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POWERCast: Payments Roundtable - Everything You Need to Know

Panelists: Alan O'Guin, Ryan Nichols, & Brady Naves, Curbstone
Price: Free Courtesy of Curbstone
Date/Time: October 26 @ 11:00AM (CT)

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"Coming here has really opened my eyes to the community; the engagement from the actual developers of IBM, the other companies who operate on the i… it’s really been enlightening to see the community - how engaged, how involved, how nice everyone is. It’s pretty awesome."

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