• Be the First to See Microsoft Office 2003
• Basic Linux
• Advanced Linux (including mainframe Linux)
• WebSphere
• How to Hack a Website
• OS/390 Public Domain Software and the NaSPA - CBT collection
• Regaining Employment After a Layoff Roundtable

Be the First to See Microsoft Office 2003
In today's economic environment companies are looking for new ways to leverage their existing technology investments, resources and information in order to retain a competitive edge. To address this need, Microsoft is offering an interactive, technical preview of how the new Microsoft Office System can help solve some of today's critical IT challenges - providing greater access to disparate information; increasing network and email security; protecting Intellectual property and enabling customers to be more self-reliant.

Attendees will learn how the new Microsoft Office System can enable employees to access and share information securely through the collaboration and information-sharing portal, Microsoft SharePoint. Microsoft will also demonstrate how the new Microsoft Office System supports Information Rights Management (IRM) and industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) to provide a platform on which IT professionals can quickly build cost-effective, secure solutions for an immediate impact on their business.

Basic Linux
For those members that want an overview of Linux, this is the place to come. During this session you understand installation basics: hardware and software; system functionality and application integration; and an introduction to networking using TCP/IP and the Internet.

Advanced Linux
So you say your company already has linux and you know the basics but you’re not quite up to speed on the complexities of the operating system. This session is a continuation of the basic session above and is a more in-depth look at hardware issues; which platform to run it on; Intel, S390, others? Which vendor of Linux to use; Redhat and others. Advanced networking with Internet Connectivity

WebSphere
WebSphere Application Server (WAS) is fast becoming the leader in java application servers, especially in using it to enable access to host based information. This course will describe what WAS is, where it runs, and how it is typically implemented in the data center environment. There will be an emphasis on how java connectors can be used under WAS to web enable backend host systems. Discussions will include how to install and configure WAS, performance tuning. and what tools are available for management.

How To Hack A Website
If your job is to prevent hackers from maliciously accessing your webserver, this is the course for you. This course will have a practical demonstration of how hackers think and act when trying break into your online system. If you know how they think and what they look for, you can beat them at their own game. Get a hackers view of your webserver and find out what it takes to protect your company!

OS/390 Fully Wired MVS Free Software Tools and Tips Update Reloaded
T he Fully Wired MVS Potpourri sessions presented at SHARE in recent years have won Best Session three times and are always popular! The Best of past, present, and future have been assembled into a Super sized version for Nastec 17.1

The session will cover what's new and exciting in MVS Freeware and MVS web resources and put much of what is discussed in attendees' hands to take home. In the past this has included:

• Free e-books from Steve Samson, Bob DuCharme, and others about MVS
• SHOWMVS, MXI, TASID, and other MVS System Information Tools
• Free tools for mapping, copying, and manipulating tapes
• Free FTP and other PC tools specially adapted for use with mainframes
• Virtual tape (AWSTAPE) tools
• Tips on quickly deleting many data sets
• How to find out who deleted a data set
• Where to find, download, and use free tools for MVS

An overview on reading and optionally participating in the IBM-MAIN and other public MVS forums will be provided.

The latest MVS Freeware CBT tapes (3480 cartridges) and CBT CD-ROM (with MVS 3.8J, CBT Tape (CBT461), JES2 & JES3 Freeware, MVT, Hercules, and LOTS more), and CD-ROM 'Volker Bandke MVS Turnkey Project for Hercules' will be handed out to attendees. These are NEW CBT CD(s) and tapes updated recently for SHARE in DC. A banquet of Free Software Tools and Toys!

Regaining Employment After a Layoff Roundtable
Have you recently lost a job? Are you unsettled about your current job? If yes, you need to attend this session. Technical Support magazine's Rick Nashleanas is hosting a roundtable on regaining employment after a layoff. In attendance will be NaSPA President Scott Sherer, Chairman Emit Hurdelbrink, vendors, peers, chapter presidents and staff. This is the place to come for ideas, support, and networking opportunities.