We're about 6 weeks from CMG'09 in Dallas; now the anticipation begins. CMG'09 will culminate over one year of planning, scheduling, and executing by some hard-working volunteers and CMG Headquarters. The Program Committee's work is complete and there's an excellent conference waiting for you. See the conference agenda at http://www.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2009.pl . Once you've seen the value of CMG'09, all you need to do is register.
If you're still wondering what CMG'09 can offer, consider this: you'll find sessions on VMware, Cloud Computing, storage management, Windows Performance, z/OS, Software as a Service (SaaS), modeling, load testing....a good question to ask is what doesn't CMG offer? The answer is: very, very, little. There's not a conference anywhere that goes into the level of detail on these subjects the way CMG does.
What better place is there to network with people that you have so much in common with? CMG'09 puts us all in one place where we can discuss common problems, issues, new products, new techniques, new technologies and just about anything related to capacity and performance management.
You can round out your CMG experience by volunteering to chair a session. Helping out at the conference will increase your networking opportunities AND snag yourself a nice gift for your efforts. To select a session to chair, point your browser at: http://www.cmg.org/cgi-bin/chair.pl. You can also be a Session Monitor: http://www.cmg.org/cgi-bin/monitor.pl
A reminder: The deadline for hotel registration at the conference rate is next Wednesday, November 4th. You can register online at http://www.cmg.org/conference/cmg2009/hotel.html
So don't delay! Get ready for the best conference of its kind. You'll have a great experience.
Dave Thorn
General Chair, CMG'09
cmggc@cmg.org