[Info-vax] report of the last "rendez-vous autour de VMS" (2-FEB-2024)

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/17/2024 5:27 PM, vmsgenerations wrote:
> We have just posted today the report(s) of our last "rendez-vous autour 
> de VMS".
> 
> The detailed report is translated in english. The slides from IMPERVA 
> about security directive NIS2, and from COMMVAULT  about their products 
> are mostly in english.
> 
> Have a look: 
> https://www.vmsgenerations.fr/rendez-vous-autour-de-vms-du-6-fevrier-2024/

A few things I consider important:

<quote>
- a general security initiative is underway at VSI :
- for HITRUST certification is targetted in spring
- CVE reporting program
- partial NIST-2 compliance
- study for ISO 27001 certification
</quote>

sounds good.

<quote>
"X86 is the future of VMS, so the sooner you start thinking about 
migration the better. We're
sharing links to all the resources to help you. We look forward to 
helping you with your
migration".
...
Q: Examples of migration to x86?
...
A: HF: Yes, around 80 to 100 customers in the evaluation, test or 
migration phase.
</quote>

That number need to x10 in 2024.

<quote>
R DZ: Can you explain the type of collaboration you're expecting?
R GC: Python example: no collaboration with one of the French 
specialists (JFP). We ended
up with two channels that were moving forward without collaborating. We 
had problems
receiving sources in a standard format. There are now opensource 
products in the VSI
catalog, and it would be great to be able to participate in development 
as we do with any
other opensource. Currently, participation in opensource development 
related to VMS is
virtually closed. It's different from standard opensource. With VSI, the 
answer is "we don't
have the resources to do it". VSI has been around for 10 years... it's 
time to change that
</quote>

I think this is important.

It may be time-consuming and VSI has limited resources, but given
that >70% of code used in modern solutions is open source code
and because VSI has limited resources, then it very important
for VSI to get the VMS open source collaboration working!!

Arne