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2008 Previous User Groups and Seminars


North America

Bedford, MA

OPNET User Group Meeting in Bedford, MA

Meet other OPNET users from the defense industry, share best practices, and learn what's new in OPNET Modeler®.

Thursday, June 5, 2008
9:00am -1:00pm EDT

Location
The MITRE Corporation Bedford Complex
MITRE Center - Bldg C
202 Burlington Road
Bedford, MA 01730-1420

Learn how defense organizations:

  • Design protocols and technologies to support the warfighter
  • Plan mobile network deployments that accurately incorporate terrain effects and wireless propagation impairments
  • Demonstrate technology designs in realistic 3D scenarios
  • Conduct realistic war gaming exercises by incorporating communications effects
  • Test prototype network devices and software applications with System-in-the-Loop (SITL)

Agenda

9:00am - 9:15am

Welcome

OPNET & Richard Games (Chief Engineer, CIIS)
9:15am - 9:45am OPNET - Overview of OPNET Modeler®
9:45am - 10:15am

"Measures for Evaluating MANET Performance"
John Stine - MITRE

10:15am - 10:45am

“Automatic Translation of Software Model from UML to Modeler”

John James – MITRE
10:45am - 11:30am OPNET – “Advanced Debugging, Distributed Simulation, and Network Design Testing with System-in-the-Loop
11:30am - 12:00pm Q&A
12:00pm - 12:15pm

“Modeling a Radar and Radar Warning Receiver in OPNET Modeler”  

Tim Allen - OPNET Consulting Services

12:15pm - 12:45pm

“Use of OPNET in USAF Base Area Network (BAN) Initiative”           

Christopher Stank – MITRE

12:45pm - 1:00pm Discussion and closing remarks

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Philadelphia, PA

OPNET User Group Meeting in Philadelphia, PA featuring the theme "A Focus on Performance"

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
1:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

Location
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Meeting Topics

  • OPNET user panel discussion about managing application performance, moderated by Bruce Ecklund, OPNET AVP of Application Engineering
  • Overview of OPNET's capabilities and future directions for Application Performance Management, and Network Configuration Auditing for Security and Policy Compliance
  • An opportunity to provide product feedback to OPNET Engineering

Agenda

1:00pm   - 1:30pm Registration and Welcome
1:30pm   - 5:00pm User Group Meeting
5:00pm - 7:00pm

OPNET Reception at Champions Sports Bar and Grill in the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown

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Milpitas, CA

OPNET User Group Meeting in Milpitas, CA

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
10:00am - 2:00pm PDT

Location
Aperto Networks
598 Gibraltar Drive
Milpitas, CA 95035

Agenda

10:00  - 10:15 Welcome
10:15  - 10:45 Overview of OPNET Modeler®
10:45 - 11:15

Aperto Networks – Tassos Michail – “Using OPNET to Optimize WiMAX MAC Performance"

11:15 - 11:45 OPNET- Designing WiMAX Networks and Devices
11:45 - 12:15 Q&A (lunch to be provided)
12:15 - 12:45 OPNET- Testing Network Designs and Equipment with System-in-the-Loop
12:45 - 13:15 OPNET- Best Practices: Modeling Custom Wireless Effects
13:15 - 13:45 OPNET- Best Practices: Accelerating Simulations Using Efficient Modeling Techniques
13:45 - 14:00 Discussion and closing remarks

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NY Metro

User Group Meeting in New York, NY

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Location
Cornell Club
6 East 44th Street
New York, NY 10017

Agenda

12:00pm   - 12:30pm Registration and Lunch
12:30pm   -  1:00pm Introduction and OPNET Corporate Update
1:00pm   -  1:20pm

User Success Story
"How We Used ACE to Ensure that our Critical Application Deployment Was A Success"

1:30pm   -  2:00pm

OPNET: Solutions Strategy for Application Performance Management and Integrating ACE Analyst with Riverbed Steelhead

