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| Tuesday - March 4,
2003 |
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| Tutorials |
0700-0900 |
Registration/Continental Breakfast |
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Server Blade Tutorial |
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| 0830-1200 |
Organizer: Chris Hipp, Independent Consultant |
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| Special Opening Lecture: Paul
Miller, Hewlett Packard, "Blade Ecosystem Evolution" |
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| Craig Wassenberg, RLX Technologies "Why incorporate Blade Servers into My Overall
Strategies" |
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| Markus Leberecht, Force Computers, ”Blade Components for High-Availability Systems” |
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| John Bigelow, F5 Networks, "Best
Practices Deployment with Application Traffic Management" |
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| Rob Davis, Qlogic, "Storage Challenges for
Blade Servers" |
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Allen Light, Broadcom,"Challenges in Gigabit
Ethernet-Based Blade Server Architectures" |
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| 1000-1030 |
Break |
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| 1030-1200 |
Server Blade Tutorial (continued) |
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| 1330-1700 |
Server Blade Tutorial (continued) |
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| 1500-1530 |
Break |
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| Issues Roundtable |
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Issues Roundtable on Server Blade Management |
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| 1700-1900 |
Chairperson John Abott, The 451.com |
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| Thomas Deng, OSA Technologies |
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| Chandra Venkatraman, Raritan Computer |
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| Vijay Manwani, BladeLogic |
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| Mark Verdun, PlateSpin, “Server
Blades: The Management Gap” |
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| Jagadish Bandhole, Jareva Technologies, “Role of Blade Servers in Next-Gen. Data Centers” |
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| John Pineta, IBM |
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| Billy Cox, HP |
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| Joseph Wei, Amphus |
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| Doug Ingraham, Cisco Systems |
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| Duncan Hill, Think Dynamics |
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| Tim Howes, Opsware |
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| Birds
of a Feather |
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Birds-of-a-Feather Session - Server Blade Standards |
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| 1900-2100 |
Chairperson: Tom Burniece, IN_fusion |
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| Stephen Hauser, Paceline Systems, “InfiniBand Is Not Just a Networking Technology” |
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| Greg Whelan, StarGen |
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| Pete Holmes, Intel |
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| Chris Eddington, Mellanox Technologies |
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| Joaquin Ruiz, Sistina Software, “Linux:Knocking on the Door of the Data Center" |
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| Jim Medeiros, Performance Technologies |
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| Larry Chisvin, PLX Technology, “PCI Express” |
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| Wednesday - March
5, 2003 |
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| Sessions 101 & 102 |
0700-0900 |
Registration/Continental Breakfast |
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Session 101 – Hardware |
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| 0830-1000 |
Chairperson: Sudhukar Muddu, Independent Consultant |
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| Albert Mu, Wistron, “Unite
Cache, Server, Switch & Storage onto Breakthrough Blade Technology" |
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| Mark Lee, OSA
Technologies, “Blade
Server Building Blocks” |
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| Markus Leberecht, Force Computers, ”Commoditized Blade Hardware” |
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| Kimball Brown, ServerWorks, “Blade
System Architecture” |
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| Todd Cox, HP |
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| Edmund Ku, Amphus, "System Management
Architecture for Blade Servers" |
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| 0830-1000
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Session 102 – Storage Issues |
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| 0830-1000 |
Chairperson: Tom Coughlin, Coughlin
Associates |
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| Bill Huber, StoneFly Networks |
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| Rob Davis, QLogic |
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| Andy Hospodor, CoroSoft Inc. |
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| Joe Gervais, Alacritech |
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| Alan Fitzgerald, Adtron |
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| Glen Clowney, Adaptec |
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| Dale Eichel, StorageTek |
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| 1000-1015 |
Break |
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| Keynote |
1015-1115 |
Keynote: Tom Bradicich, IBM
"Seven Benefits of Blade Architectures" |
