ADVISORY/Penguin Computing Inc. CEO Sam Ockman to Deliver Keynote at NetWorld + Interop Paris 2000 Trade Show.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY... for Tuesday (Nov. 7) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Who: Sam Ockman, founder, chairman and CEO of U.S.-based Penguin Computing Inc., leading provider of reliable Linux systems for Internet serving. What: Ockman will deliver a keynote speech, "Global Adoption of Linux and the Impact on the Global IT Infrastructure: the Vision, the Reality" at NetWorld + Interop Paris 2000. Ockman and Penguin Computing, the first Linux-only systems company, are leading the charge to take Linux beyond the edge of the network and into the enterprise. Where: Parc des Expositions de Paris, Porte des Versailles, Paris, France. When: 5 p.m. (local time), Nov. 7, 2000 Conference Background NetWorld + Interop Paris 2000 is France's premier networking, interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. and Internet event. Attracting serious networking professionals from France and Europe, NetWorld + Interop Paris 2000 offers executives, financial managers, sales and marketing executives, and IT professionals a platform to learn about Internet, network and telecommunications products and services. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. International Data Corp., France is Western Europe's second-largest IT market, accounting for 17.3 percent of the overall European market. The French IT market is expected to reach $54 billion by 2001. France also is the world's fourth-largest market for computer equipment. NetWorld + Interop Paris 2000 Web site: http://www.key3media.com/interop/international/2000/paris.html About Penguin Computing computing - computer Penguin Computing Inc. (http://www.penguincomputing.com) is the leading provider of reliable Linux systems for the Internet infrastructure market that includes Internet servers and enterprise-class servers. Founded in 1998 by Open Source advocate and active Linux community member Sam Ockman, Penguin Computing is based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. and is privately held. Linux, an Open Source version of UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , is increasingly popular as an operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for server computers. Industry research analysts have predicted that the market for Linux servers will reach $5.7 billion by 2003. Note to Editors: Penguin Computing is a registered trademark of Penguin Computing Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. . All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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