2:00pm   -  2:30pm User Success Story
"How Panorama Enabled Us to Better Manage a Third-party Software Investment"
2:30pm   -  2:45pm Break
2:45pm   -  3:00pm User Success Story
"How We Use ACE Analyst and ACE Live to Monitor and Troubleshoot Application Performance"
3:00pm   -  3:30pm OPNET: Solutions Strategy for Network Planning, Engineering, and Operations
3:30pm   -  4:00pm Presentation by Riverbed Professional Services
Darren Rivey, Principal Consultant
4:00pm   -  4:15pm OPNET: Overview of OPNET STAR 24 Consulting Services offering
4:15pm  -  5:00pm General Q&A and Discussion

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Phoenix, AZ

OPNET User Group Meeting in Phoenix, AZ

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
9:00am - 1:00pm PDT

Location
Salt River Project
1600 N Priest Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281

Meeting Topics

  • OPNET's Methodology for Application Network Readiness
  • Best Practices for SLA Compliance and Service Delivery
  • Network Capacity Planning for New Application Deployment

Agenda

9:00am   - 9:30am Registration and Welcome
9:30am   - 10:15am Opening Remarks and What's New at OPNET
10:15am - 11:30am

Customer Presentations
Application Network Readiness - Brian Curcio, GoDaddy
Log File Analysis; How to Create Profiles of Work - Henry Steinhauer, Northwestern Mutual

11:30am  - 12:00pm Discussion and Closing Remarks
12:00pm  - 1:00pm Lunch

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Houston, TX

OPNET User Group Meeting in Houston, TX

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
1:00pm - 4:30pm CDT

Location
Chevron Corporation
3901 Briarpark
Houston, Texas 77042

Learn how other companies have:

  • Improved cooperation among their network, systems, and applications groups to resolve performance issues across silos
  • Achieved the goal of "no failed application deployments" through pre-deployment application "readiness assessment"
  • Experienced significant reduction in MTTR for production performance issues

Agenda

1:00pm - 1:30pm Registration and Welcome
1:30pm - 2:30pm OPNET Application Performance Management solutions
update - overview of ACE™ Plus, ACE™ Live, and OPNET Panorama™
Tom Roeh - OPNET Technologies
2:30pm - 3:15pm

Utilizing ACE Plus in Application Pre-Deployment and Production
Fred Hartley - Chevron Corporation

3:15pm  - 4:00pm Utilizing OPNET Panorama in QA and Production
Peco Karayanev - National Instruments
4:00pm  - 4:30pm Q&A and Discussion
4:30pm Social Hour (refreshments)

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San Diego, CA

OPNET User Group Meeting in San Diego, CA  

Monday, February 25, 2008
9:00am - 1:00pm PST

Location
SPAWAR Systems Center
Bldg A33, Conference Center
53560 Hull St.
San Diego CA, 92152

Contact:
Charmaine Aquino
(619) 767-4760

Agenda

09:00am -09:30am Welcome (continental breakfast to be provided)
09:30am -10:00am SPAWAR Systems Center - Carolyn Deguzman - "Real World Uses of System-in-the-Loop"
10:00am -10:20am Argon ST - Zhensheng Zhang - "A Seamless Handoff Protocol and Performance Analysis in OPNET (US Army SBIR)"
10:20am -11:00am OPNET - "Advanced Debugging, Distributed Simulation, and WiMAX Modeling"
11:00am -11:30am

Q&A

11:30am -12:00pm BAE Systems - Dale Bardin - "Applications of Modeler to BAE Projects"
12:00pm -12:20pm Discussion
12:20pm -13:00pm Closing remarks (lunch to be provided)

Please note: The SPAWAR Systems Center is a secure facility and visitors must file appropriate paperwork in advance. Please contact Charmaine Aquino (charmaine.aquino@navy.mil) for instructions.

