Description:
Group owner: Sriram Jayasundar
Group moderators: Dustin Amrhein and Nitan Gaur
Group Detail: Austin WebSphere User group continues to reach out and support the Austin WebSphere community with presentations on developing and administering applications on the WebSphere family of products.
Description:
Belgian WebSphere User Group
Contact: [ Eric Lutringer ]
Cities covered: Brussels
Group Detail: The Belgian Websphere User group started in December 2001. Several companies from financial, telecommunication, distribution and services sectors are participating. The idea is to have a place to share our experiences with WebSphere, how everyone has implemented it, what are the problems.
The user group is also an opportunity for feedback to IBM.
We want your ideas for and feedback on meetings, meeting sponsors and locations. We grow through your participation.
IBM contact: Eric Lutringer
IBM email: eric_lutringer@be.ibm.com
Description:
Group owner: Dan Colonnese
Cities covered: Greater Boston Area
Group Detail: Welcome to the WebSphere User Group in Boston. This group will focus on common issues, experiences, best practices and new developments around the WebSphere platform. Please join us and do invite others who may be interested in participating, presenting and attending.
Description:
Group owner: David Marques
Group liaison: Matt King
Cities covered: Tampa Bay, Orlando, Lakeland, Melbourne
Group Detail: Our group is made up of IT professionals who are located in the Central Florida area, which includes Tampa Bay, Orlando, Lakeland, Lake Mary, Melbourne, DeLand, Deltona, Daytona, Crescent City, etc. The purpose of our group is to gain more proficiency in the use of WebSphere through educational presentations, networking, and mentored group discussions.
Description:
Group Owner: Darnley Etienne
Group Contact: Richard Niles
Cities covered: Dublin and Columbus
Group Detail: Welcome to the Central Ohio WebSphere user group site! The primary focus of this site is to foster a community full of enthusiastic Administrators, Engineers, and Developers.
Our common goal is to drive the implementation of solid solutions.
Join TODAY!
Your feedback is always welcome - email me anytime!
Announcement:
We are pleased to announce that Rich Niles will take over the COWUG as the IBM liason.
Description:
Charlotte WebSphere User Group (CWUG)
Contact: [ Ying Ding ] [ Meghal Jatakia ] [ kishor phadnis ]
Cities covered: Charlotte
Group Detail: The Charlotte WebSphere User Group is comprised of local companies and individuals interested in learning more about the WebSphere platform.
We are WebSphere users focusing on knowledge-based sharing between members.
Announcement:
Please contact me if you are interested in joining our User Group and participating!
New WebSphere Articles: http://www.websphereadvisor.com. Please send your feedback or comments to ying.ding@bankofamerica.com.
IBM contact:
IBM email:
Upcoming / Most Recent Meetings:
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Meeting Date: Sep 10th, 2009
Meeting time: 11 AM - 2 PM EST
Meeting location: Bridgeline - 888-440-1195 pc=636043 3rd floor conference room Carillon Building 227 West Trade Street, 3rd Floor Conference Center Charlotte, NC 28202
Meeting topic: WebSphere Cloudburst, Presentation & Demo
Agenda: 11 - 11:15 - Introductions
11:15 - 12:00 WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance and WAS Hypervisor Edition Overview
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch and Networking Break
12:45 - 1:30 Live demonstration of WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance
1:30 - 2:00 - Q & A
Directions:
Summary: A technical overview of technical capabilities of WebSphere CloudBurst , architecture, and
a live demonstration
Additional information: Speakers
Brad Buff is the Worldwide Sales Manager for WebSphere Application Infrastructure, based in the Research Triangle Park, NC. His 28-year career at IBM has spanned a wide variety of business and technical disciplines. Brad's early career was in IBM Finance and Pricing. In the early 1990's, he was responsible for the development of bridging technology in the IBM Router products, before moving into brand management for IBM's TCP/IP products and Host On-Demand. Since 1998, Brad has been on the Worldwide WebSphere Sales team, focusing on Host Integration and Enterprise Transformation before moving to Application Infrastructure in 2006.
Dan Jemiolo is the release engineer for WebSphere CloudBurst and has worked on the product's development team since its inception. He has worked at IBM for five years and his previous work includes WebSphere sMash and AJAX-oriented development tools. Dan currently lives in Chapel Hill, NC.
Description:
Cities covered: Naperville, Oakbrook, Schaumburg, Lombard
Group Detail: Chicago NW Suburb WUG focuses on the WebSphere and open source developers. We welcome the exchange of ideas and contributions to these communities.
Description:
Contact: Michael Adams
Cities covered: Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland
Group Detail: The Cleveland WebSphere User Group was created to promote and facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge between Websphere users. Through regularly scheduled group meetings, we hope to create a community atmosphere where users can share their experience and lessons learned. Through IBM and partners, we invite technical experts who can make presentations on Websphere topics of interest. We hope to influence future versions of Websphere by contributing our collective comments to IBM.
Description:
Detroit WebSphere User Group
Contact: [ Krista Valentine ]
Cities covered: Detroit, Troy/Southfield and all of SE Michigan
Group Detail: We are the Southeast Michigan WebSphere Users group. Our first meeting was in Nov 2001. We have over 1000 members currently. Our members come from around the metro Detroit area with vast experiences in WAS and developing J2EE applications. Our large WAS Customer base in the Detroit area allows us to have distinguished speakers from all levels of IBM and Partners. Our meetings are located at the IBM Building in Southfield.
Announcement:
Membership to this WUG allows you to get free IBM Certification Testing for the WebSphere Product family. More information is found on www.websphere.org.
Come and see for yourself!
Detroit WUG Leader: Krista Valentine
Email: kvalentine@open-logix.com
IBM contact: Ron Pepper
IBM email: rpepper@us.ibm.com