Itanium(R) Solutions Alliance Extends Innovation Contest Deadline.

Entries Due March 1

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Itanium[R] Solutions Alliance today announced the extension of the entry deadline for the Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Contest. Entries will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. PST on March 1, 2007. The contest recognizes innovative solutions for the Intel[R] Itanium[R] 2 architecture.

End users and software developers of Itanium[R] 2-based solutions are encouraged to enter their solution in one of three categories including Humanitarian Impact Innovation, Enterprise Business Application and Entrepreneurial Innovation. One winner in each category will receive a $50,000 cash prize.

Innovation Contest judges include Tony DeVarco, corporate alliance manager at Symantec; Matthew Eastwood, program vice president of IDC's Enterprise Platform Group; William Jalby, co-founder and head of the Ph.D. graduate school covering economics, computer science and robotics at the University of Versailles; Renee J. James, vice president and general manager of the Software and Solutions Group for Intel Corporation; Gale Persil, director of product management operations at Computer Associates; Chen Qiwang, Itanium product manager, PowerLeader Science & Technology Co., Ltd; and Mark K. Smith, managing director for the Gelato Federation.

For more information about the program and to download an application, please visit http://www.itaniumsolutionsalliance.org/innovation/.

About The Itanium Solutions Alliance

The Itanium Solutions Alliance was formed by leading enterprise and technical solutions providers to work together towards a common objective of transitioning the world of proprietary computing platforms to open, industry standard solutions based on Intel Itanium architecture. Together with leading enterprise software and hardware providers, the Alliance is dedicated to accelerating the adoption and ongoing development of Itanium-based solutions. Its membership comprises some of the most influential companies in the computing industry.