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2005

2005 June

  • See History of Changes for earlier dates entries removed after the events have passed.
  • CardSystems computer security data breach hit the news media.
    • The actual breach may have occurred some time in 2004.
    • Info on approx 40 million credit cards transactions were improperly exposed.
    • A file of 200 thousand of them got copied by hacker(s).
  • SANS annual conferenc June 20-25 in London UK http://www.sans.org/london2005/
  • The 2005 iSeries and AS/400 Connection Conference is June 19-22 in Naples, Fla [Info http://www.as400connection.com/]
  • Java Developer Conference June 27-30 Moscone Center, San Francisco CA http://www.java.sun.com/javaone/sf/
    • not neccessarily anything 400 specific here

2005 July

  • IBM iSeries High Availability CIO Fly-in on July 20th which will complete by 3:30pm CT and a special IBM-hosted dinner on the evening of July 19th ... contact your iSeries rep for more details. You could ask Al Mac to forward more info.
  • July 26 One Day iSeries Technical Conference by Southern California OCEAN Orange County Educational Advancement Network featuring speakers
    • Bob Cozzi
    • Bob Tipton
    • Carol Woodbury
    • Paul Holm
    • Craig Pelkie
    • Al Grega

August

  • August 8-11 LinuxWorld San Francisco
    • IBM will have booth space at the conference as well as participate in Forum Day.
    • Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive for IBM Software, will deliver a keynote address titled, "Linux in the Enterprise."
    • For more IBM info on upcoming Linux Events [1]
  • August 21-26 -- Boston, Mass. - the 50th anniversary of SHARE [2]

2005 September

  • Week of Sept 5 Make IT Easy 2005 conference in Yamato, Japan [3]
  • Sept 21 South Burlington Vermont VTMUG iSeries Technical Conference ... info from [4]

COMMON

[5] has info on the COMMON 2005 Fall Conference Sept 18-22 in Orlando Florida.

Notice proximity to SSA BPCS conference.

SSA BPCS Client Forum

[6] has info on SSA Global Client Forum 2005 Sept 19-22 at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando Florida. Contact forum@ssaglobal.com for more info.

Notice proximity to COMMON conference.

October

  • Oct 17-21 IBM eServer iSeries Technical Conference Miami FL

November

December

2006

precise dates not yet on the web sites

April 2006

2007

Other Calendars

For other calendars of major events of interest to the 400 world, we might periodically check out some of the following.

Availability

Technology Conferences around the computer world, not limited to the 400

http://www.availability.com/events/

e Server User Group

http://eserverusergroup.org/ Calendar of AS/400 and iSeries events http://eserverusergroup.org/events.html

IEEE

Conferences world wide (but outside of the 400 world) of interest to the IEEE Computer Society.

http://www.computer.org/conferences/calendar.htm

IBM

IT Jungle

Full [calendar of events http://www.itjungle.com/fhm/fhm-calendar.html] such as Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings.

MAPICS User Groups

http://www.mapicsusergroup.com/Calendar.asp

Regular Meetings

See Category:UserGroups for info on groups that typically have monthly meetings, and other educational activities year round.

Meeting Schedule Formulas

Mondays

First Monday
Second Monday
Third Monday
Fourth Monday

Tuesdays

First Tuesday
Second Tuesday
Third Tuesday
  • Orange County Educational Advancement Network http://www.ocean400.org/ meets at 6 PM on the third Tuesday of the month from January through November.
Fourth Tuesday

Wednesdays

First Wednesday
Second Wednesday
Third Wednesday
Fourth Wednesday

Thursdays

First Thursday
Second Thursday
Third Thursday
Fourth Thursday

Fridays

First Friday
Second Friday
Third Friday
Fourth Friday