All-Star Advisory Board Announced For Next Generation Data Center Conference & Expo.FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows and events around the globe, has announced the appointment of 11 distinguished executives to the Next Generation Data Center Conference & Expo[TM] (NGDC NGDC National Geophysical Data Center NGDC Natural Gas Distribution Company [TM]) Advisory Board, representing companies including Capgemini, Network World, Nemertes Research Nemertes Research is an independent research firm that specializes in assessing the business value of emerging technology. Pronounced ("nuh MER teez"), the company is named for the sea goddess Nemertes, one of fifty Nereids, sisters who lived with their sea-god father Nereus , Oracle, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and others. NGDC is scheduled to debut August 6-9, 2007 at the Moscone Convention Center, 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 , CA. The event focuses on new technologies and their impact on the data center, covering mission-critical applications and the technology supporting those applications including storage, servers, networking and communications. "Infrastructure is a key topic again as it becomes increasingly clear that the technologies, from SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. to Web 2.0, as well as new capabilities, such as virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. , for existing technologies are both driving necessary change as well as highly desirable new functionality," said Andy Mulholland, Global Chief Technology Office, Capgemini. "We talk about the data center of the future as a term but we need to know more, and this event comes at the right time to help." "Today's IT professionals face many challenges as they architect IT infrastructures to support the dynamic and changing needs of business. As an organization dedicated to working throughout the industry to accelerate adoption of grid and next generation distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. technologies, the Open Grid Forum The Open Grid Forum (OGF) is the community of users, developers, and vendors leading the global standardization effort for grid computing. It was formed in 2006 in a merger of the Global Grid Forum and the Enterprise Grid Alliance. is pleased to be participating in the NGDC event," said Mark Linesch, President, Open Grid Forum and NGDC Advisory Board Member. "We believe grids, along with related technologies such as virtualization, automation and service orientation are poised to deliver a more flexible and cost-effective IT infrastructure and are excited to play a role in raising worldwide awareness of enterprise grid requirements, best practices and standards adoption." Members of the Advisory Board include: * Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Senior Vice President and Founding Partner, Nemertes Research * Mike Bernhardt, Vice President & GM, Tabor Marketing Services * Cheryl Donninger, R&D Director, SAS Institute * William Fellows, Principal Analyst, The 451 Group * John Gallant, President & Editorial Director, Network World * Mark Linesch, President, Open Grid Forum * Peter McCaffrey, Program Director, IBM Virtualization Solutions * Andy Mulholland, Global Chief Technology Officer, Capgemini * Dave Pearson, VP of Architecture, Oracle * Don Tennant, Editor in Chief, Computerworld * Vernon Turner, GVP GVP Genesys Voice Platform GVP General Voters Party (Fiji) GVP Gasoline Vapor Pressure GVP Global Vision for Peace GVP Global Visualization Process & GM, Enterprise Systems, IDC NGDC is targeted to data center professionals ranging from IT architects to system administrators, seeking the right products and services to add to their end-to-end solutions as they adapt to ever increasing needs for flexibility, scalability and performance. 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