David Rivard currently serves as z System Channel and Product Manager for SSH Communications Security. As with many of today's top mainframe experts and professionals, he is a longtime industry veteran and proud of it.

There are a myriad of considerations that must be taken into account when choosing a venue for a SHARE event. However, they break down into five major categories. SHARE Director Marty Zimelis explores each of these considerations.

This story begins with a suggestion from IBM’s John Ehrman at the summer SHARE meeting in 2000. John “owned” the High-Level Assembler program (HLASM) at IBM, and he was always looking for ways to share his knowledge and enjoyment of assembler language with others.