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Thursday, February 4, 2010. sign up now

User Experience At The IBM Bladecenter

A Tri-UPA Community Event

Mark Molander, User Experience Architect for IBM System x and BladeCenter, will overview how usability and user experience have been supported and implemented in IBM's BladeCenter line of servers. He and the usability team will discuss the various methods, UI designs, and user evaluations they have done since it's first concepts, initially driven by hardware human factors over 10 years ago. There have been many usability success stories, interesting situations and findings, and a lot of major challenges along the way. All user touchpoints of the user experience, such as hardware, software, information, web, etc. will be addressed.

When: 6:00pm - 8:00 pm — Thursday, February 4, 2009
Where: IBM - RTP
Recreation Center - Building 400
Intersection of Davis Drive and Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Cost: $5 to cover your food for this event. We will have a nice selection of meat and vegetarian subs, drinks, and chips.

How: Space is limited and registration required, so sign up now!
(if you're a TriUPA member, be sure to click "Login to Register" once you get to the signup page)

About the Tri-UPA Community Event Series
This is the fourth in a series of six community events. Tri-UPA Community Events are designed to highlight local companies, organizations, and individuals who are making significant contributions to the practice and research of human factors, usability, ergonomics, and related fields.

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