LinuxWorld San Francisco 2003 Exhibitor Profiles.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LinuxWorld San Francisco 2003

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2003

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo takes place August 4-7 at the Moscone Convention center in San Francisco, California. For more information about the event, visit http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny03/V40/index.cvn?ID=10003.

Below are profiles from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo exhibitors. News releases, advisories and press kits are available at http://www.tradeshownews.com. Business Wire is the official news wire service for LinuxWorld Conference & Expo.

Company: 3ware, Inc
Booth: 1762
Media Contact: Autumn Truong, [e-mail]
Investor Relations Contact: Diana Loredo
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.3ware.com

Product description: 3ware(R) Escalade(TM) Product Family. The
Escalade series of ATA and Serial ATA RAID controllers support up to
12 (S)ATA drives and deliver up to 3 terabytes of storage per
controller. 3ware's switched architecture (StorSwitch(TM)) provides a
unique port per drive resulting in superior system reliability and
performance compared to traditional architectures that have to share
the bandwidth of a single bus.

Company description: 3ware is the leader in high-capacity,
enterprise class RAID storage using low cost ATA and SATA drives.
3ware's StorSwitch(TM) architecture applies network packet switching
to storage controllers eliminating the bottleneck found in traditional
storage architectures. 3ware solutions meet the explosive demand for
cost-effective, scalable storage, driven by high-capacity enterprise
applications.

Company: ACCPAC International
Booth:  674
Media Contact:  Mark Priscaro
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.ACCPAC.com

ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates
International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses
a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed
to enhance customers' competitive advantage. Product lines include
ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC
Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC
CRM, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC
ePOS, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.

Company: ActiveState
Booth: 1144
Media Contact: Lori Pike, [e-mail]
Investor Relations Contact: Jim Zadra, [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Company URL: http://www.ActiveState.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Media_Center/

Product description:
PureMessage: PureMessage is a comprehensive, flexible email
management solution enabling organizations to take control of their
email traffic by protecting against spam and virus threats while
enforcing vital communication policies.

Komodo: Komodo is the professional IDE for open source languages,
providing a powerful workspace for editing, debugging and testing
applications. Komodo is optimized for Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl and XSLT,
and runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows.

Company description: ActiveState is the leading provider of
software solutions that increase productivity and organizational
efficiency through the innovative use of open source technology.
Additional information on ActiveState's industrial strength anti-spam
software for enterprises and programming tools for open source
language developers is available at: www.ActiveState.com.

Company: Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR
Booth:  688, 689
Media Contact: Heather Fox
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.awprofessional.com; www.phptr.com
Press Kit URL:
www.virtualpressoffice.com/presskit/index.jsp?showId=1035305089485&com
panyId=1058255766156
(Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste
this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.)

Product Description: The Bruce Perens' Open Source (book) Series
focuses on Linux and open source technologies, including new and
emerging technologies. It targets professional software developers,
system and network administrators and power users. Each book in the
Series is published under the Open Publication License, an open
source-compatible book license.

Company Description: Addison-Wesley (www.awprofessional.com) and
Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference (PHPTR) (www.phptr.com)
are respected publishers of quality computer science and engineering
books and software for technical professionals. Both imprints are
units of Pearson Technology Group, the world's largest provider of
consumer and professional computer, information technology,
engineering and reference content. Pearson Technology Group is an
operating unit of Pearson Education, the world's leading educational
publisher. Pearson Education is part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the
international media company.

Company: Amax Information Technologies
Booth: 1359
Media Contact: Patricia Yap
Phone: [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Company URL: www.amaxit.com

Product Description: Fully Tested, rack-optimized 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U &
5U servers and complete cluster solutions. Come check out our latest
Serial ATA Solutions using based on AMD's Opteron & Intel's P4 & Xeon
processors.

Company Description: For over 20 years, AMAX has gained market
trust in designing and manufacturing customized clusters, servers,
workstations, and mobile computing products. ISO-9001 certified, AMAX
guarantees quality products assured by 5-stage reliability testing and
lifetime 24/7 technical support! With customers' time-to-market and
TCO in mind, AMAX meets and exceeds expectations!

Company: Avocent Corporation
Ticker: NASDAQ: AVCT
Booth : 1373
Media Contact: Steve Levin
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.avocent.com

Product Description: Avocent will be demonstrating its SwitchView
IP and its AutoView 1000R/2000R KVM solutions. The SwitchView IP is an
affordable remote IP KVM solution for access to a single PC or
existing KVM switch. For only $995, users can benefit from
browser-based access using standard IP connections. The 16-port
AutoView 1000R/2000R KVM switching solution includes end-to-end CAT 5
connectivity, on-screen management and the versatility of
extended/remote IP-based access.