Bethesda, MD

OPNET User Group Meeting in Bethesda, MD  

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm EST

Including optional social hour

Location
7255 Woodmont Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814
240-497-3000
www.opnet.com

Agenda

12:00pm-1:00pm Registration and Lunch
1:00pm-3:00pm Client Presentations
"Migrating to IPv6: Security Implications" presented by IRS
ACE Live Client Feedback
IT Sentinel for FISMA Auditing
Other Topics
3:00pm-3:30pm What's New with OPNET solutions
3:30pm-4:00pm Discussion and closing remarks
4:00pm-5:00pm

Social Hour Hosted by OPNET
McCormick & Schmick's
7401 Woodmont Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814

(301) 961-2626

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International

Paris, France

Comment réduire les temps de réponse des applications déployées et améliorer la performance de votre réseau  
Seminaire Pratique Gratuit (en francais), Mercredi, 6 aout

OPNET Technologies SAS, Le Metropole
84 Avenue du General Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Paris, France

Seminaire Pratique Gratuit (en francais)
Comment réduire les temps de réponse des applications déployées et améliorer la performance de votre réseau

Hands-On Seminar (in French)
How to reduce the response times of the deployed applications and improve the performance of your network

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Comment réduire les temps de réponse des applications déployées et améliorer la performance de votre réseau  
Seminaire Pratique Gratuit (en francais), Mercredi, 10 septembre

OPNET Technologies SAS, Le Metropole
84 Avenue du General Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Paris, France

Seminaire Pratique Gratuit (en francais)
Comment réduire les temps de réponse des applications déployées et améliorer la performance de votre réseau

Hands-On Seminar (in French)
How to reduce the response times of the deployed applications and improve the performance of your network

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Plan d'accés, cliquez ic

Comment réduire les temps de réponse des applications déployées et améliorer la performance de votre réseau  
Seminaire Pratique Gratuit (en francais), Mercredi 2 juillet

OPNET Technologies SAS, Le Metropole
84 Avenue du General Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Paris, France

Seminaire Pratique Gratuit (en francais)
Comment réduire les temps de réponse des applications déployées et améliorer la performance de votre réseau

Hands-On Seminar (in French)
How to reduce the response times of the deployed applications and improve the performance of your network

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Australia

OPNET User Group Meeting in Australia
Meet other OPNET Users and share best practices at the first-ever OPNET Defence Industry User Group Meeting in Australia! 

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
9:00am - 5:00pm ACST (GMT +9.5)

Location
National Wine Centre of Australia
Corner of Botanic and Hackney Roads,
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia

Contact:

Dushy Tissainayagam, dushy.tissainayagam@adelaide.edu.au

Agenda

09:00am - 09:15am Welcome – Dushy Tissainayagam (University of Adelaide) & Ben O’ Loghlin (Tenfold)
09:15am - 09:30am Morning refreshments
09:30am - 10:15am

Tactical Information Exchange Integration Office (TIE IO) – Robert Frost – “Using OPNET in Support of Operations”

10:15am - 11:00am BAE Systems Australia – Julija Tovirac – “Communications Modelling, Simulation, and Analysis at BAE Systems Australia”
11:00am - 12:00pm OPNETAdvanced Debugging, Distributed Simulation, and Network Design Testing with System-in-the-Loop”
12:00pm - 01:00pm Lunch & Q&A
01:00pm - 01:45pm Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), C3I Division – Mathew Elliot – “SWEDE: System-in-the-Loop Wireless Emulation Demonstration Environment”
01:45pm - 02:30pm Thales Australia Michael Liu – “Design and Development of MIL-STD-188-184 Model in OPNET”
02:30pm - 03:15pm DSTO, Mobile Networks Group, C3I Division – Perry Blackmore – “Modelling of Voice/Data Contention in Narrowband Tactical Radio Networks”
03:15pm - 03:30pm Afternoon refreshments
03:30pm - 04:15pm Discussion
04:15pm - 04:30pm Closing remarks—OPNET

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Slough, UK

OPNET Modeler User Group Meeting in Slough, UK  

Wednesday, July 9, 2008
10:00am - 2:30pm BST (GMT +1)

