New IBM A/NZ Alumni

IBM has just launched a new alumni program for current and former IBMers in Australia and New Zealand.

It's part of the existing global Greater IBM Connection (http://www.ibm.com/ibm/greateribm/) network, so you can be in the global group but also stay connected locally. As a member, you will get the latest local news, be able to participate in face-to-face events and discussion forums, gain business insights, get Lenovo discounts and learn about job opportunities here and abroad.

All you need to do is register
(https://www-1.adtech.internet.ibm.com/GIBMRegistration/ARegister)
for the global site - it only takes a few minutes.
Once you've registered (or if you're already a global member), join Greater IBM – A/NZ  (https://www.ibmconnection.com/groups/greater-ibm---australia-and-new-zealand).
Just go to the "Groups" menu on the top of the screen and scroll down the list for the A/NZ Group. Once you are in there, click on “join”.

There’s also a new A/NZ LinkedIn Group (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2205546) you can join in addition to the Greater IBM – A/NZ program.

25 June 2010

John Harvey receives Order of Australia in 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours list

Congratulations to John Harvey on being appointed an Officer (AO) in the General Division for distinguished service to the information technology industry, particularly through developing partnerships with government and educational institutions, and to the community.
(Extract from Sydney Morning Herald - 14 June 2010)

18 June 2010

Graham Cormack celebrates 40 years

Graham Cormack celebrated his 40th anniversary on 9 Feb 2010 - not wedding or birthday - but anniversary of starting work at IBM in 1970. He is still working full-time at IBM Cumberland Forest. 40 years in IBM is a major achievement.
Congratulations Graham.

Feb 2010

2010 Reunion of IBMers from the 1970s

Visit the website http://exIBM.org to see what is happening in your city in support of the 2010 Reunion of people who worked for IBM in Australia/New Zealand during the 1970s. 

IBM Mainframes - 45 Years of Evolution

Jim Elliott, Consulting Sales Specialist - System z, IBM Canada, has produced a fascinating account of the evolution of IBM Mainframes over the years. It resides on his web site as a pdf document which you can download here.

To quote his summary:

• From System/360 in 1964 to today’s System z and zSeries, we have seen an evolution that has preserved customer investments in a unique way
• From OS/360 to MVS to OS/390 to z/OS, we have seen an evolution of the operating system that is core to most corporate IT environments
• From DOS/360 to VSE/ESA to z/VSE, we have seen this operating system thrive meeting the needs in smaller environments
• From CP/67 as a research project and VM/370 as a migration tool, VM has evolved to today’s z/VM as the core of IBM’s zSeries virtualization technology
• And now with Linux on System z, we have a truly open operating environment

Transition: The IBM Story

John Harvey, a fellow Quarter Century Club member, has recently published a book, "Transition - the IBM story", which traces the move of IBM from Australia's leading exporter of elaborately transformed manufactured goods in the 1990's to becoming Australia's largest exporter of IT services today.  It is a collection of chapters provided by different people on the transition IBM Australia went through from a hardware company to a services company.
John has agreed to make the book available to Quarter Century Club members at a cost of $12.50.  If you would like to order a copy, details are contained in the one-page pdf document you can download here.

5 Dec 2008

Mike Ward 45th Anniversary

On behalf of the IBM Quarter Century Club, congratulations on reaching 45 Years with IBM.
This is a truly magnificent achievement and a remarkable milestone. It is probable that you have broken a number of records, for currently Employed IBMers.

Congratulations

20 Feb 2008

Slavko Malesevic celebrates 40 years with IBM

The 23rd of April, 2008 was the 40th anniversary of the day Slavko Malesevic joined IBM.  40 years in IBM is a major achievement attained by only a few.  Congratulations Slavco.  

Maurice Bevington OAM

   
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With Maurice's passing we have lost a major connection to the establishment of the IBM Quarter Century Club.

No one will surpass Maurice's service to the QCC. He qualified for the QCC in 1966.  He attended the first ever meeting of the QCC and joined the committee created at that meeting. He stayed involved with the QCC for the next 41 years.

Maurice's contributions were many.  The most well-known being the annual weekend away.  Maurice planned the event, vetted the facilities and organised the component functions for this event for a number of years.  We still follow the format he established and it is only in the last few years that Maurice handed over the organisation into the capable hands of Connie and Clyde Lee and Geoff Nash.

Maurice had kidney problems for the last 12 months.  Prior to this period he was very active in the QCC, starring as a panellist at the QCC 40th Anniversary Annual General Meeting and receiving an award for his 40 years of service to the QCC at the 2006 Annual Dinner from the IBM ANZ CEO, Glen Boreham (pictured).

Maurice received an OAM in 2006 for his services to charities.

We will miss Maurice, his advice, guidance and experience plus his contributions to the discussions at our meetings.
We have lost a good friend and colleague as well as a connection to the IBM Quarter Century Club establishment.

RIP  Maurice.

20 Dec 2007

Australia Day Honours 2007

The following IBMers/QCC Members have been recognised in the 2007 Australia Day Honours for services to the community.  There may be others but these three have come to our attention.  If you know of others, please send an email to the webmaster.

19 Feb 2007

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