COMMON acts as the networking community, industry advocate and leading education provider for Power Systems (IBM i, AS/400, iSeries, System i, AIX and Linux) users in North America.
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COMMON News Releases:
COMMON Membership Elects New Board Members for 2009 - 2010
The Board elections ended on Tuesday, April 27, 2009, which allowed members attending the 2009 Annual Meeting to vote on-site. Read the full press release here.
COMMON Launches Certification Program
Read all about the details of COMMON's Certification Program, which was announced at the Opening Session of the 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Reno. Read the full press release here.
2009 COMMON/IBM Power Systems Innovation Awards
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2009 Innovation Awards that were recognized at Opening Session of the 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition. Read the full release here.
COMMON's 50th Anniversary Connects Power Systems Community to Unprecedented Technology Advancements
COMMON’s 2010 Annual Meeting and Exposition will celebrate the user group’s 50th anniversary May 2 – 6, 2010 in Orlando, FL, 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.
Click here to read the full Press Release
COMMON Career Center is the online job board that targets the System i market. Post open positions, or post your resume.
AL BARSA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
If you are interested in contributing to the Al Barsa Memorial Scholarship set up by the COMMON Education Foundation, then download the Contribution Form. Click here to download the Contribution Form
3Com is announcing the high-value communications solution VCX 8.0 on IBM Power Systems platforms. IP Telephony Solution delivers survivable, business-enhancing connectivity that leverages the reliability, scalability and integration capabilities of IBM Power System platforms.
Join us for a webinar June 23rd and find out how 3Com and IBM unified communications solutions can help your business thrive.
In this webinar we will explore:
Cost-savings of software that runs in a Logical Partition on Linux on IBM Power Systems platforms
Best-in-class integrated collaboration with Domino 8.0 and Sametime 8.0
Scalability from 50 to 5,000 devices in a single system (region) and up to 24,000 devices total in an enterprise with up to 12 regions
Ease of installation and administration
Enterprise-class redundancy and high availability
Centralized web-based administration, management and maintenance
