Throughout 2005 SHARE has been celebrating its 50th anniversary. A host of activities are planned for Boston to commemorate this unique achievement. Don't miss out on this golden opportunity to participate in celebrating SHARE's milestone achievement - the first of its kind for any IT professionals' organization.

A Look Back at SHARE's First 50 Years:

SHARE was founded in 1955 as a community of technology professionals that banded together to address the challenges of a rapidly growing but still-infant industry. Members sought guidance from each other and their vendors and, through exchange and collaboration, the organization evolved along with the industry. Half a century later, SHARE is the premier independent, volunteer-run association of enterprise-class IT professionals, representing more than 2,200 of IBM's top enterprise customers and 20,000 individual computing specialists.

View a timeline of SHARE's unique history.

SHARE User Group Looks Back on 50 Years with Buttons, Ditties
Mainframers are a quirky bunch, and proudly so

The March 2, 2005 Computerworld Magazine article, written by Patrick Thibodeau, discusses how SHARE began 50 years ago, celebrates its history and culture, and displays the importance of the group still to this day.

View the entire Computerworld article.

The IT Community Congratulates SHARE on 50 Years

• Attachmate Corporation
  
• Barr Systems, Inc.
  
• ConvTek, Inc.
  
• DataMirror Corporation
  
• IBM eserver Magazine
  
• In-Com Data Systems
  
• Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
  
• McDATA Corporation
  
• MVS Training, Inc.
  
• NewEra Software
  
• OpenTech Systems, Inc.
  
• Phoenix Software International
  
• SSH Communications Security
  
• T3 Technologies, Inc.