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IBM System z Technical Conferences: 5-9 May, Dresden DE
Andreas Wessling introduces the z10 to the students.	The IBM System z Technical Conference in partnership with GSE got off to a rousing start in Dresden on Monday, 5 May 2008, with Tom Lund, President of GSE, as opening speaker, and Jim Porell, Distinguished Engineer System z Business Development, IBM STG, delivering a strong keynote speech “The Future runs on System z”. GSE was present with an Information Desk at the Expo until the Tuesday evening, and attracted new interest in its organization. This interest was not only from established companies, but also from students from Universities in Dresden, Leipzig and Coburg, visiting on an Education Day based on the IBM Academic Initiative, led by Andreas Hermelink, designed to spread knowledge on the mainframe to upcoming IT students all over Germany. They were given an introduction to IBM and the new System z10 server by Andreas Wessling, IBM Germany, and further introduced to GSE and what it has to offer students by Dr. Michael Weiß, GSE Region Manager Germany. Visitors of the GSE Booth were also given the chance to win great prizes in GSE’s well-known prize draw, and this time the lucky winners were: - Henning Matzke of TUI InfoTec GmbH, Germany - Mark Bailey of HM Land Registry, United Kingdom
GUIDE Executive Club: 7-8 April, Porto PT
	The annual GUIDE Executive Club opened on 7 April in Porto. Mr. Robert J. Hoey, Worldwide Vice President Sales, Enterprise Systems, IBM Systems Group, gave a keynote "A focus on Creating Client Value". The event brings together industry experts and business continuity leaders to explore the strategies and tactics most needed in building continuity. Following topics were addressed: * Business Continuity – how to stay in business * IT Risk Management – best practices/solutions * Security – how to raise the bar * Everything you need to know about compliance
Tom Lund, GSE; Robert J. Hoey, IBM
IBM Websphere / Transaction & Messaging Technical Conferences: 5-9 November, Vienna AT
	The IBM WebSphere and Transaction & Messaging Technical Conferences in parnership with GSE opened in Vienna on 5 November in Vienna, with close to 900 participants.    Hannes Proyer, Chairman Technical Committee, GUIDE SHARE EUROPE, was the opening speaker along with Craig Hayman, IBM Software Group, Application and Integration Middleware Software, VP, WebSphere. The GSE Information Desk was opened during the first two days of the conference and visitors were able to enter a prize draw to win one of two iPod Shuffles. The lucky winners were: -Nikolaos Nikolaou, Bank of Greece, Greece -Igor Gustomyosov, Nvision Group, Russia
Craig Hayman, IBM; Hannes Proyer, GSE
1st European IBM/GSE Conference for zVSE/zVM and Linux on System z: 15-17 October, Böblingen DE 1st  European IBM/GSE Conference for zVSE/zVM and Linux on System z: 15-17 October, Böblingen DE
Delegates at the conference	The conference was a joint revitalization initiative for zVSE customers. It took place on 15-17 October at IBM Böblingen in Germany. The response from the market was overwhelming: There were 170 attendees from all over Europe. and a few attendees from USA and from the Far East. As a follow-up, IBM launched a worldwide press release on 19 October. Read the press release published in the New York Times. Feedback “I think the conference has enabled all the participants to understand the opportunities presented by zVSE/zVM and Linux. It’s always nice to see a group of mainframe technicians who can work together! The best thing about this conference is that it took place at all. I remember that fifteen years ago mainframe technicians had a lot of opportunity to talk with other customers and IBM technicians, but today it isn’t that simple any more. I think the right way to understand what a mainframe can do is to attend meetings of this kind between customers.” Mr. Marco Gardini, Fratelli Carli S.p.A. “The 1st European Conference on z/VSE, z/VM and Linux was a complete success. It was well worth attending because in addition to the comprehensive information that you expect from the VM/VSE conferences, you not only had the chance to get to know the IBM development teams in a personal conversation, but could share your thoughts and views with colleagues from other countries as well. What’s more, the sheer range of topics that were covered was so big – it included everything from product announcements and strategies to practical workshops – that it was virtually impossible to attend all the sessions that sounded interesting.” Mr. Lothar Stein, Director of Information Systems, BRUNATA Wärmemesser-Ges.
GGSE Management Summit "Business Innovation - Driven by IT": 08-09.10.07, Bonn DE
IBM System Storage and Storage Networking Technical Conference: 15-18 October, Montpellier FR
	The IBM System Storage and Storage Networking Symposium in parnership with GSE, took place in Montpellier (FR), 15-18 October, with over 250 participants.    Tom Lund, GUIDE SHARE EUROPE President, was the opening speaker along with Stefano Gamboni, IBM Sales & Distribution, STG Sales Manager of System Storage Italy, and Pierre Sabloniere, IBM Systems Storage TSM Technical Enablement Leader, pan IOT. There were numerous visitors to the GSE booth during the event, and they were able to enter a prize draw to win an iPod Shuffle. The happy winner was Mr. Zoltán Szakáll from Hungária Biztositó Számítástechnikai Kft.
Pierre Sabloniere IBM, Tom Lund GSE, Stefano Gamboni IBM
GSE Management Summit "Business Innovation - Driven by IT": 08-09.10.07, Bonn DE
Participants at the GSE Management Summit	The GSE Management Summit "Business Innovation - Driven by IT" was held in Bonn Germany on 8-9 October 2007.   The conference was opened by the GSE President, Tom Lund. Away from the tactical concerns of the workplace, participants can focus on strategic change management, personal productivity and the critical alignment of technology and business. Voices from the Management Summit “The GSE Management Summit in Bonn gave me a glimpse of the future of IT, which was helpful to develop and adapt a vision tailored to my own company. A lot of interesting things were said about IT as it is today as well. It provided a broad view, covered the most salient topics and went into detail when necessary,” - Dr. Joachim Altmann, Head of Application Development at GEZ. “The talks and informal conversations at the GSE Management Summit were very useful to me. In particular, I was able to get some helpful suggestions from other participants regarding my own work,” – Mr. Michael Späth, Head of Mainframe System Technique, W&W Informatik GmbH “It was valuable to meet and compare notes with workers from other enterprises, and the professional lectures at the GSE Summit have provided new impulses for future projects,” said Dr Stefan Bungert, IBM Germany Executive Staff and Innovation Leader. “The presentations at this year’s GSE Summit include important and innovative approaches for service providers and for users in enterprises,” said Walter Brenner, Professor for Information Management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, adding “I am particularly happy that GSE addressed the crucial topic of business innovation this year.”