23rd February 2021
XDelta Limited no longer trading as a limited company.
XDelta Limited is no longer operating as a limited company and will thus no longer take on projects.
Colin will continue to be involved with the world-wide OpenVMS community and the professional bodies with which he is associated.
Colin intends to provide occasional OpenVMS specific consulting and guidance in an advisory capacity if needed.
January 2010
News - NHS Blood and Transplant - case study by HP
Watch the NHS Blood and Transplant "Pulse renewal" project keynote video.
Read the NHS Blood and Transplant "Pulse renewal" project case study by HPE.
Read the NHS Blood and Transplant "Pulse renewal" project Availability Digest article.
These describe how the NHSBT made use of HPE OpenVMS systems on Integrity Servers to build and run the world's biggest single donor database and blood product production control and distribution system. The disaster-tolerant system infrastructure was designed and built by XDelta on behalf of HPE in collaboration with the application provider and system maintainer Savant. The database vendor was Mimer. The hardware reseller was OCSL.
The press release for the "Pulse renewal" project and its success in the 2009 Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Awards is available here.
June 2005
OpenVMS Symposium (advanced technical bootcamp), HPE OpenVMS Engineering, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
The John Wisniewski Spirit Award
OpenVMS Engineering created this award in 2004 in memory of a larger-than-life guy called John Wisniewski. He was a well-known and passionate OpenVMS expert who poured huge amounts of energy into his teaching, writing and consulting work. John was the guy who started the OpenVMS Hobbyist programme and who trounced all-comers at DEFCON with an impregnable OpenVMS system.
Previous recipients are Brian Schenkenberger and Al Meier. This years recipients are Colin Butcher and Kerry Main.
Colin was presented with the John Wisniewski Spirit Award by Ann McQuaid (head of HPE OpenVMS Engineering) at the HPE OpenVMS Symposium in June 2005. This award from peers and colleagues within the OpenVMS community around the world recognises the outstanding contribution, quality and value of his work over many years.
On a more personal note - it came as a huge surprise and it is a wonderful thing to have received. Thank you.
