NY Metro POWERAIXLinux users group

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NY Metro POWER-AIX/Linux users group

• Member of the Global Poweraix community

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Introduction

• PowerAIX
• Mission
• Benefits
• Resources
• NY Metro POWER-AIX/Linux Users Group
• Introduction
• Goals
• Meeting Agenda
• Contact Information

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Global Poweraix.Mission Statement

• To foster the creation a world-class global
  community for IBM AIX users, in which members
  derive significant value.
• Promote the effective use of AIX implementations
  and solutions through an active collaborative
  community of customers, partners and IT
  professionals.

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PowerAIX Member Benefits

• The Global POWER AIX Community is made of up
  large and small customers, developers,
  consultants, vendors and IBM technical, sales and
  support staff from all over the world.
• Easily join (or start) a user group within your
  area -- 33 User-Groups World-Wide
• Access a wide variety of information about AIX
  from IBM and other key software and hardware
  vendors
• Share presentations, information and ideas among
  user group chapters worldwide
• Take advantage of feedback and communication
  paths to IBM staff and executives on AIX issues
• Locate vendors specializing in AIX tools,
  services and education in the Global POWER AIX
  Education Zone

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PowerAIX Resources now hosted on IBM
developerWorksfeatures to come.

• Useful Links
• Downloads
• IBM News
• Truly Global - Italian AIX technical forum
• a community job board
• IBM developerWorks Technical Library

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NY Metro POWER-AIX/Linux UG

• UG Leader - Ken Milberg, PMP , President and
  Managing Consultant PowerTCO, IBM Business
  Partner
• 20 yrs Unix Former board member of unigroup.org
  
• IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert System
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• Freelance writer and editor for IBM Systems
  Magazine, IBM developerWorks and techtarget.com.
• 2009 Permanent guest on Board of Directors at
  COMMON as AIX advisor.
• Today's Sponsor PowerTCO
• IBM Business Partner
• Membership largest chapter world-wide
• 160 members (in NY group alone) world-wide
• Think Tank

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NY Metro POWER-AIX/Linux UG - Goals

• Source of Information to the NY Metro Power
  community.
• Provide technical discussions and presentations
  from IBM Power and AIX Gurus.
• Function as a technical forum for AIX and Linux
  Power users.
• Sharing ideas and providing tips, technical
  expertise and relevant information to the entire
  NY Metropolitan Power community.

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Meeting Agenda

• Pre-meeting Unigroup annoucements Rob Weiner
• Presentation 1 Merrikay Lee (MC Press) 630
  pm 645 pm Technology book discussion
• Presentation 2 Ken Milberg (PowerTCO) - 645
  pm 800 pm - Driving the Power of AIX
• Presentation 3 Joefon Jann--- (IBM) 800pm
  845 pm IBM Distinguished engineer coinventor
  of the Jann MPP Workload Model for modeling
  parallel workloads being the architect of the
  Deep Blue Chess machine which beat Kasparov.
• AIX Virtualization
• 845 PM 900 PM QA
• Grand Prize raffle 900 pm!!!

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Contact Information

• Ken Milberg 516.298.6611
  kmilberg_at_powerTCO.com
• Bharvi Parikh 860.275.5739 bharvi_at_us.ibm.com
• Merrikay Lee mlee_at_mcpressonline.com
• Nicolete McFadden http//www.poweraix.org nicolet
  te_at_us.ibm.com
• PowerTCO 877 731 7330 http//www.powerTCO.com8
  info_at_powerTCO.com
• Jann, Joefon joefon_at_us.ibm.com
• New home-page
• http//www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/pages/view
  page.action?pageId104533263