Interex EMEA was the EMEA HP Users Organisation, representing the user community of

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s. The Connect User Group Community, formed from the consolidation in May, 2008 of Interex EMEA,

Encompass Encompass, the Enterprise Computing Association, was the original computer user group for business customers of Hewlett-Packard. Encompass's history began with DECUS, founded in 1961, for customers of the Digital Equipment Corporation, which was a ...

, and

ITUG The Connect User Community is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit association, an independent user community for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Connect is a group of more than 70,000 HP customers, partners and employees. It resulted from the merger in May, ...

, is the

’s largest user community representing more than 50,000 participants.

Overview

The group was organised by NUGs (National User Groups, by country) and SIGs (Special Interest Groups, by product). They organised

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, training, information exchange, as well as international travel to IT events. They intended to independently inform their users community and help them to get the maximum from their

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s. Their mission was to facilitate the usage of

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Tru64 UNIX Tru64 UNIX is a discontinued 64-bit UNIX operating system for the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA), currently owned by Hewlett-Packard (HP). Previously, Tru64 UNIX was a product of Compaq, and before that, Digital Equipment Corporation ( ...

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& Linux on servers & networks produced and supported by Hewlett-Packard. The HP-Interex user groups had no direct affiliations with Hewlett-Packard, but they tried to collaborate with HP to provide their users with an optimum

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and they gave feedback about potential future OS content, and users' issues. The group consisted of mainly

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s, System Managers, System Administrators, Application Development Managers and

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s and promoted the exchange of information and experience between the members, HP and its

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. In general HP-Interex stimulated the IT -

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alignment. Membership advantages are the following, now supported by the

Connect (users group) The Connect User Community is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit association, an independent user community for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Connect is a group of more than 70,000 HP customers, partners and employees. It resulted from the merger in May ...

: * Access to the group activities * Reduction for training * Communication channel with

Management * Join the OpenVMS Hobbyist

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, allowing to run

using a free

for private non-profit hobby usage. * Interact and partner with other members of the organisation * Gather and distribute information via its web sites and

and discussion forums.

Groups

Related groups are: DECUS,

Compaq Users Organisation The Connect User Community is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit association, an independent user community for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Connect is a group of more than 70,000 HP customers, partners and employees. It resulted from the merger in May, ...

(CUO),

. Some early and well-known members of DECUS were the late Terry Shannon and John R. Wisniewski.

History

Originally the users group was called DECUS, at the time Digital Equipment Corporation conducted its business in the 1960s - 1990s. When Compaq acquired

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in 1998, the users group was baptised as the Compaq Users Organisation (CUO). Finally when Hewlett-Packard acquired Compaq in 2002, CUO was renamed as HP-Interex, although there are still DECUS groups in Germany. In the USA, the organisation is represented by the

and

organisation.

Overview

Groups

History

See also

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