Team thinkASG executed the first Southern California POWER7 announcement event, on February 16, 2010 in their Irvine office. Clients interested to learn about the world changing POWER7 architecture followed the thinkASG signs to the office and knew they had arrived when greeted by smiling faces in black and red polo shirts at the facility marked by the big “7″ balloons. Curiosity was peeked early by the IBM Wall Street Journal ads and the hints to the amazing price / performance enhancements of the latest generation of the IBM Power Server line. IT folks from across So Cal joined us, representing diverse industries including life sciences, automotive, manufacturing, distribution and services, all intrigued to get the latest updates. After a reception, the attendees segmented to AIX / Linux or System i breakouts where the thinkASG POWER7 Analysts presented the announcement in great detail. 
John Engel made sure our legacy pSeries folks and new Linux converts understood how this new announcement put to rest any performance comparison to Sun and any roadmap from HP-UX.
Rod Davis spent time with our iSeries die hards discussing how, with this announcement, the iSeries community had the initial investment levels of an open system and the systems management efficiency we all know to appreciate in this line. After the breakouts, the entire group convened to debrief, gather their special gift (tequila ‘Sun’set!) and participate in our special giveaway drawing of a Lenovo Netbook. Congrats to Vashdev @ Mazda for being the lucky winner!
The thinkASG Team thanks our clients and partners
for participating and enjoying this exciting news with us!
IBM Specialists were present and at the ready to offer technical assistance during the sessions
The thinkASG team was ready and available for any question that should arise
Our System P clients joined their thinkASG professional services engineers to review the merits of this fantastic release
thinkASG relationship managers and presales architects were at the ready to help clients apply the new offerings to their business needs
thinkASG and IBM, Febuary 9 announcement, February 16 event, "tequila Sunset"
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