Company Description: Avocent (NASDAQ: AVCT) is the leading
worldwide supplier of KVM switching, remote access and serial
connectivity solutions that provide IT managers with access and
control of multiple servers and network data center devices. Avocent's
KVM solutions are distributed by the world's largest server
manufacturers and installed in Fortune 1000 companies around the
world.

Company:  Constant Data
Booth:  1090

Constant Data, the industry's first real-time data replication
solution for the Linux, delivers scalable, high availability storage
management software focused on enterprise data protection and
distribution. Constant Data develops leading continuous real-time data
replication solutions for heterogeneous servers and operating
environments over existing network infrastructures. Constant Data's
product set currently runs on Linux, Solaris and AIX servers running
with DAS, NAS, or SAN storage and is rapidly expanding to support all
open operating system environments. www.constantdata.com or
952-933-2331.

Company:  Dell Inc.
Ticker Symbol:  Nasdaq:  DELL
Booth:  1073
Contact:  Carmen Maverick
Phone:  [phone] (office) or 512-658-6385 (cell)
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Company URL:  www.dell.com
Press Kit URL:  www.dell.com/linux

Dell PowerEdge servers,
www.dell.com/us/en/esg/topics/segtopic_servers_server_main.htm, offer
reliability, performance and scalability, with standards-based
technology that is affordable and easy to deploy for all
business-critical applications. Dell Precision workstations are
designed for customers demanding workstation hardware certification
with independent software vendors in data-driven industries. Both
products offer factory installation of Red Hat Linux in select
configurations

Dell is a premier provider of products and services required for
customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet
infrastructures. Company revenue for the past four quarters totaled
$36.9 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs,
manufactures and customizes products and services to customer
requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and
peripherals.

Company:  Eicon Networks
Booth:   1177
Media Contact:   Allen Christopherson
Investor Relations Contact:   Kipton Heuertz
Phone:  [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Company URL: http://www.eicon.com

Product description: Eicon's products are known for their ability
to function with a wide range of industry-standard operating systems
and communications protocols. Connectivity applications include branch
office connectivity, ATM cash machines, financial clearing networks,
credit card authorization networks, unified communications, and VoIP
gateways.

Company description: Founded in 1984, Eicon Networks is a world
leader of highly reliable communication products for networked
business applications. Communication technologies include ISDN, ADSL,
X.25, and frame relay markets. Eicon distributes, markets and supports
its products in more than 80 countries through a network of channel
partners, telcos, ISPs, and OEMs.

Company: Equinox Systems
Booth : 1375
Media Contact: Steve Levin
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.equinox.com

Product Description: Equinox will be demonstrating its new ESP-2
MI web browser management utility that provides intuitive monitoring
and administration capabilities that simplify the configuration
process of serial devices with open protocols. In addition to the
already available methods for configuring the ESP- 2 MI via EquiView
Plus and ESPDIAG utilities for Unix and Linux platforms, similar
functions may now be performed with any standard HTML-based web
browser able to communicate with the ESP-2 MI's embedded web server.

Company Description: Equinox Systems, an Avocent company, develops
and markets high speed serial connectivity products which integrate
seamlessly into a wide variety of applications which include:
retail/POS, dial access, hospitality, process control, industrial
automation, modem pooling, secure console port access and other custom
applications.

Company: Gelato.org
Media Contact: Nan Holda
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.gelato.org

Gelato.org is an international, collaborative Itanium Linux user
community dedicated to creating and sharing open-source solutions for
high performance technical computing problems. Gelato is working
toward the adoption of Linux on Itanium by developing and assembling
the necessary open-source tools, utilities, libraries, and
applications for academic, government, and industrial research.

Company: GenaWare, Inc.
Booth: R16
Media Contact: Juli Pankow
Investor Relations Contact: Jon Polay
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
Company URL: www.genaware.com

Company Description: GenaWare Inc. develops leading enterprise GIS
solutions for Linux. GenaWare systems are built on client/server
technology for enterprise and Internet distribution of GIS and
spatially enabled applications. Its platform handles a wide range of
raster and vector spatial data types and is interoperable with RDBMS
such as Oracle Spatial.

Company: Interloci Network Management
Booth: 564
Media Contact: Sanjay Gupta
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.interloci.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.interloci.com/press.cfm

Product description: Interloci's NetworksAOK has everything
necessary to perform end-to-end monitoring of every aspect of any
network. NetworksAOK uses an easy to understand web based dashboard
for Network Monitoring and analysis together with integrated Intrusion
Detection and Trouble Ticketing preinstalled on a 1U server, all for
$2999. NetworksAOK provides many tools to the network administrators
like Syslog monitoring, thresholding, ODBC and others to enable
effective network management and security.

