Power Systems: IBM i

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User groups and communities are an excellent way for students, educators, IT professionals, and the business community to communicate experiences, ideas, and technical expertise.

• Power Systems community forums, wikis, blogs
• IBM System i Virtual User Group
• i Society

Subscribe to IBM i newsletters and magazines

• IBM Systems Magazine

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Meet like-minded people in your area and around the world.

COMMON User Group (North America)

The COMMON User Group has formed the COMMON Education Foundation to foster the education and growth of IT professionals. as a means to reach this goal, the Foundation offers many benefits.

• COMMON Power Systems User Group
• Free scholastic memberships to faculty
• Scholarships for registration at North American conferences (Word doc 225KB)
• COMMOM tuition reimbursement for qualified students (48KB)

In addition, we have many COMMON members who will sponsor students and pay their registration fee for them. There are a limited number of sponsorships available on a first come, first served basis and the student must be enrolled in a CIS/IT program. Email us and provide the student contact information.

US Regional user groups

• OCEAN User GroupThe Orange County Educational Advancement Network, Inc., a non-profit user group in the western United States, is one of the largest and most pro-active IBM System i Midrange user groups with almost 500 members.
• OMNIChicago's largest and oldest association of computer users, they specialize in the IBM midrange platform and hold a monthly dinner meeting to share educational and practical experiences.

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