The group was organised by NUGs (National User Groups, by
country) and SIGs (Special Interest Groups, by
product). It organised
seminars,
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
investments. Their mission was to facilitate the usage of
HP-UX,
OpenVMS,
Tru64 UNIX,
NonStop Kernel &
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
support and they gave feedback about potential future
OS content, and users' issues. The group members were mainly
IT managers,
system managers,
system administrators,
application development managers and
consultants and promoted the exchange of information and experience between the members, HP and its partners. In general HP-Interex stimulated the
IT -
business alignment. Membership advantages were the following: • Access to the group activities • Reduction for training • Communication channel with
Hewlett-Packard Management • Join the
OpenVMS Hobbyist license project, allowing to run
OpenVMS using a free
license for private
non-profit hobby usage. • Interact and partner with other members of the organisation • Gather and distribute information via its
web sites and
support and
discussion forums. == Groups ==