The HPCUA conference in the UK started today. I just thought I'd share
some thoughts and observations with HP3000-L about my experiences
today. It's the first conference I've been to in many a year..

Although the first Keynote speach was poorly attended, the message from
HP was crystal clear and unambiguous; E-Services are the way forward.

If we can believe this vision, the 2nd stage of the development of the
internet as a transport medium for doing business is already a reality.
Only time will tell if this will pay off for HP with them taking a
"real" and substantial stake in the future of certain ventures,
providing the infrastructure to enable their growth.

The Exhibition on the ground floor of the Novotel, Hammersmith was well
kitted out with the usual plethora of HP-related Vendors, plying their
wares. I found out that there are some truly innovative products out
there that I didn't know about; particularly in the area of moving the
HP3000 from the usual green-on-black, drab, block-mode interface to
something far more useful based around point-and-click GUIs.

I also attended the latter half of an excellent training session given
by Joe Geiser of BizNetTech on the potential uses for the HP3000 in E-
commerce. The use of the 3000 with a front-end NT server, using either
ASP or ColdFusion 4.0 was particularly interesting in delivering timely
and useful Web-based apps using IMAGE/SQL as a rock-solid back end.

All in all, it was very worthwhile attending this event and I hope that
more people come to the second day.

TTFN.

Mark Wilkinson.
Sony Pictures Entertainment.


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