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Poweraix User Group Meeting News
The Philadelphia Power Users Group (PPUG) lead by Dave Waters Senior Systems Architect of ATS Group, had another successful meeting discussing future Power-based technologies. Joe Graham, IBM Senior IT Specialist, presented an overview of Power6 and AIX 5.4 features. Rob Jackard of the Systems Architect Advanced Technology Services Group was supporting him. There were twelve attendees out of the forty-one members. The next PPUG meeting is planned for May 15. The topic of discussion is Single-Sign on solutions using LDAP/Active Directory Servers.  The topic of interest will focus on how to overcome mismatching userids and groups across different AIX systems.

Congratulations to Rob McNelly the winner of the first poweraix.org "Best Article on Systems Administration/Performance Tips" Contest!
Rob McNelly got his first big break in 1988 when he started working with three IBM AS/400's as a computer operator. Although he still remembers OS/400 fondly, he now spends most of his time with AIX on the pSeries. He spent six years with IBM Global Services, and is now working for a large American retail organization maintaining their AIX and Linux machines. He is an RHCE and a CATE. He enjoys getting feedback from readers and can be reached at rob.mcnelly@g mail.com.

You can read Rob's winning article in the April/May issue of the Open Systems edition of the magazine.

Long Island Poweraix User Group Leader gets prolific!
Ken Milberg is the founder and group leader of the Long Island POWER-AIX users group. He is a Technology Writer and Site Expert for techtarget.com and provides Linux technical information and support at searchopensource.com. He is also a writer and technical editor for IBM Systems Magazine, Open Edition. Ken holds a bachelor's degree in computer and information science and a master's degree in technology management from the University of Maryland. Through the years, he has worked for both large and small organizations and has held diverse positions from CIO to Senior AIX Engineer. Today, he works for Future Tech, a Long Island-based IBM business partner. Ken is a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP), an IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE, IBM System p5 2006), and a Solaris Certified Network Administrator (SCNA). You can contact him at kmilberg@gma il.com.

One of his most recent articles deals with the transition from Solari to AIX. Click here to read more.

PowerAIX Poll

March 2007 Poll Results
Have your implemented Advance Power Virtualization in you IT environment?

Yes 76%
No 24%

Spreading the word!
A number of members asked if they can include a poweraix.org logo and/or link to the Community on their email signatures. The answer is yes! For those members who want to help promote the Community, we encorage you to include the following logo and/or tagline on your email signature:

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