From: bsilver@us.ibm.com To: Shalom%IBMUS@us.ibm.com Sent: 2/21/2009 4:57:29 P.M. Eastern Standard TimeSubj: Shalom for now and May you all find Happiness, Health, and Contentment... Friends, Monday marks my last day as an IBM employee. I have seen many excellent short farewell notes lately, but as you all know I have never been known for my brevity of note writing. These changes organizationally I believe are right, and are opening the door for me to explore new opportunities outside of IBM. I started as a Co-Op in college, 24 years ago, in what was a new team focused on Software sales / marketing to help drive hardware sales (at Narional Marketing Division Headquarters in Atlanta). I am ending my career focused on partner sales leadership of another new business model around software appliances (Data Power). Here we are today where change is the norm and these changes I hope will keep IBM and all of you strong for many years to come. Some of my IBM career highlights: * IBM renting ou