ADVISORY/Penguin Computing Inc. Chairman and CEO Sam Ockman to Present at the ING Barings iAppliances Conference.News/Assignment Editors ING Barings iAppliances Conference ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Dec. 12) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Who: Sam Ockman, founder, chairman 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. of San Francisco-based Penguin Computing Inc., leading provider of reliable Linux systems for Internet serving. What: Ockman will deliver a presentation at the ING Barings iAppliances Conference in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Increasingly, Penguin Computing products have taken on many of the characteristics attributed to "appliances" -- strong price/performance ratio In economics and engineering, the price/performance ratio refers to a product's ability to deliver performance, of any sort, for its price. For instance, if you have a whole day to travel 100 km, spending $50 to do the journey in two hours is a better price/performance ratio than , steadily improving ease of management and configuration, and dedicated design for function. Although appliance-like in many aspects, Penguin Computing servers differ from appliances in that they provide a high degree of flexibility and customizability for high-volume, mission critical Internet applications.
Where: The Plaza Hotel
Fifth Avenue and Central Park South
New York NY.
When: 2:00 p.m. EDT, Dec. 12, 2000
About the ING Barings iAppliances Conference: This one-day conference will focus exclusively on the world of information appliances See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. ("iAppliances") and surrounding technologies. Attracting institutional investors Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. , ING Barings iAppliance Conference will offer attendees a platform to hear about and understand the directions vendors are taking to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. emerging trends toward appliance-based computing and communications. Please see the ING Barings website for more information (http://www.ingbarings.com). About Penguin Computing: Penguin Computing Inc. (http://www.penguincomputing.com) is the leading provider of reliable Linux systems for the Internet infrastructure market (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. IDC predicts that the market for Linux servers will reach 5.7 billion by 2003, propelled by companies seeking both high reliability and cost effectiveness. Penguin Computing pursues this emerging market by providing Linux-powered servers to companies building Internet infrastructure. |
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