Meeting scheduled for June 4, 2010

Hosted by PPG Industries
Lunch sponsored by PPG Industries

Location:

PPG Headquarters
One PPG Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15272

 One PPG Place is located between Third and Fourth Avenues and Stanwix Street.  Use the East Lobby plaza entrance.

Parking at PPG
PPG Place Parking Garage
Third Avenue entrance
Take the elevator for One PPG place –first floor

Nearby Pittsburgh Parking Authority Garages
Third Avenue Garage – entrances on both Third and Fourth Avenues
Wood Allies Garage – entrance on the Blvd of the Allies

Cost: We will collect a $10.00 fee at the door per our usual meeting fees.
Space is limited so please register for the event by Wed June 2, 2010.

Details:

Please note that at this meeting there will two presentations from members of the group.  This information may be of interest to others in your organization, and you are encouraged to invite them.  However, seating is limited, so please register early.

Agenda:

12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 – 1:45 pm Welcome, Treasurer’s Report , other Misc assoc topics
1:45 -2:15 pm Mark Johnson and Josh Giesy of Jennmar will talk briefly about their Cognos environment and deployment but most importantly their recent upgrade experience.  They will cover the good and the bad they encountered going to Cognos 8.4.  If time permits they would like to also discuss new financial initiatives currently in progress.”
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 3:00 pm John Torquato will discuss a series of DOS scripts created by the Cognos Administration team at Highmark that automate the management of the Cognos 8 environment. This process includes stopping and starting services, reboot of servers, clean up of unwanted files, and back up of log directories. These processes have become invaluable in the administration of the environment.
3:00 – 4:15 pm Discussion Groups (Any topics members want to discuss)
4:15 – 4:30 pm Closing remarks.

As with all CBIG events space is limited so please register for the event so we can make sure you have a seat.