Innovative Product Launches Take Center Stage at Next Week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld 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 2004 FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004 Linux users will gather in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to learn about new products, developments in the open source marketplace 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 around the globe, today provided a preview of the new product announcements expected at next week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), as well as a first look at the event's top attractions. Linux users from around the globe will arrive at New York City's Javits Center next week to examine the latest products and solutions, hear about new developments in the industry, and learn best practices from some of the most active users of open source technologies. LinuxWorld Conference & Expo runs January 20 - 23, 2004 at the Javits Center. The LinuxWorld exhibit floor opens on Tuesday, January 21. The LinuxWorld exhibit floor will feature key companies driving the future of Linux and open source, including AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , BEA Systems BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) is one of the major companies developing enterprise infrastructure software. BEA makes middleware, products that help software run on top of databases. , Computer Associates, Hewlett Packard, 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, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , 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. , SuSE Linux A Linux distribution from the SuSE Linux division of Novell. Both consumer and enterprise versions are available, and the distribution includes several user interfaces. SuSE Linux comes with the Yet Another Setup Tool (YaST), which is used to install, configure and maintain the OS, as , VERITAS and many more. LinuxWorld also provides a forum for new companies entering this space, including one company - Black Duck Software - that is marking its official launch at the event next week. Companies planning to make product announcements at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo include the following: ADUVA (booth 114) will showcase OnStage 2.1 System Dependency Server(TM), which extracts and retains Linux system logic abstracted from its underlying Linux OS or hardware platform. OnStage is a Linux system management tool for application deployment, configuration, change management and patch control for complex and diverse Linux environments. Aspen Systems (booth 150) will introduce the Glacier Xeon(TM) Blade Server System, the newest addition to its hardware product line. Based on the Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor, it delivers equivalent performance and capabilities of a rack server, but with easier installation, service and management. Bisil North America Inc. (booth 651) will release Enj version 4.0, the newest edition of its business process management product. Version 4.0 adds two new products to the Enj Suite: Enj Portal, which helps organizations define and maintain an active and dynamic portal, and Enj Organize, which raises the roles-based access mechanism to a higher level. Black Duck Software (booth R16) will launch Black Duck Enterprise Edition, designed to manage and mitigate the intellectual property risks of reusing software code. The Enterprise Edition detects proprietary and open source code and provides appropriate license and IP management solutions while integrating into established software development processes. MacroImpact, Inc. (booth R8) will showcase SANique Cluster File System (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. SANique CFS meets 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. MySQL AB (booth 451) will announce MySQL Administrator, a new open source tool with a graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) designed to provide easy management and monitoring of MySQL database servers. MySQL Administrator is the first product in a new family of open source administrative tools by MySQL AB. Net Integration Technologies, Inc. (booth 464) debuts its Standalone Nitix(TM) Autonomic Linux Server Operating System See network operating system. , a revolutionary server operating system with autonomic computing features. Nitix provides a complete business server solution with messaging and collaboration, backup, security-enhanced Internet access and protected data storage. Prentice Hall PTR/Addison-Wesley (booth 132) will showcase The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide, a new book edited by Samba-team co-founder John H. Terpstra. The book is a practical guide to cutting IT costs with Samba-3 and using Samba-3 in production environments. RAE Internet (booth 953) will introduce the RAE Message Processing Platform (MPP (Massively Parallel Processing or Massively Parallel Processor) A multiprocessing architecture that uses up to thousands of processors. Some might contend that a computer system with 64 or more CPUs is a massively parallel processor. ), an application framework designed specifically for deploying e-mail scan engines. Its flexible architecture allows users to mix, match and change virus, spam and content engines while maintaining a central point for configuration, management, logging and service deployment. SGI (booth 459) will introduce the SGI(R) Altix(TM) 350, a new Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 and 64-bit Linux(R) OS-based server that spans a broad range of scalable configurations. The SGI Altix 350 leverages open computing standards and components, breaking the "hostage technology" grip of proprietary 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). SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. server vendors. ShaoLin Microsystems (booth R9) will introduce ShaoLin Volume Replicator See port replicator. replicator - Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or , a data replication that provides transparent and seamless real-time data protection. The company will also showcase ShaoLin HA Cluster 2.0, which manages and controls the system and application availability of servers. Tyan Computer (booth 960) will unveil the Thunder K8QS (S4880), a cost-efficient quad AMD Opteron(TM) motherboard that offers flexibility in storage, bandwidth and memory. The AMD-based platform is ideal for high performance four-way clustering, database, data analysis and applicational servers. Voltaire, Inc. (booth 861) will showcase the Voltaire InfiniBand Database Solution for 64 Bit Computing, a complete solution for high performance database clustering. The solution allows IT managers to move database applications from expensive high-end servers to low cost commodity server clusters. LinuxWorld Conference & Expo attendees can also network with their peers and obtain valuable education at a wide variety of informative conference sessions, special events and forums. These include: Keynotes: Attendees will hear keynote presentations from Jack Messman, 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 Novell, Inc.; Dave Dargo, vice president, Linux Program Office at Oracle Corporation; Tom Killalea, vice president of Infrastructure at Amazon.com; Sam Greenblatt, senior vice president and chief architect at Computer Associates; and Ross Mauri, general manager, e-Business on demand for IBM Systems Group. The Golden Penguin Bowl: The infamous geek A technically oriented person. It has typically implied a "nerdy" or "weird" personality, someone with limited social skills who likes to tinker with scientific or high-tech projects. The origin of the term dates back to the late 1800s. trivia game returns with host Chris DiBona of Konstrux Technologies. Contestants include open source industry personalities Jeremy Allison, Danese Cooper, Dirk Elmendorf, Douglas Fallstrom, Joshua Jensen, Rob Lanphier, Russell Pavlicek, Jason Perlow and K. Chandra Sekaran. Linux Financial Summit: Designed specifically for IT executives in the financial services industry, this special program will provide expert commentary and case studies for financial institutions implementing or considering open source solutions. The Linux Financial Summit is open to pre-qualified attendees. Taste of Linux Series: These educational sessions, held on the LinuxWorld exhibit floor, are free to all registered attendees. Topics include "Making Money from Open Source," "Linux 101," and "Why Linux is Your Solution." Birds-of-a-Feather Meetings: Meet and discuss current issues with like-minded open source professionals during these informal meetings. Choose from more than a dozen topics ranging from "Managing OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. Licensing" to "Open Source Capitalism" to "Political Challenges and Opportunities for Open Source." .Org Pavilion: This section of the LinuxWorld exhibit floor features non-profit organizations keeping the spirit of open source alive around the world. Participating organizations include Debian, Geekcorps, GNOME Foundation, LTSP LTSP Linux Terminal Server Project LTSP Lutheran Theological Seminary At Philadelphia LTSP Long Term Science Plan (NASA) , OSDL See Linux Foundation. and many more. LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards: These awards recognize product and service innovations by LinuxWorld's exhibitors. Winners will be announced in a ceremony on the exhibit floor on Wednesday, January 21. Conference Program: LinuxWorld provides a comprehensive educational experience for the entire spectrum of open source users and enthusiasts, including corporate and IT executives, directors, administrators and developers. 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