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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2 weeks until the US Spring user group meeting!
<b>We have an excellent facility and we’ll be able to offer breakfast, lunch, and evening social event on site.</b>
<b>All at no charge to attendees</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Register here: </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectrum-scale-gpfs-user-group-us-spring-2019-meeting-tickets-57035376346">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectrum-scale-gpfs-user-group-us-spring-2019-meeting-tickets-57035376346</a>
(directions, locations, and suggested hotels)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Topics will include:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- User Talks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Breakout sessions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Spectrum Scale: The past, the present, the future<br>
- Accelerating AI workloads with IBM Spectrum Scale<br>
- AI ecosystem and solutions with IBM Spectrum Scale<br>
- Spectrum Scale Update<br>
- ESS Update<br>
- Support Update<br>
- Container & Cloud Update<br>
- AFM Update<br>
- High Performance Tier<br>
- Memory Consumption in Spectrum Scale<br>
- Spectrum Scale Use Cases<br>
- New storage options for Spectrum Scale<br>
- Overview - Introduction to Spectrum Scale (For Beginners)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob Oesterlin/Kristy Kallback-Rose<o:p></o:p></p>
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