MC Press Online will be covering the upcoming 2011 COMMON Conference and Exposition in Minneapolis in our Industry Watch blog, so look for news on the show right here.

There will be numerous exciting announcements made during the show, which runs Sunday, May1, through Wednesday, May 4 in Minneapolis. COMMON is even streaming the Opening Session and a few other sessions live to members of the community who can't be at the show.

Two veteran writers and programmers in the IBM i industry--Jeff Olen and Bruce Vining--will be helping yours truly cover all the upcoming news.

We've been told there are now 10 press conferences scheduled, and we also will be meeting one-on-one with a number of industry newsmakers.

So watch for updates here in the Industry Watch blog!