ADVISORY/Dr. Larry M. Augustin to Keynote at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo; Keynote to Focus on Open Source Infrastructure in the Enterprise.News/Assignment Editors and High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld 2001 Booth No. 723 ADVISORY...for Tuesday-Friday (Jan. 30 - Feb. 2) FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001 VA Linux Systems' President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Dr. Larry M. Augustin, will deliver his keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. at IDG's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a large convention center on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by architects I. M. Pei and partners. The revolutionary space frame structure was built in 1986 and named for New York Senator Jacob K. , on Thursday, February 1 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Dr. Augustin's keynote, "Clash of the Titans," will address how Open Source infrastructure is expanding market share in the enterprise. VA Linux Systems will exhibit at Booth No. 723 at LinuxWorld, featuring a preview of the VA Linux 9450 NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular -- its newest network-attached storage See NAS. solution -- as well as SourceForge OnSite, the enterprise-level collaborative development system (CDS) available from VA Linux Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . OSDN OSDN Open Source Development Network OSDN Open Source Developer Network , the Open Source Development Network, will be kicking off Linux Kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. Month across all of its web sites as part of its new Technology Month Program. OSDN is sponsoring and exhibiting in LinuxWorld's .Org Pavilion for Open Source community organizations. Additional speakers from VA Linux Systems and OSDN at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo include: Conference Sessions Session 25: Wednesday, January 31, 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. "Building Highly Available/Load Balanced Internet Sites with Linux" Thomas Schenk, Professional Services Engineer, VA Linux Systems Scott Sawyer, Professional Services Engineer, VA Linux Systems Session 26: Wednesday, January 31, 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. "Lessons Learned in Thirty Years of Computer Science" Jon "Maddog" Hall, Executive Director, Linux International Linux International, also known simply as LI, is a worldwide, non-profit association of groups, corporations and others that work towards the promotion of growth of Linux and FOSS. It is headed by Jon "maddog" Hall. External links
Session 31: Wednesday, January 31, 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. "Designer and Implementation Issues In the Business world, companies frequently set-up a connection between which they transfer data. When the connection is being set-up, it is referred to as implementation. When issues occur during this phase, they are known as implementation issues. in the Mylex PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). RAID Driver" Leonard N. Zubkoff, Chief Technical Officer, VA Linux Systems Session 46: Thursday, February 1, 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. "SourceForge" John "Tiberius" Hall, Vice President of Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , VA Linux Systems Session 56: Thursday, February 1, 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. "The Great Brain Race" Eric S. Raymond (person) Eric S. Raymond - One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. http://ccil.org/~esr. E-mail: <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> , President, Open Source Initiative Session 62: Thursday, February 1, 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. "Hardware Accelerated Image Blending, Scaling, Anti-aliased Text" Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler, Software Engineer, VA Linux Systems Session 63: Thursday, February 1, 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. "Globally Distributed Content (Using BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). to Take Over the World)" Simon Horman, Senior Software Developer, VA Linux Systems Session 55: Thursday, February 1, 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. "Building Portal Sites with mod_layout" Brian Aker, Senior Developer, OSDN Session 76: Friday, February 2, 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. "Education and the Open Source Community" Greg Sanders, Site Director, Themes.org (Panelist) Session 86: Friday, February 2, 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. "Open Source MultiMedia in the Linux OS" Frank LaMonica, Director of MultiMedia, VA Linux Systems Tutorials Tutorial HC: Tuesday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. "Linux System Administration in a Large Network Environment Part I" Michael Turner, System Manager, VA Linux Systems Tutorial HN: Tuesday, January 30, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. "Configuring and Administering Samba samba Ballroom dance of Brazilian origin, popularized in the U.S. and Europe in the 1940s. Danced to music in ⁴⁄₄ time with a syncopated rhythm, the dance is characterized by simple forward and backward steps and tilting, rocking body movements. Servers" Gerald Carter, Professional Services Engineer, VA Linux Systems/Samba Team Birds of a Feather Birds Of a Feather - (BOF) (From the saying "Birds of a feather flock together") An informal discussion group, scheduled on a conference program or formed ad hoc, to consider a specific issue or subject. Sessions Thursday, February 1, 2001, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. "Linux for the Itanium(TM) Processor Family" Don Dugger, Software Engineer, VA Linux Systems (Panelist) Feature Presentation Wednesday, January 31, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. "The Golden Penguin Bowl" Rick Moen, Senior Support Technician, VA Linux Systems (Contestant) Chris DiBona, Linux Community Evangelist, VA Linux Systems (Contestant) About VA Linux Systems VA Linux Systems is the world's Linux leader. The expert provider of Linux and Open Source solutions for the Web, VA Linux offers a single point of contact for highly customized Linux servers and storage -- featuring the industry's first Build-to-Order Software -- as well as professional consulting services and support. VA Linux Systems' mission is to make its customers successful through the use of Linux and Open Source software in Internet infrastructure and enterprise-level software development. As part of its commitment to expanding the Open Source community, VA Linux Systems operates the Open Source Development Network (OSDN). A network of the leading Internet sites for Open Source development, distribution and discussion, OSDN includes SourceForge.net, Freshmeat.net, Slashdot and Linux.com. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Fremont, California, with offices across North America, Europe and Japan, VA Linux is located on the Web at www.valinux.com. Certain statements in this press release, including statements relating to the future of Linux and Open Source software in enterprise markets and future VA Linux product releases, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different from expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, competition with, and pricing pressures from, larger, more established companies and smaller, general purpose manufacturers; the effectiveness of VA Linux's ongoing business strategy; the rate of growth and acceptance of Linux and the Open Source software development model; VA Linux's ability to successfully penetrate international Internet-related and enterprise-level computing markets; VA Linux's dependence upon an Open Source business model, independent third-party Linux developers, and its single source contract manufacturer and suppliers; market acceptance of Linux and Open Source software generally; VA Linux's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; rapid technological and market change; and the impact of rapid evolution of the Linux market on our ability to forecast demand and results. Investors should consult VA Linux's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for further information regarding these and the other risks of the Company's business. These documents are available at the SEC Website: www.sec.gov. Note: VA Linux Systems, OSDN and SourceForge are trademarks of VA Linux Systems, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks and product names are property of their respective owners. |
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