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From: Dan Hayden <dlhayde@xxxxxxxxxx>

Folks,

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL USERS GROUP TO ATTEND THESE SESSIONS. They will register anybody. They are hoping to add to their membership by opening up to everybody.

I should have put that in the original email.

Regards,
Dan

Dan Hayden 812 465-1587

IBM iSeries Senior Server Specialist       812 465-1504 (Fax)
25 NW Riverside Drive
Evansville, IN  47708

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Dan Hayden/Evansville/IBM

02/01/2006 10:15 AM
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AS400/iSeries Folks,
IBM iSeries had some major announcements yesterday.

Announcement sessions have been coordinated with local Users Groups. A list of Users Groups and registration can be found at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/event/ .

Here are the ones that probably are close to you and link to registration. If there is not an announcement session near you, contact your Business Partner or iSeries Rep to review these announcements.

Evansville StarBase Users Group March 15th 9AM - noon -- email to angie_fuchs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Oak Brook/Chicago Omni  February 7th -- website www.omniuser.org
St. Louis Gateway/400 Users Group February 9th -- website www.gateway400.org

Highlights of today's announcements include:

§        IBM System i5 with the latest advances in POWER5 processors

§ The next release of IBM's integrated operating system, i5/OS V5R4 with enhancements for integrated middleware, IT simplification

        and business resiliency & compliance.

§ Enhancements to the System i5 Initiative for Innovation to continue to broaden our business solution portfolio and provide you with the flexibility to choose solutions that match your business requirements § Increased investments in the System i5 community skills through the Academic Initiative

                Solutions Innovation

§ Deploy multiple solutions at least cost with the IBM Accelerator for System i5, providing additional capacity for new business applications on the i520 Value and Express § Expanded Initiative for Innovation now includes collaboration, infrastructure & compliance solutions § Implement a more flexible, business focused IT environment with native support for Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) § Improve Java application performance with a new 32-bit Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

                Simplify IT

§ Extend future Windows integration options with a product preview of the new iSCSI connection to IBM BladeCenter and xSeries Servers

§        IBM System i5 520 2-way offers Capacity on Demand

§ Improved business resilience and compliance with improvements in high availability, virus and hacker resistance, auditing and compliance

        management

§ Simplify deployment of new POWER5+ systems with support for both V5R3 and V5R4

§        Deliver robust upgrades and growth options for installed customers

§ Virtual tape support in V5R4 allows clients to save directly to disk instead of a tape drive § New i5/OS V5R4 integrated database management tools allow an administrator to quickly identify and correct database

        performance problems


Regards,
Dan

Dan Hayden 812 465-1587

IBM iSeries Senior Server Specialist       812 465-1504 (Fax)
25 NW Riverside Drive
Evansville, IN  47708