pre-conference education

NonStop Academy will offer four half-day education sessions on Monday, Sept 23rd, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey in room Cypress 3.

Please use the links below to register for each session you plan to attend. The cost is $260 per session. NonStop Academy will process payment for these sessions through Stripe.

Morning Session


9:00 am – 12:00 pm
HPE NonStop Systems and Network Hardening Guide Walkthrough

Instructor: Ron Bowden, NonStop Academy instructor


Learn the best practices for securing your NonStop system and hardening your networks. This includes closing gaps in your user access, securing Guardian and OSS applications, encrypting and compressing your network using IPSEC, preventing network access using IPTABLES, and much more. Students will obtain a copy of the student materials.

Please use this link if the Register button does not work for you.


Afternoon Session

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
HPE Virtualized NonStop on VMware – Build your own vNS

Instructor: Ron Meijer, President of Continuous B.V. and the NonStop Academy


This session will provide participants with steps to deploy an HPE Virtual NonStop Server (DNS). We’ll begin with an introduction to the technical aspects of the vNS on VMware architecture and lead into the installation of the vNS vCenter deployment tool. Various options for the deployment procedure will be discussed. There will be demonstrations interspersed throughout the delivery. This is a great opportunity to learn about real-world experiences and lessons we’ve learned while working on and setting up numerous vNS installations. Students are encouraged to bring their laptops to the session to view and obtain a copy of the student materials.

Please use this link if the Register button does not work for you



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