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| Conference
Chairperson/Introducer: Rick Merritt, EE Times |
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| Industry Address |
1115-1200 |
Special Address: Anil
Vasudeva IMEX Research "Blade Servers -The State-of-the-Industry" |
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| Conference
Chairperson/Introducer: Rick Merritt, EE Times |
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1200-1330
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Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
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| 1200-1800 |
Exhibits Open |
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| Sessions 103 & 104 |
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Session 103 – Software |
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| 1330-1500 |
Chairperson: Mike Gluck, IN_fusion |
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| Krish Ramakrishnan, Topspin Commun., “Server Virtualization - The New Data Center” |
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| Vijay Manwani, BladeLogic, “Systems
Mgmt: From Monitoring to Configuration Mgmt” |
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| Shel Travis, MigraTec, “Migrating
Applications to Linux on Blade Servers” |
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| John Bigelow, F5 Networks, "Migrating
Applications to Blade Servers" |
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| Glint Borokas, Venturecom,"Diskless
Server Blade Architectures using Microsoft Win2000, XP & .NET" |
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| Duncan Hill, Think Dynamics, "Next Generation
Data Center" |
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Session 104 – Applications |
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| 1330-1500 |
Chairperson: Chris Hipp, Independent
Consultant |
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| Scott Ruple, Coalsere, “Performance
Blades in Financial Applications” |
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| Bruce Talley, CoroSoft, “Application
Management for Enterprise Data Centers” |
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| Kishan Jainandunsing, PFU Systems, “High
Density Blade Arch for Industrial Applications” |
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| Dave Roberts, Inkra Networks, "The New Data Center- Making Sense of Grids, Blades
& Virtual Services” |
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| Brad Jung, Resonate "Application
Performance Management for Today's Blade Technology" |
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Dennis Carlson, Unisys "Slot Appliances for Enterprise
Applications" |
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Arun Jain, Voltaire "High End Applications on Blades
- Is It Possible" |
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| 1500-1545 |
Coffee Break |
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| Sessions 105 & 106 |
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Session 105 – Security Panel |
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| 1545-1715 |
Chairperson:George Tyler, Coalsere |
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| Panu Wilska, Stonesoft |
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| Chet Heath, Omnicluster Technologies |
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| Brian Fraizer, V-ONE |
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| Guang Rong, Sun Microsystems |
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Session 106 – Interfaces Panel |
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| 1545-1715 |
Chairperson: Tom Burniece, IN_fusion |
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| Rob Davis, QLogic (Fibre Channel) |
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| Greg Whelan, StarGen (StarFabric) |
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| Kevin Deierling, Mellanox Technologies (Infiniband) |
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| Larry Chisvin, PLX Technology (PCI Express) |
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| Allen Light, Broadcom (PCIMG 3.1) |
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| Workshops |
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Workshops - TBD |
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| 1200-1300 |
Workshop A1 Managing Blades in a Heterogenous
Data Center |
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| Presenter: Lee Johns, HP |
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| 1300-1400 |
Workshop A2 Standard Interconnection for Server
Blades (PICMG 2.16) |
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| Organizer: Hank Heneghan, Performance Technologies |
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| 1400-1500 |
Workshop A3 Data Center Applications: Attack of
the Killer Blades |
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| Chairperson: John Humphreys, IDC |
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| Panelists: Michael Callahan, PolyServe |
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| Barry Sinclair, HP |
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| Rob Sauerwalt, IBM |
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| Ross Schibler, Topspin Communications |
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| 1500-1600 |
Workshop A4. XML Technology for Unified Services
Mgmt |
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| Presenter: Nino Vidovic, UXCOMM |
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| 1600-1700 |
Workshop A5 Supercomputing
in Small Spaces |
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| Presenter: Wu-chun Feng, LANL |
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| 1600-1630 |
Special PCI-SIG Open Sessionon PCI-X |
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Dale Gulick, AMD |
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Ted Willke, Intel |