Location
OPNET Technologies Ltd
4th Floor, Thames Central
Hatfield Road
Slough, Berkshire
SL1 1QE
UK

Agenda

10:00am - 10:15am Welcome (Refreshments to be served)
10:15am - 10:45am Paradigm Services - Dr. Kevin Warbrick - "Modelling SkyNet"
10:45am - 11:30am

General Dynamics UK - Andy Cullington - "Using OPNET for Military Communications Modelling"

11:30am - 12:15pm OPNET - "Advanced Debugging, Distributed Simulation, and Network Design Testing with System-in-the-Loop
12:15pm - 01:00pm Q&A (Lunch to be served)
01:00pm  - 01:45pm Royal School of Signals - Alex Wilson - "OPNET in the Royal School of SignalsÍ Syllabus"
01:45pm  - 02:15pm UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) - Wing Commander Bob Keeley and Squadron Leader John Thompson - "Use of OPNET in MOD Projects"
 02:15pm  - 02:30pm

Discussion & closing remarks

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Köln, Germany

Freies Technik Seminar  
13, June 2008
10:00 - 16:00

Veranstaltungsort:
rt-solutions
Oberländer Ufer 190 a
50968 Köln

In diesem Workshop lernen Sie:


Wie analysiere ich Client-Server Anwendungen durch

  • Das Aufsetzen einer verteilten Messinfrastruktur
  • Messung von Daten in verteilten und Multi-Tier-Umgebungen
  • Analyse von Anwendungs- und Netz-Performance-Problemen
  • Ermittlung der Root Cause von Performance-Issues
Real-time End User Experience Monitoring With OPNET's ACE Live™  

Dieses Seminar wird in deutscher Sprache gehalten

June 12th, 2008
10:00am - 4:00pm GMT

Location
rt-solutions
Oberländer Ufer 190 a
50968 Köln

Many IT organizations are focusing their attention on service quality or QoE (quality of the user's experience). However, many organizations lack to the ability to effectively monitor and troubleshoot end-user response time. Join OPNET for a hands-on workshop to learn how you can manage QoE with ACE Live.


OPNET's ACE Live appliance for real-time end user experience monitoring automatically segments application response times into server, network, and application delays. ACE Live provides visibility of all applications and users across the enterprise, with on-board analytics to automatically identify the root source of performance problems.

You will receive a hands-on introduction to see how ACE Live:

  • Monitors application performance 24x7
  • Quickly provides insight into application performance through configurable web-based dashboards
  • Rapidly troubleshoots poorly performing applications through guided work flows
  • Automatically produces reports designed for managers and engineers

Slough, UK

Real-Time End User Experience Monitoring and Performance Troubleshooting with OPNET's ACE™ and ACE Live™  

Date / Time

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
9:30am - 2:15pm GMT

Location

OPNET Technologies Ltd
4th Floor, Thames Central
Hatfield Road
Slough
SL1 1QE
0870 603 8009

According to a recent Aberdeen Group survey of more than 230 organizations, only 28% have the ability to segment application response times into server, network, and application delays. Aberdeen's research shows that these organizations are more likely to reduce the mean time to repair (per incident) and the time required to troubleshoot issues with application performance. As a result, these organizations are 61% more likely to decrease the number of end-user complaints due to poor application performance.

OPNET's ACE Live solution for real-time end-user experience monitoring automatically segments application response times into server, network, and application delays. ACE Live provides visibility of all transactions and users across the enterprise, with on-board analytics to automatically identify the root source of performance problems. Further, it provides seamless drill-down to OPNET's ACE for rapid, integrated troubleshooting, with actionable reports that point to solutions.

Agenda

9:30am - 10:00am Coffee and Registration
10:00am - 10:15am Introduction to OPNET
10:15am - 10:30am Manage Application Performance throughout the Application Lifecycle
10:30am - 11:45am End-User Experience Monitoring with ACE Live
11:45am - 12:00pm

Break

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Troubleshooting and Predicting Application Performance with ACE (Lab)

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Lunch

DOOR PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED!

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