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September 2007 Global PowerAIX Community Newsletter
Greetings!
Welcome to the Global PowerAIX Community Newsletter. The newsletter is available to all registered members of the PowerAIX Community.

The Global PowerAIX Community consists of a network of local and global collaborative activities related to the use of the IBM Power and AIX 6 products and related issues. Through local based User Groups (UGs) throughout the world and a global on-line community, members are constantly endorsing, evaluating, learning and communicating experiences, ideas as well as technical and business expertise - about Power and AIX 5L products, tools, and solutions to help solve business problems. Learn more . . .

User Group News
 

So far in 2007 the community is continuing to grow at a tremendous rate. Since January 1st the number of registered members has doubled to over 1600 members, and the number of user groups has increased 40% totaling 35 user groups from all around the world.

Cheers to the following user groups whose memberships are growing the fastest:

We welcome the following User Group:

PowerAIX.org
 

Forums

Register with the Global PowerAIX Community Forum
This is an opportunity to share your expertise with members and visitors by posting or answering questions on the Community forum. In addition we are looking for members to help kick off the forum topics by becoming moderators, if you're interested please send us an email.- info@powerAIX.org

PowerAIX Poll

August 2007 Poll Results
Are you considering a move to the POWER6 architecture in the next 6 months?

    Yes 49%

    No 51%
Click here to take this month's poll, and click here to suggest a future poll question.

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:

Tips and Tricks
 

New IBM Redbooks

IBM has recently published a number of new Redbooks relating to Power and AIX.
    AIX6 Advanced Security Features
    Intro to Workload Partition Mgt in AIX6
    HMC v7 Handbook
    Sys-p APV Best Practices
    Implementing InfiniBand on Sys-p
    DS3000 Intro & Implementation Guide
To see these and other related Redbooks, click here

Performance Management for System p
Performance Management for System p (PM for System p) provides a powerful capability to help you more easily plan for and manage the growth and performance of your IBM System p using AIX. PM for System p is designed to help you discover potential performance and capacity management problems. Read more

Oracle 9i and 10g on IBM AIX5L: Tips and Considerations

Oracle DB and RAC 10gR2 on IBM AIX 5L: Tips and Considerations

IBM NEWS
 
Offers
 

IBM System p Test Drive
The long-awaited web-based p510 & p520 trial program for customers is now available. Customers can request a 60-day trial of up to five machines with no obligation to buy:

AIX 6 Open Beta

Download free/trial software

AIX Upgrade Center

Current promotions/offerings

Sponsor
 

FutureTech Enterprise, Inc.
Since 1996, Future Tech Enterprise, Inc. has served as a leading technology solutions provider, helping organizations across all industries, including Fortune 1000 companies, optimize technology to improve their business. Their Value Added Reseller Services include a 60,000 sq. ft logistics and configuration center, disaster-proof Business Continuity Center for hosted backup and recovery, 24x7x365 help desk/call center, network monitoring services, and a state-of- the-art Technology Solutions Center showcasing the latest solutions available from today's leading manufacturers. Future Tech is involved in many noteworthy community based charitable activities including the Bob Venero Children's Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the welfare, health and happiness of children.  Ken Milberg, PMP, works for the Premier IBM Business Partner (Future Tech) and is also an IBM Systems p Certified Advanced Technical Expert, as well as a Technical Editor/writer at IBM Systems Magazine (Open Edition) and a frequent contributor to IBM Developerworks.


 

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