As you may have heard, I recently announced that I'm leaving IBM and I'm off to a new opportunity. When I first joined IBM in 2000, I never dreamed that I'd be here for 17 years! But IBM has nurtured me, supported me, enabled me, and has helped me become the person I am today, and for that I'm eternally grateful. I've worked with some of the brightest people in the industry, and learned so much from them!

Today's community meeting was a little bit different than usual, and for good reason. The Penumbra group, who are a consortium of some of the largest and well known IBM Business Partners in the ICS community, are launching a new webcast/town hall series aimed at helping the community to understand the current and future status of IBM products from both a technical and strategic perspective, as well as how other technologies can be used to complement IBM's portfolio.

Are you an IBM Connections expert, or do you know someone who is? We are looking for residents for an upcoming IBM Redbooks residency. Details are here.