LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Debuts Two New Conferences At 2006 Event; Novell's Best of BrainShare and PalmSource Developer Day enhance an already content-rich conference program for 2006.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, conferences and events for technology markets around the globe, has announced that the 2006 summer event will feature two new one-day conference options for attendees: Novell's Best of BrainShare and the PalmSource Developer Day. These one-day conferences will offer attendees the latest in open enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. and mobile Linux applications, respectively, and are free to attendees who purchase a conference package. Single day tickets can also be purchased separately for $95 for each conference. The Novell Best of BrainShare conference consists of three top-tier technical sessions on various aspects of software for the open enterprise, and will be offered on both Tuesday, August 15th, and Wednesday, August 16th. The topics for the program were extremely well received at Novell's BrainShare Salt Lake City 2006 and have been updated to reflect the latest technologies. The PalmSource Developer Day will take place on Wednesday, August 16th, and is targeted towards Linux Application Developers who are interested in taking their applications mobile. Attendees will get an overview of the components of the new leading platform for mobile devices--the ACCESS Linux Platform The Access Linux Platform is a next-generation version of the Palm OS being developed by the Access Co., with application compatibility layers for Java, classic Palm OS, GTK+, and GNU/Linux shell applications. (ALP (language) ALP - A list processing extension of Mercury Autocode. ["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962]. ) and will receive early access and hands-on experience building applications for this new platform. Topics for this one-day event one-day event a contraction of the three-day event but like that contest is aimed at selecting the best all-round horse and rider. The events usually contested are show-jumping, dressage and cross-country. will be presented by Tom Chavez, Sr. Product Manager for PalmSource and Keithen Hayenga, Licensee Services Engineer for PalmSource: The following are details on the topics that will be presented at each conference: Novell Best of BrainShare "High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. Storage Foundation," presented by Richard Jones, Novell, Inc. Novell's High Availability Storage Foundation components and strategy are laid out in this session and includes a look to the future. The HA Storage Foundation includes file systems, volume management, and cluster resource management integrated into a robust solution. "Xen Technical Insight - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell, targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, but can be installed on Desktop computers for testing as well. New versions are released at an interval of 18-24 months. 10," presented by Dr. K.Y. Srinivasan, Distinguished Engineer, Novell, Inc. 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. is a key enabling technology for addressing the computing needs in Enterprise Data centers. This session will preview the Xen virtualization technology See VT. See also virtualization. , an open source project that is commoditizing virtualization. Topics covered will include the Xen 3.0 architecture, the Xen technical roadmap and Integration of Xen technology in Novell products. This is an advanced technical session suitable for an experienced audience. "Systems Management Roadmap," presented by Bryan Cardoza. Novell, Inc. Using Enterprise Linux and related products as a case study, this session will review the factors that affect the creation of a consistent and cohesive set of system management tools. The session will also explore Novell's plans and opportunities for building a federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. web-based management tool set. PalmSource Developer Day: "Introduction to ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP)." This is a hands-on session that will describe the ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP) and details its open source architecture. PalmSource will also demonstrate ALP and transform a typical Hello World application into an ALP application ready for mobile device deployment. Attendees will run sample applications as well as have the opportunity to build one together as a group. "Deep Dive into ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP)." In this session PalmSource and attendees will take the ALP application from the Hands-On intro and add 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. controls with Glade, introduce special mobile device event handlers and show debugging an ALP application via Eclipse on the Simulator. Compatibility Station. A unique and special experience for attendees, PalmSource will invite Palm OS developers to try their existing applications on ALP and discuss compatibility strategies with onsite PalmSource engineers. "Extending an ALP Application." In this final session PalmSource will add more features to the application from the Deep Dive Session, including accessing a SQLite database for information storage and retrieval information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made possible the high-speed, selective retrieval of large amounts of . PalmSource will provide go-forward advice and guidance to help you plan and prepare your projects to support ALP. For more information on these sessions or to register, visit www.linuxworldexpo.com/sf. 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. For exhibiting opportunities, please contact Ellen Boland at (508) 988-7830 or ellen_boland@idg.com or Christian Montminy at (508) 424-4852 or christian_montminy@idg.com. 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