The Pacific Midrange Systems Association is a nonprofit organization comprised of IT professionals in Seattle and the surrounding Puget Sound region working with the IBM i family of integrated application servers. Our mission is twofold:

• provide an education & networking forum for our members
• promote the iSeries in IT environments

Our mission is achieved primarily through sponsorship of a well attended monthly luncheon meeting held on the second Thursday of each month (excepting July and August.)

We are a Local User Group member of COMMON, which allows our members to attend COMMON Conferences and Expos. More about COMMON.

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Next Meeting - June 10, 2010

"IBM i 7.1 (with a nod to version 6 too!): Focus on DB2 for i "

Earlier this month IBM announced a new version of its IBM i (a.k.a., i5/OS, OS/400) operating system, including its core element, DB2 for i. DB2 for i 7.1 includes significant new XML integration, an improved SQL Query Engine, and other enhancements that provide performance, programmer productivity, and ease of use benefits. More...