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March 5, 2008
Shearer, Mauri, Dufault Have Chance to Set Tone at COMMON
COMMON's most important sessions are finally taking shape, and with them come great opportunity: to set the tone for 2008 and beyond for System i customers, many of whom have seen a once powerful division in IBM slowly shrink, let industry influence slip from its grasp, and ultimately transform into part of something larger that most customers still don't quite understand. If the System i's most loyal folks are clients, too, how then do they fit into IBM's new client-focused strategy? If multiple executives now have their hands on or at least near the System i, how will anything groundbreaking get done?
Change can bring fear or excitement, and COMMON and IBM have a chance to channel excitement. The previously unknown opening session/keynote speaker plans for COMMON have now been announced, and there will be a town hall meeting that looks a lot like it's heading in the right direction. Here are the details:
COMMON's Opening Session
COMMON President Randy Dufault will kick off the opening session, hand out awards, and with Mark Shearer, IBM's new vice president of Marketing and Offerings for the Business Systems Division, jointly present the 2008 COMMON/IBM i5/OS Innovation Awards.
COMMON reports that Shearer will then "turn a spotlight on some of the major milestones from the first 20 years of the System i platform, leading up to the introduction of i5/OS V6R1 and pathways into the future."
Then, the opening session keynote speaker, Dr. Jurij R. Paraszczak, who is IBM's research director for Industry Solutions, will provide highlights and entertaining insights from the IBM Global Technology Outlook.
Town Hall Meeting
On Wednesday morning, IBM will host a special town hall meeting, where COMMON says Shearer as well as Ross Mauri, who is IBM's general manager of IBM Power Systems, will make a special announcement of an important initiative, "The New Power Equation."
All in all, Shearer, Mauri, and Dufault have an opportunity to shape the tone of 2008 for the System i world -- and I for one am definitely looking forward to a turning point.
Posted by cmaxcer at March 5, 2008 7:27 AM
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