Informing the IBM Community

Category: User Groups

  • i-UG Springs into Life in 2024

    i-UG Springs into Life in 2024

    The IBM i User Group (i-UG) in the UK sprung into life in February 2024 with their first event of the year at sunny Rochdale. I say sunny, being from the south of the UK, ‘sun’ and ‘the North of the UK’ are not words that go together! The i-UG chairman, Mike Ryan kicked of…

  • Remain Software’s Final Release for 2020 Aims to Boost Efficiency, Enhance the User Experience and Advance Productivity and Development Potential

    NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — Remain Software released today TD/OMS V12.1, Gravity V5.1 and Remain API Studio V1.0.11, in line with the company’s historical commitment to ongoing development and support for its three signature application-lifecycle management, workflow and REST API editing/management solutions, respectively. Designed ultimately to boost speed, stability, efficiency and productivity through development, testing, integration, project-management…

  • Community Matters

    Communities or User Groups are a great source of education as well as networking opportunities with experts and your fellow peers, if you are not part of one you should be, here’s an example why. I attended a User Group meeting organised by i-UG (UK) in February and was treated to some great sessions, one…

  • News from Common Europe

    2018 Common Europe Congress Concludes; 2019 Congress 16-19 June in Berlin, Germany announced; Common Europe President Re-elected. Luxembourg, Europe; 21 June, 2018.  The Common Europe Congress (CEC), a technical association event centered around IBM i technology, concludes its 2018 Congress resulting in participants leaving the event with a high regard of community and enthusiasm.  The CEC event,…

  • Paul Tuohy at International i-Power

    For the past few years, I have had the pleasure of speaking at the i-UG International i-Power event. It is one of the highlights of the year for me. Great attendees, enthusiastic organisers, great exhibitors, catching up with friends and colleagues and the shortest distance I have to travel to speak at a conference. But,…

  • Swyx unveils new products at its Partner and Technology Conference 2017

    SwyxWare 11 offers practical additions for high call volumes plus new desktop phones and mobile clients Dortmund/London – 28th September 2017 – At the Swyx Partner and Technology Conference 2017, the unified communications specialist presented SwyxWare 11 for the first time with innovative new features, including a practical addition for handling high call volumes and…

  • COMMON DENMARK’s Annual Event

    COMMON DENMARK’s Annual event is on Wednesday and Thursday, October 11 & 12 in Billund. For the first time Common Denmark presents a 2 day Event. We have so many speakers and interesting topics – one day is not enough! We have 2 tracks and joined keynote sessions Track 1: for technical or general interest…

  • Swyx’s unified communications solution makes installation easier

    More convenience and speed: the latest version of Swyx’s unified communications solution makes installation easier Dortmund/London – 17th August 2017 – Unified communications (UC) provider Swyx has further improved its IP-based communications solution and will present its new version 11 for the first time at its Partner and Technology Conference on Wednesday, September 27, 2017…

  • Maxava iFoundation invites IBM i User Community to apply for 2017/18 funding

    Philadelphia, PA (1 June, 2017) – The Maxava iFoundation is once again delighted to announce a new funding pool to assist IBM i user groups around the world. Maxava confirms total funding of US$50,000 to allow the foundation to offer grants of up to a maximum of US$2,000 (depending on number and merit of applications)…

  • i Community Strikes Back

    Get involved in the new bowling tournament from the Maxava iFoundation Philadelphia, PA (9 May, 2017) – The Maxava iFoundation is thrilled to announce its new community Bowling Tournament, ‘i Community Strikes Back’ and the chance to win a trip to COMMON Fall later this year. “We are hosting this bowling tournament in addition to…

  • 2017 Common Europe Congress

    2017 Common Europe Congress (CEC) – Brussels, Belgium – Announces Speaker and Session Schedule. Showcases all-star speaker line-up from IBM Power Systems Industry. Luxembourg, Europe; 3 May 2017.  The 2017 Common Europe Congress (CEC) scheduled to take place in Brussels, Belgium on 18-21 June publishes full conference schedule which includes some of the best speakers…

  • Who are these millennials with the legacy technology vendettas?

    It’s becoming a weekly occurrence. Whether in conversations with customers, or in our industry’s publications, the millennial disdain for so called ‘legacy’ technology is a hot topic. We are supposed to subscribe to the idea that we have a looming skills crisis because people in my generation treat these platforms with contempt. Where did this…