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... where the i5/OS community connects

Take advantage of belonging to the largest community of IBM midrange users and attend COMMON’s 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Nashville, March 30 – April 3.

This is COMMON’s largest educational event of the year. Five full days of in-depth i5/OS education that includes all-day pre-conference workshops, all-day Integrated Seminars, open labs and a wide variety of regular-length sessions.

The Annual Meeting will kickoff on Sunday, March 30th with the Opening Session featuring a Keynote Speaker, followed by four days of leading-edge i5/OS education, closing with the fun and exciting iSocial Main Event on Thursday, April 3rd. Of course, as is expected from all COMMON conferences, there will be plenty of social and networking events taking place throughout the week.

Be sure to schedule time to browse the world’s largest i5/OS-related Exposition. Make sure to allow plenty of time because it encompasses more than 80 industry exhibitors including IBM. The COMMON Expo provides a one-stop source of up-to-the minute information and ideas for the IT industry. Discover what’s new in the i5/OS world and give your company ways to reduce costs and improve productivity. Also, since many different technologies are on display, you can compare alternatives and determine what’s right for you.

SPECIAL IBM TOWN HALL MEETING: At the COMMON Annual Meeting and Exposition in Nashville, IBM will make a special announcement of an important initiative "The New Power Equation." Please join Mark Shearer, Vice President, Marketing and Offerings, IBM Business Systems, and Ross A. Mauri, General Manager of IBM Power Systems, at a special Town Hall Meeting on the morning of Wednesday, April 2nd at 9:30am. On the agenda is news you will want to hear and an opportunity to dialogue with IBM executives. Don't miss this important session.

The COMMON 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition is the premier educational and networking event that you and your team will not want to miss.

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