Dozens of New Products, New Educational Opportunities on Tap for LinuxWorld San Francisco; More Than 150 Companies to Exhibit at Next Week's Open Source Gathering.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld 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 2003 FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003 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, conferences and events for technology markets, today announced that next week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R) will feature dozens of product launches from leading developers of Linux and open source solutions, as well as a full schedule of keynotes, special presentations and educational sessions designed for users of all levels and backgrounds. LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will take place at San Francisco's Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. , August 4-7, 2003. More than 150 companies will showcase Linux and open source solutions on the LinuxWorld exhibit floor. Exhibiting companies include Computer Associates, Dell, HP, 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) , Intel, Novell, Oracle, Pogo Linux, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Supermicro Computer and VERITAS, as well as dozens of smaller developers and start-ups displaying innovative new products for users of Linux and open source. Among the many exhibiting companies making news at the event are the following: Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR PTR Pointer (as used in DNS records; an address points to a name) PTR Partner PTR Painter PTR Proton Transfer Reaction PTR Pupil/Teacher Ratio PTR Public Test Realm (gaming, World of Warcraft) (booth 689) will host book signings with Bruce Perens Information Society 2005 in Tunis speaking on: "Is Free/Open Source Software the Answer?" (Richard Stallman is on Bruce's right. , Mark Sobell, Marcel Gagne and Leon Atkinson on Wednesday, August 6 from 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Aduva Inc. (booth 1766) will introduce OnStage 2.0, a suite that increases an IT department's ability to build, deploy and maintain an up-to-date, secure and reliable software environment on Linux servers, as well as SoundCheck
Avocent (booth 1373) will showcase a new SwitchView(R) KVM switch and integrated USB hub that allows users to use a single keyboard, monitor and mouse to access up to four computers and share access to multiple USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. devices. Cyclades Corporation (booth 1273) will introduce its AlterPath Manager(TM), an out-of-band network management gateway that lets users view, manage and access the console ports of servers and network nodes using one appliance. Equinox equinox (ē`kwĭnŏks), either of two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect. The vernal equinox, also known as "the first point of Aries," is the point at which the sun appears to cross the (booth 1375) will demonstrate its new ESP-2 MI that now features a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. management utility; this compact device uses a browser to simplify the configuration process of serial devices with open protocols, and now provides intuitive monitoring and administration capabilities. LinuxWorld Magazine (booth 1190), published by SYS-CON Media, will introduce its premier issue, supplying corporate IT and business leaders with the knowledge and background they seek to inform their decisions about the Linux OS. MacroImpact, Inc. (booth R3) will introduce SANique CFS CFS abbr. chronic fatigue syndrome CFS, n.pr See syndrome, chronic fatigue. CFS Chronic fatigue syndrome, see there , a journaling cluster file system for SAN-based cluster servers designed to meet commercial-grade mission-critical I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output requirements while providing 24x7 high availability and multi-way concurrent file sharing. ObjectWeb Consortium (booth .org 0) will announce JOnAS 3.2, an upgrade to its open source application server that provides an industrial-quality open source middleware solution for mission critical application developers. Parasoft (booth 150) will introduce SOAPtest 2.0 for Linux, an Automated Error Prevention tool for Web services and enterprise applications built with SOAP that performs server functional testing, load testing and client testing. StarNet Communications Corp. (booth 1282) will launch StarNetSSH, an SSH (Secure SHell) A security protocol for logging into a remote server. SSH provides an encrypted session for transferring files and executing server programs. Also serving as a secure client/server connection for applications such as database access and e-mail, SSH supports a client integrated with the X-Win32 X Windows emulator, that will speed up traffic between Windows computers and remote Linux servers by a factor of 3 to 5. Tatung (booth 162) will introduce the TUD-3114 blade server, which features 14 Intel Xeon Processor server blades, dual gigabit Ethernet switches, dual management blades and management software in a 3U chassis, all with low power consumption. VERITAS Software (booth 446) will introduce the VERITAS Cluster Server Veritas Cluster Server (also known as VCS) is a High-availability cluster software, for Unix, Linux and Microsoft Windows computer systems, created by Veritas Software (now part of Symantec). (TM) agents, which continually monitor the health of cluster resources and increase the availability of Linux enterprise environments running IBM DB2, MySQL and Oracle databases. VIA Technologies Inc. (booth 1776) will demonstrate Linux-based robots developed by SRI International, called "Centibots," which will conduct a search and rescue mission Noun 1. search and rescue mission - a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them deliverance, rescue, saving, delivery - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" for a hidden penguin doll during a special event in the Taste of Linux pavilion at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6. Xandros, Inc. (booth R10) is sponsoring a "$100,000 Giveaway" in which the first 1,012 conference attendees to register at their booth will receive a free boxed version of Xandros Desktop Deluxe, the award-winning software that leverages the performance and reliability of Linux to create a secure desktop that seamlessly integrates with existing enterprise environments. LinuxWorld Conference & Expo attendees will also experience a full schedule of keynotes, special presentations and educational sessions covering the latest developments in Linux and open source. The keynote line-up includes: -- Peter Blackmore, executive vice president - Enterprise Systems Group (ESG ESG Enterprise Strategy Group (Veritas) ESG Emergency Shelter Grant (Florida, USA) ESG Expeditionary Strike Group ESG Electronic Service Guide (used in DVB) ), HP -- Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president, Software Group, Sun Microsystems -- Matthew J. Szulik, chairman, chief executive officer and president, Red Hat -- Irving Wladawsky-Berger, general manager, e-business on demand, IBM -- Charles Rozwat, executive vice president, Server Technologies Division, Oracle The event will also feature a State of Open Source Roundtable moderated by industry luminary Larry Augustin, a partner at Azure azure /az·ure/ (azh´er) one of three metachromatic basic dyes (A, B, and C). az·ure n. Any of various dyes used in biological stains, especially for blood and nuclear staining. Capital Partners. This roundtable will feature agreements and disagreements from the perspectives of respected analysts, including representatives from D.H. Brown, IDC, Forrester Research and Gartner. The Golden Penguin Bowl will also return once again, promising to keep the crowd engaged as the Geeks and the Nerds match wits during this special presentation on the expo floor. LinuxWorld's conference program has been expanded to provide in-depth education for Linux users of all levels of expertise and from a variety of backgrounds. New elements this year include: -- The CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. Agenda, a program featuring sessions specifically designed for CIOs who need to be well-versed in the implications of Linux adoption, covering business, security, system administration, application development, and emerging technologies. -- The San Francisco debut of the Linux Financial Summit, a special line-up of sessions examining Linux and open source technology implementations and best practices among financial services institutions, featuring presentations from Sybase, IDC's Financial Insights and the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL See Linux Foundation. ). -- The all-new Hands-on Labs, which provide hands-on computer training on key applications and tools in such areas as building a portable LSB (Linux Standard Base) A standard interface (ABI) for Linux from the Linux Foundation (www.linux-foundation.org). Introduced in 2001 by the Free Standards Group, which later became the Linux Foundation, applications based on the LSB standard will run properly under application and managing a mixed Linux and Windows environment. For more information or to register for next week's event, visit www.linuxworldexpo.com. About LinuxWorld Conference & Expo LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is the premier event exclusively focused on Linux and open source solutions. As the world's most comprehensive marketplace for open source products and services, LinuxWorld provides business decision-makers with information and resources to implement Linux and open source solutions into business infrastructure and enterprise networks. For more information or to register for the event, visit the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Web site at www.linuxworldexpo.com, or call (800) 657-1474. 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