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2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition
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Register today for COMMON's 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition, the premier Power Systems educational and networking event. The Annual Meeting will take place May 4 - 7, 2014 at the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida.

This is your opportunity to Learn from industry experts on IBM i, AIX, and Linux topics; Meet and share with peers, experts, and vendors; Discover the latest products and solutions; and Advance your career with Certification and education.

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With an integrated text messaging solution on IBM i, students at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) are able to text message from their cell phone to their admissions advisor's PC to completely revolutionize their system. This eliminates the phone tag they previously used. FIDM's staff was to send and receive a mobile text messages using their work pc utilizing the security, scalability and reliability of an IBM i on Power7 platform with help of WebSphere Portal Enable and WebSphere application server. FIDM has implemented staff PC to mobile communications via an integrated combination of portal applications, Java applications, Domino server, Lotus Notes and a third party vendor SMS gateway. The solution uses IBM i 7.1 running on an IBM Power 7 770.

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April 3, 2014

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April 8, 2014

12:00 pm Central

WEBCAST: SQL Easy as MAGIC!

by Steve Wolk, PC Richard & Son

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April 16, 2014

9:00 am - 4:00 pm Central

WEBINAR: SQL Queries

by Birgitta Hauser

* * All-Day, In-depth Education on a Single Topic * *

May 4 - 6, 2014

COMMON 2014 IT Executive Conference

Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando Florida

May 4 - 7, 2014

COMMON 2014 Annual Meeting & Exposition
Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, Florida

July 16, 2014

9:00 am - 4:00 pm Central

VIRTUAL LAB: Build a Subfile with PHP

by John Valance, JValance Consulting

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COMMON 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition

Register today for COMMON's 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, Florida at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort. It is the annual meeting of the COMMON membership and the largest gathering of the Power Systems user community.

The Annual Meeting is COMMON’s largest educational event of the year, with four full days of in-depth IBM i, AIX, and Linux-related education that includes all-day pre-conference workshops, open labs and a wide variety of regular-length sessions.

The Final Online Session Guide is Available Now.

Read session abstracts, view Courses of Study, plan your schedule, and get the details about the education options you'll have this May!

REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW! Save $200 off Standard Rate with the Early Bird Discount! Click here to register online.

It will kick-off with the Opening Session on Sunday, May 4, 2014, followed by four days of leading-edge IBM i, AIX, and Linux-related education, closing with the fun and exciting Closing Reception on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Of course, as is expected from all COMMON conferences, there will be plenty of social and networking events taking place throughout the week.

2014 - 2015 Board Elections - Slate Announced

The Nominating Committee has approved the Slate of Candidates for the 2014 Board of Directors election. There are four candidates that will be running for three open positions, and you’ll hear more from them in the coming months. Electronic voting will begin on April 7, 2014 and end on May 6, 2014 at 5:00pm Central. Members attending the 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, Florida will have an opportunity to vote on-site. The winners will be announced at the Meeting of the Members (MoM) on Wednesday afternoon, May 7, 2014, at the Annual Meeting. Below is the slate of candidates. Click on each candidate's name to learn more about them and their position statement or click here to learn more about all the candidates.

2014 IT Executive Conference

Meet and Share with Peers, IBM Executives and Industry Leaders

Register today for the 2014 COMMON IT Executive Conference! It is an exclusive event for high-level IT decision-makers that want to maximize their Power Systems investment.

Taking part in this event enables you to:

Learn about the latest industry updates and available business solutions directly from IBM executives and other industry experts.
Understand the leading edge developments in IT and Power Systems that can revolutionize your business.
Interact with your peers in a small group setting to learn best practices shared with IT Directors, CIOs and other Power Systems executives.
Create invaluable relationships with fellow IT decision-makers, industry experts and IBM leaders.
Benefit from additional education and unlimited access to the COMMON 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition, the premier Power Systems-related educational and networking event.
Meet one-on-one with industry vendors at the COMMON Exposition.

2014 COMMON/IBM Power Systems Innovation Awards

Nominations for the 2014 COMMON/IBM Power Systems Innovation Awards have closed. The Innovation Awards recognize outstanding innovation in the application of advanced business computing technology to improve efficiency, enhance customer service, or promote business excellence.

Award winners exhibit excellence in utilizing new technologies to create significant business value by delivering new solutions faster, improving the quality and capability of existing solutions, or improving the economics around solution implementation. New technologies that will be considered for the award cover a wide variety, including but not limited to: