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Excited to announce the IBM Storage Scale User Group @ SC 2025 in St. Louis!</div>
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\U0001f4c5 When: Sunday, November 16, 2025</div>
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\U0001f558 Time: 9:00 AM \u2013 6:00 PM (CT)</div>
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\U0001f4cd Where: Westin Hotel, 811 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63102</div>
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Join us for a full day of technical deep dives, community collaboration, and insights into the future of data and AI storage solutions. Food and drinks will be provided as well as the latest in Scale System fashion!</div>
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Registration link will be out in a few weeks!</div>
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