White Star Expands Consulting Practice
White Star Software Announces the Addition of Tom Bascom as Vice President of Technology Advisory Services
Nashua, New Hampshire, November 19, 2007. White Star Software, announced today that Tom Bascom, has joined the firm as Vice President of Technology Advisory Services. Mr. Bascom, formerly President of Greenfield Technologies, will step into his new role effective immediately. Customers of Greenfield Technologies will be transitioned to White Star and continue receiving Mr. Bascom's services without disruption.
In announcing the addition of Mr. Bascom, Adam Backman, President of White Star Software, LLC, stated, "Tom's addition to the firm is a major step in our drive to expand the range of expertise White Star can bring directly to bear in any client situation. Tom is well-known among the Progress community for his thought-leadership, deep grasp of application architecture, and his effectiveness in solving complex, real-world problems. He has the right blend of skills to deepen our bench strength where we need it most and help us optimize capacity across a broader range of engagements."
Backman added that, "The heart of White Star's value proposition in every assignment is to bring the very best talent to each engagement. That's what clients are paying for. That's what they should get. Tom fits that picture perfectly. With more than 20 years of experience he has earned the highest regard for his effectiveness, insight and innovation in the Progress world."
Lori Lashway, Head of Marketing for White Star said that, "Tom has established a strong reputation as a consultant, systems architect and IT management and planning expert among a wide variety of clients. His Progress expertise spans all aspects of OpenEdge from 4GL code diagnostics, database performance analysis and tuning, OpenEdge upgrade management, DBA training and all of the other aspects of OpenEdge. His IT Management experience is also frequently engaged to assist in large system selection and integration projects. Tom's strength in application architecture will compliment White Star's focus on disaster planning, recovery and high availability on the database side. We can now provide a single source of coordinated expertise to the largest scale and most complex of high-demand environments."
Mr. Bascom stated, "I am very pleased to become a member of the White Star team. Adam and I have worked together on many projects over the years and share a common approach to consulting; look at the whole system - Progress, the OS, the hardware, the application and the business processes -- then plan a solution based on the complete picture."
Mr. Bascom is well known to the Progess community for his consulting expertise and experience with OpenEdge(R) and is a frequent contributor of technical articles and a speaker at Progress Exchange and Progress User Groups. His widely acclaimed and freely downloadable Progress tool set, including the ProTop database monitoring, ReadProbe performance benchmarking, PACE load simulation and the Highly Parallel Dump & Load Toolkit will remain available to all.
Tom is also known for his vertical market success as a founder and chief architect for Lakewood Corporation. After selling Lakewood Corporation to EDS in 1995 Tom worked for EDS as an Enterprise Architect on various projects until the summer of 2000 when he joined printChannel.com, the leading vendor of Web-based print procurement solutions, as VP of Engineering where he was responsible for Software Development and IT Operations in support of printChannel's global service offering. Tom founded Greenfield Technologies in 2002 to serve the needs of Progress users worldwide.
White Star Software, LLC is the leading provider of independent consulting expertise to the Progress® Application development and end-user community, serving the Progress Community since 1985.
For additional information contact:
Tom Bascom
+1 603 396 4886
tom@wss.com
http://wss.com
Lori Lashway
White Star Software
+1 603 897 0297
lori@wss.com
http://www.wss.com
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Progress Exchange 2007 Presentations
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DB-5 Simulating User Load Tom Bascom Monday, June 11 2:00 - 3:00 |
One of the challenges of managing complex systems is determining how they will behave as changes are being made. Changes in user load, changes in hardware, and changes in application software, changes to the schema or configuration of the database and even small and seemingly innocuous changes to tunable parameters all have enormous potential for unexpected (and decidedly negative) consequences. Properly testing the impact of such changes is often seen as "too complex" or "too expensive."
This session will present a simple and effective approach to simulating a realistic work load and tools for doing the same that can bring this complexity under control. No costly testing tools required!
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DB-20 Highly Parallel Dump and Load Tom Bascom Wednesday, June 13 11:15 - 12:15 |
Migrating to a new release of OpenEdge doesn't require a dump and load of your database but getting the maximum benefit from new features often does. In this session we will highlight OpenEdge Database features that benefit from a dump and load, cover several alternative approaches to D&L and then develop a specific process for migrating databases in a highly parallelized manner that takes maximum advantage of machine resources. This session will include live demonstrations and take-away code that you can immediately put to use migrating and upgrading your own systems.
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One of Progress' great strengths is how well it runs "out of the box". None the less, many systems can benefit substantially from a performance analysis and tuning exercise.
Greenfield Technologies looks at the whole system; Progress, the OS, the hardware, the application and the business processes and makes recommendations based on the complete picture. Both short and long-term solutions to help you manage your systems effectively can be offered. A typical analysis includes:
- System Inventory (CPU, RAM, Disk, Network, RAID, Config Details)
- Database Configuration (Startup Parameters, Block Sizes & Options, Placement & Configuration etc)
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