COMMON’s 50th Anniversary

February 4, 2009 by Anne Lucas · Comments Off
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common1COMMON’s 50th Anniversary Connects Power Systems Community to Unprecedented Technology Advancements

CHICAGO, Ill. - Feb. 4, 2009 - COMMON’s 2010 Annual Meeting and Exposition will celebrate the user group’s 50th anniversary May 2 - 6, 2010 in Orlando, Fla., spotlighting both the longevity of the midrange platform as well as the evolution of the COMMON users group into the leading voice for the Power Systems community. The 50th Anniversary Meeting and Exposition will take place at the Hilton Orlando, COMMON’s first trip back to Orlando since 2005.

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IBM Printers For Sale

January 27, 2009 by Rod Roller · Comments Off
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These IBM continuous form line printers are in Birmingham. Local delivery can be negotiated also. Click the links for photos and details…

Printer 1 - 6262-T14
Printer 2 - 6262-T12
Printer 3 - 6262-T12
Printer 4 - 6262-T12
Printer 5 - 6400-008
Printer 6 - 4226-302
Printer 7 - 4226-302

BMUG on Linkedin

January 7, 2009 by Rod Roller · Comments Off
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We have created a BMUG Group on Linkedin.com for those who use the Linkedin network.

BMUG Group on Linkedin

Sandbox for System i

August 11, 2008 by Rod Roller · Comments Off
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IBM now has an excellent tool for testing their options for modernization of applications on the System i.

IBM Sandbox for System i

June 2008 COMMON Connect

June 26, 2008 by Anne Lucas · Comments Off
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Attached is the latest COMMON Magazine for June 08. This is a great issue…including that woman on page 14!

COMMON Connect - June 2008 (3.46MB PDF)

IBM Power Unification Roadshow April 30

April 9, 2008 by Anne Lucas · Comments Off
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The IBM Power Platform team is bringing the April 2008 Power Unification announcements to 16 cities throughout the east region. These 16 cities sessions will be the main way to hear about the announcement directly from IBM in a live face to face event.

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Al Barsa Jr.

April 4, 2008 by Anne Lucas · Comments Off
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We learned this morning that apparently Al Barsa Jr. passed away in his sleep last night at the Gaylord in Nashville. Please be in prayer for his wife, Sue, and their two children (college age). Please pray for the whole i community who has lost a great contributor to the AS/400, iSeries and System i.

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System i & p now “Power Systems”

April 2, 2008 by Rod Roller · Comments Off
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IBM Announcement, April 2, 2008

New IBM i web page

Computerworld Article

V6R1 Presentation Slide Show

March 27, 2008 by Rod Roller · Comments Off
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Keith Zblewski of IBM was kind enough to provide the slides from his i5/OS V6R1 presentation for BMUG on March 27, sponsored by the Genisys Group. It is an excellent summary of the changes and even includes links to IBM documentation and upgrade analysis tools available on IBM.com.

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“On Demand” changes in V6R1

March 25, 2008 by Anne Lucas · Comments Off
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Although i5/OS V6R1 is just now rolling off the press we wanted to remind everyone of a potential major impact if you are an On Demand (RDARS) shop. IBM announced in February 2006 that V5R4 is the last release which will support several On Demand options.

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