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Jack Regula, PLX Technology |
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| 1630-1700 |
Special PCI-SIG Open Session on PCI-Express |
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Dale Gulick, AMD |
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Ted Willke, Intel |
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Jack Regula, PLX Technology |
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| 1700-1800 |
Beer and Pizza Shootout, Sponsor: Avocent, Hosted by Server
Blade Trade Association, 451 |
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| The emerging Serverblade
Marketplace "Who will be left standing in a
year" |
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| Thursday - March 6,
2003 |
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| Sessions 201 & 202 |
0700-1000 |
Registration/Continental Breakfast |
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Session 201 – Implementation Issues
(Performance, ROI, Strategy) |
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| 1000-1130 |
Chair: Mark Melenovsky, IDC |
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| Chandra Venkatraman, Arula Systems, "Console & Remote Console Access in Server Blades" |
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| John Mehaffey, MontaVista SW, “Issues in Implementing Linux for Blade Server Apps” |
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| Chet Heath, OmniCluster , “Implementing Appliance Blades Throughout the Data Center” |
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| Todd Matters, Infinicon Systems "Scaling I/O for Optimal Server Blade Configurations" |
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| Donald Davison, Avocent Digital Desktops."Leveraging Blade Computers as Back-Racked PCs" |
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Session 202 - High-Availability Systems |
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| 1000-1130 |
Chair: Mike Gluck, IN_fusion |
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| Hank Heneghan, Performance Technologies, "TBD" |
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| Bernie Wu, FalconStor Software, "TBD" |
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| Eric Thorson, GoAhead Software,”Carrier-Grade Availability for Web Services
Infrastructure" |
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| Alan Deikman, ZNYX Networks, “IP Transparent Failover: High Availability Done Right” |
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| David Dale, Network Appliance, “Fabric Attached Storage” |
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1100-1400 |
Exhibits Open |
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| 1130-1300 |
Lunch |
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| Session 203 |
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Session 203 – Wrap-Up/Market Analysis - The Future of Server
Blades |
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| 1300-1400 |
Chairperson: Jim Porter, DiskTrend |
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| Kimball Brown, ServerWorks |
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| Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates |
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| Mark Melenovsky, IDC |
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| Anil Vasudeva, IMEX Research |
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| John Abott, The 451.com |
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| Open Tutorials |
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Special Open Tutorials |
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| 1400-1600 |
OT1 Hi-Perf Open
Architecture for Blade-Based Carrier Applications |
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| Organizer: Pete Holmes, Intel |
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| Instructors: Mark Overgaard, Pigeon Point Systems, "Management Facilities for Advanced TCA" |
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| Jim Kennedy, Intel, "ATCA Fabrics" |
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| Alan Deikman, ZNYX Networks, "ATCA Switches" |
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| Pete Holmes, Intel, "ATCA
Form Factor and Packaging" |
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| Mark Leberecht, Force Computers, "Advanced TCA Blades - More than Servers" |
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| OT2 PCI-X2.0
Applications in Server Blades |
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| Instructor: TBD, ServerWorks |
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| Workshops |
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Workshops - B Series |
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| 1100-1200 |
Workshop B1. 10Gb/s
Server/Communication Blade Standard (PICMG 3.2) |
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| Moderator: Steve Berry,
Electronic Trend Publications |
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| Chris Eddington, Mellanox Technologies |
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| Stu Aaron, Topspin Communications |
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| Tom Simons, Sun Microsystems |
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| Jim Pappas, Intel |
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| 1200-1300 |
Workshop B2 Future of DataCenter Computing |
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| Bill Stout, eGenera |
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| 1300-1400 |
Workshop B3 Small Form Factor Disk Drives for
Blade Servers |
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Presenters: Linus Wong, Adaptec, "Serial Attached SCSI as a future I/O Technology" |
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Mike Chenery, Fujitsu, "Small Form Factor Disk
Drives" |
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