
 13:30 - 14:15 Michael Hall, Sony Electronics Inc., 1 Overlook Dr, Bldg B-6, Amherst NH 03031-2800, Ph: +1-603-672-5483, Fax: +1-603-672-5495, e-mail: mike.hall@am.sony.com - "Blue Laser Recording Technology for High-Density Archival Storage"  
 14:15 - 15:00 John Joseph, EqualLogic Corp., 9 Townsend West, Nashua NH 03063-1233, Ph: +1-603-249-7772, Fax: +1-603-579-6910, E-mail: jjoseph@equallogic.com - “Peer Storage Arrays - Unequalled Storage Solutions”  
 15:00 - 15:30  Break  
 15:30 - 16:15 Ellen M Salmon, NASA Center for Computational Sciences, GSFC Code 931, Greenbelt MD 20771, phone: +1-301-286-7705, FAX: +1-301-286-1634, e-mail: ellen.m.salmon@nasa.gov - "Large Scale Data Migration at the NASA Center for Computational Sciences"  
 16:15 - 17:00 Wei-Li Liu, Adnet Systems, Inc., MS 933, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt MD 20771, Phone: +1-301-286-3083, Fax: +1-301-286-1777, e-mail: Wei-Li.Liu.1@gsfc.nasa.gov - "Implementing iSCSI in Storage Area Networks -- the Advantages of a Software Initiator Solution"   
 17:15 - 19:15  Reception at the Capital Room, DoubleTree Club Largo  
   
   Wednesday, October 27, 2004  
08:00 - 08:45  Registration, Continental Breakfast  
 08:45 - 09:30 Dr Vivek Navale, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, Rm 5320, College Park, MD 20740-6002, Tel:+1-301-837-3404, Fax: +1-301-837-3681, E-mail: Vivek.Navale@nara.gov - "Digital Archaeology - putting the bits and pieces together from damaged magnetic tapes."  
09:30 - 10:15  James A Goins, Imation Corp, 1 Imation Way, 3-0-2B-35, Oakdale MN 55128-3414, Phone: 651-704-3482 e-mail: jagoins@imation.com - "Imation Invests in the Future of Data Storage"   
10:15 - 10:45 Break  
10:45 - 11:30 Byron Peters, Raytheon ITS, 1616 McCormick Dr, Upper Marlboro MD 20774-5301, Phone: +1-301-925-0350, Fax: +1-301-925-0236, e-mail: bpeters@eos.east.hitc.com - "Data Quality -- Is Your Data the Data You Think It Is???"  
11:30 - 12:15 Joe Lloyd - NAWCAD, 23013 Cedar Point Road, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1183,Tel: +1-301-342-5972, Fax: +1-301-342-1534, Email: joseph.lloyd@navy.mil - "IRIG Recorder/Reproducer Standards Update."  
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch at the Raytheon ITS Cafeteria  
13:30 Carpool for drive to National Cryptologic Museum  
   
   
   
   
     
     
     
 

Tour: A guided, 90-min tour of the National Cryptologic Museum, Fort George G Meade MD 20775 will start at 14:00 on Wednesday the 27th October 2004. The Museum is approximately 17 miles north of the meeting site. Sign-up sheets for carpooling will be available at registration. For information on the Museum, visit their web site

http://www.nsa.gov/museum/index.cfm
  
 

 

 

 

Elections
  
  We will be accepting nominations for the following positions on the Board of Directors (BoD). Term duration: 2 years, first meeting in 2005 to first meeting in 2007.  
  Chairman  
  Vice Chairman  
  Treasurer   
  Secretary  
  Nominations Chairman  
  Advisor   
  User Representatives - 3 positions   
  Alternate to User Representative   
  Manufacturers' Represenatives - 3 positions   
  Alternate to Manufacturers' Representative  
 

Any one who has attended one meeting during the year 2004 is eligible to vote. Current office holders are eligible for re-election. 

 

  
 

 

 

Attendees can get a special rate of $99/night + taxes at the DoubleTree Club Largo, 9100 Basil Ct, Largo MD 20774-5373, Phone: +1-301-773-0700. Please mention that you are a THIC attendee. This hotel is just across the parking lot from Raytheon ITS.