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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We are looking for one or two users willing to be Beta participants specifically for NFS 4.1. In order to participate, your company has to be willing to sign NDAs and other
legal documents - I know that’s always a challenge for some of us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">And for complicated reasons, you need to be an end user company not a Business Partner. Sorry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If you are interested please contact Jodi Everdon - jeverdon@us.ibm.com *off-list*. If you happen to know who your IBM acct rep is and can provide that name to Jodi, that will
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">(919) 473 3318 ][ Research Triangle Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">carlz@us.ibm.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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