Mid-Range Michiana Users Group

 Computers

The Michiana Mid-Range Users Group meets on the third Thursday of every month except December for presentations and round table discussions related to IBM System i and other mid-range systems.  Watch this page for topic and location information.



Register for the Thursday July 18th meeting

Register for the Friday June 28th MRMUG Golf Outing:
By Phone: 574-296-1404 or
By e-mail: jamanuszak@hotmail.com

There will be TWO MRMUG events in June, 2013!

WEDNESDAY June 5, 2013:
High Availability and Disaster recovery

to be presented at:

Data Realty Co-
Location Center
1440 Ignition Drive South, Ignition Park
,
South Bend IN


Please register for the Wednesday June 5th events by Monday June 3, 2013

A discussion about High Availability and Disaster Recovery will be followed by a tour of south Bend’s newest Co-Location Center.  Bring your HA/DR questions and check out this state of the art building.  You will probably see some things that you’ll want to incorporate into your computer room!

followed by:

South Bend SilverHawks Game at:
Coveleski Regional Stadium (The Cove)
501 west South Street
South Bend, IN


South Bend Silver Hawks vs. the Lake County Captains + lots of good fool = GREAT TIME!
Agenda for Wednesday, June 5th:
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm - HA/DR presentation/discussion by IBM and tour of Data Realty (Ignition Park South Bend).
6:00pm to 7:00pm - Doors open to join us in the Owners Suite at Coveleski Stadium for dinner and drinks.
7:05pm - South Bend Silver Hawks vs. the Lake County Captains. Enjoy the game from our comfortable suite.


FRIDAY June 28, 2013: 
Annual MRMUG Golf Outing


Sprig-O-Mint Golf Course
9425 US Hwy 6
Bremen, IN 46506


Please register for the MRMUG Golf Outing by 5PM June 26:

By Phone:
574-296-1404 or
By e-mail: jamanuszak@hotmail.com


Cost:  $45 per person  (pay at the Golf Outing)


Price includes lunch, 18 holes of golf, golf cart-1 per foursome, refreshments

Agenda:


12:00  Lunch  (Hamburgers, Chicken, Brats, etc,)
12:48  Tee-time  (teams will be paired at the course at 12:35)
  4:15  Putting Contest



Upcoming Meetings and Events!!

Thursday July 18, 2013:
John Niemier, IBM – Big Fix – Tivoli EP Manager. 
 
Please register for this meeting by noon on July 17.

See the Archives for topics and presentation downloads for past meetings.


The results of the MRMUG Topics Survey are listed below in the order of popularity.

(February 2013) Wireless - Whats new in wireless infrastructure and data collection?
(March 2013) Version 7 - What is the value? What do i get? and what is it going to cost me to not leave V5R4?
Rational Application Developer (Modanization - Webservices)
(May 2013) Cloud - Definition and the relevence to me..
Power7 and 7+ updates
(April 2013) Analytics (BI, Big Data,data warehousing)
Storage Technology - Whats New
Back-up Technology
Application Integration - Cloud, ETL, Cast Iron
COMMON - What do we have in COMMON and what does it get us?
IT Roundtable with predefined topics
Storage News - Breaking News, hierarchical storage, Solid State
Social Media - How it relates to IT and how we sould use it (Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter)
Visualization

Field Trip to a South Bend Colocation Center

(
July 2013) Big Fix - Tivoli EP Manager

Look forward to seeing these topics at our meetings this year.  We'll try to present them in the order of popularity as best we can based on speaker availability.

Getting qualified speakers is not easy, please support MRMUG with your attendance so we can continue to provide speakers for topic that interest you. 


MRMUG Membership

  • Corporate Membership (unlimited)    $50 per year
  • Individual Membership                     $20 per year

If you would like to join MRMUG, send an e-mail with your name, company name, and contact information to one of the following board members, or just sign up for a meeting and show up!

Stephanie Thomas          sdthoma@us.ibm.com
Craig Nelson                   cnelson@ciber.com
Jim Manuszak                JAManuszak@hotmail.com
Kathy Rogina                  Krogina@asaelectronics.com

Vicki Pawloski                vpawloski@ciber.com


MRMUG is a member of COMMON so you can get the benefits of a COMMON membership by joining.