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WMSUG
Date: September 29, 2004, Wednesday
Time: 8am coffee and rolls, 8:30am presentation
Place: English Hills Golf Club, 1200 4 Mile Road, Grand Rapids, MI

I-94
Date: September 30, Thursday
Time: 8am coffee and rolls, 8:30am presentation
Place: LOCATION CHANGE, KVCC's Main Campus (Texas Township Campus), Room 1510 (our old meeting location), Kalamazoo, MI
The M-Tec building has no room for us due to Pfizer using it for training.
Directions: From I94, take Exit 72, go South about 1/2 mile, road curves Right (just around the curve is KVCC),
get in center lane, turn Left at the 1st driveway into KVCC, go to the main entrance (Tower Entrance) that has a concrete tower on the roof,
1510 is the first room on the left.
http://puma.kvcc.edu/admissions/area_map.htm


Speakers:
Steve Miedema from IBM, Rochester, MN and John Bizon from IBM, Michigan

Subject:
i5 Product Announcement Update
Find out about the new i5 product announcements since the initial May i5 announcements.
- i5 570 enhancements
- i5 550
- Linux and Windows Integration enhancements
- New i5 editions
- Flexible On Demand Pricing

i5/OS - What's new in V5R3
Find out what is new with the latest release of OS/400. Following are some the enhancements we will cover:
- LPAR Enhancements
- Director Multiplatform
- Windows Integration Enhancements
- Linux Enhancements
- Single Signon
- iSeries Access for Windows Enhancements
- Availability Enhancements

Speaker: Steve Miedema,
Technical Support Marketing Manager, IBM, Rochester, MN

Steve has spend his 22 year IBM career in Rochester, MN in a variety of roles - from development, to market support and services. He is currently the strategist for iSeries technical support in the Americas geography. He is a frequent speaker at IBM, customer and business partner events and is well known in the iSeries community.

Speaker: John Bizon
Field Technical Sales Specialist, IBM, Michigan.

John has been with IBM for 21 years, all of which has been in supporting midrange computers. He has worked with the AS/400 since 1988 in various marketing and technical support positions. Currently he is the iSeries Technical Sales Specialist for Michigan supporting all iSeries and AS/400 customers.

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September 2004 Meeting