Some important things are about to happen, and I'm hoping you're getting ready for them.
Of course, as you'll recall from previous blogs I've written, I'm a big fan of SHARE, which happens twice a year. And, the next SHARE is coming up in the second week of August - I'll be there, and I hope to see you there too.
There's something else that's even bigger for me coming up in November, however.
Every 18 months (or sesquiannually if you prefer), CA puts on the biggest mainframe ISV user conference in the world: CA World! Of course, it's about more than just mainframe - it's about everything we do, and while over half of our revenue still comes from the mainframe, we have some outstanding distributed offerings, too. (Incidentally, over half of our distributed revenue comes from mainframe customers - namely, the biggest and most important organizations on earth!)
None of which changes the fact that the presence of the mainframe at this CA World is going to be the biggest, best and most visible part of the conference!
Not only will there be a multitude of mainframe sessions, including free pre-conference mainframe education. Not only will there be many of CA's top mainframe technologists available to talk shop with you, tell you about where our products are at and going next, and listen to your input about how to make them even better. Not only will we be the first thing you see when you enter the Exhibition Center and the most prevalent presence throughout the show. Not only will we have events and articles in such places as the CA World Today newsletter. Best of all, I'll get to be there and have a chance to meet with everyone that I normally only connect with electronically, including customers, colleagues, coworkers, and hopefully yourself as well.
To find out more, and register for CA World '08 (which is being held at the Venetian Congress and Sands Expo in Las Vegas from November 16-20, 2008 with the free pre-conference education on the 15th and 16th), go to http://caworld.com/.
Hope to see you there!