In support of users

SHARE Inc. is an IBM users' group; it is a non-profit international organization whose members are organizations which make use of large-scale IBM computing systems. Today, in its 20th year, SHARE's members number almost 1300 installations spread over six continents. Computing personnel from these member installations meet at two major and two interim SHARE conferences each year. The participants at these conferences (called SHAREs) discuss common problems, exchange ideas and solutions to problems, and attempt to influence the directions IBM takes in its technological and business decisions.

The two major SHARE conferences each year are attended by several thousand people from the member installations. The computing interests of these individuals and the installations they represent encompass the entire spectrum of the computing environment. SHARE offers its members a forum in which to pursue and expand personal, professional, and installation objectives through interaction with others. Its stated purpose is to foster the research, development, exchange, and public dissemination of information and techniques pertinent to computing technology, in the best scientific tradition.