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February 2006 issue

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President�s Message
by Beverly Russell

*Education Focus Feedback: Virtualization
by Mark Bauman

*SOA: Not Just Another TLA!
by Trevor Perry

COMMON Visits "iSeries Country"

Spring 2006 Pre-conference Workshops

*The Surprise Fire Drill
By Richard Dolewski

*WebFacing Deployment Tool with HATS Technology
By David Slater and Davis Marasco

Recognize unCOMMON Contributions with the DSA

LUG Talk: LUGs and COMMON Share Ideas

Best in Show: Top Speakers from the Fall 2005 Conference

*What We Have Learned About Learning, Part 2
By Beverly Russell

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