(july 8, 2002) - ibm denmark, along with websphere users and consultants, established the gse nordic websphere user group in the summer 2000. the idea was to establish a danish user group, but very quickly the steering committee decided to expand it to a nordic group. this would create a larger community and make it easier to attract speakers.
another driver behind the decision was the tradition in this region to establish user groups under the guide share europe (gse) umbrella (cics, db2, mqseries, etc). the goal of the user group is to share knowledge and bring together users of the websphere family of products. the target audience is developers, technicians, and architects. one of the keys to being a gse group is the motto "give and take". this means that many of our speakers must be websphere users telling their stories and sharing their experiences with others.
our first conference took place in january 2001. ibm denmark hosted the one-day meeting, which featured speakers from sweden, finland, norway, denmark, and ibm. the 150 participants enjoyed a packed day and the steering committee got a lot of positive feedback.
with that success in mind, we began planning the next conference. we decided on a three-day conference ... 下一页