Company description: Interloci Network Management is located in
Greenwich, CT. Interloci is committed to; Developing Network &
Security Monitoring Products that lower the cost, complexity and time
to operate networks; Improving the effectiveness and safety of a
customers network through easy to understand web based output and
analysis reports; Using Open Source architecture to lower costs and
permit customers to use other products with our products.

Company:  Interphase Corporation
Ticker Symbol:  INPH
Booth:  1343
Media Contact:  Michelle Patterson
Investor Relations Contact:  Joseph Hassett
Phone:  [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Company URL:  www.interphase.com
Press Kit URL:  www.interphase.com/linuxworldpresskit

Product Description: 45NS/55NS PMC/PCI Network Security
Co-Processor Modules

The new 45NS (PMC) and 55NS (PCI) network security acceleration
modules from Interphase are designed to free up host CPU cycles used
for embedded security software processing in today's VPN, gateway,
secure router, firewall, IAD, and general enterprise network access
servers. Integrating the Interphase security accelerator cards into
these applications will increase network efficiency and response times
by offloading bandwidth-intensive IPSec and SSL security protocol
processing from the host CPU. Moreover, by providing intelligent
packet processing, the 45NS and 55NS modules can perform a variety of
functions for addressing the complex security needs of today's
enterprise and carrier grade systems.

Company Description: Interphase enables rapid platform design and
integration for the global voice and data communications markets
through custom and off-the-shelf communications equipment, embedded
software development suites, and systems integration and consulting
services for telecom and enterprise networks.

Company: LINUXCARE
Booth: 454
Media Contact: Patrick Ewers
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.linuxcare.com

Linux On zSeries At Work Pavilion @ LinuxWorld: The "Linux on
zSeries at Work" booth at LinuxWorld is sponsored by Linuxcare Inc.
and key anchor partners such as IBM z/VM, SuSE, Inc., IBM Informix,
Fair Isaac Corporation, IBM DB2, Samsung Contact, IBM zSeries, Acucorp
Inc., S2 Systems Inc., OpenConnect Inc., Velocity Software Inc. and
Micro Focus Cobol. The pavilion is showcasing successful enterprise
customer deployments of Linux on IBM zSeries. These industry leaders
present a unique opportunity for Linux and mainframe IT executives and
industry professionals to speak to real customers and their solution
providers to learn about their experiences using Linux on zSeries in
mission-critical applications. The customer solutions are exemplified
by the partners' products and services on Linux on zSeries.

Company: MySQL AB
Booth: 467
Media Contact: Lisa Sheeran
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.mysql.com
Press Kit URL:www.mysql.com/press

Product description: MySQL is the world's most popular open source
database. With an estimated 4 million installations and over 10
million product downloads a year, MySQL is quickly becoming the core
of many high-volume, business-critical applications. Major
corporations such as Yahoo!, Google and NASA rely on the ultra-fast,
highly reliable MySQL database. MySQL is available under the free
software/open source GNU General Public License (GPL) or a non-GPL
commercial license.

Company description: MySQL AB develops the MySQL database and
provides related support and services. MySQL AB employs an innovative
"dual licensing" open source business model that is leading the
evolution of the open source movement by establishing a model for
sustained profitability and growth through an open source product.

Company: Nex Computers Inc.
Booth: 1442
Media Contact:  Jenny Chan
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.nexcom.com

Product description:
-Blade Severs
-Network Security Appliances
-Embedded Systems
-Single Board Computers
-Embedded Computing
-Compact PCI

Company description: Nexcom(R) is a leading worldwide provider of
applied computing platforms for embedded, industrial and
communications market segments. The silver member of the Intel(R)
Communications Alliance (ICA) program since Jun 2003, it was
established in 1992 in Taipei, Taiwan. Nexcom(R) designs, manufactures
and supplies a full range of Industrial PC products, including
high-density server blade products, fail-over & fault-tolerant CTI
platforms, slim servers, single board computers (SBC), Compact PCI
(cPCI), embedded computers (EBC), backplanes, rackmount chassis,
system monitoring modules and accessories. These state-of-the-art
products have proved to be favored by both the industry and end-users,
predominantly adapted in the fields of Networking, Parallel Computing,
Telecommunications, Industrial Control, Defense, Aerospace,
Transportation, and in Kiosks.

Company: Penguin Computing, Inc.
Booth: 683
Contact: Gayle Mitchell
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.penguincomputing.com

Penguin Computing is the oldest and largest pure Linux systems
company. We specialize in high performance Linux servers,
workstations, and clusters. Penguin Computing can build clusters from
eight nodes to over 1000. Using the Scyld cluster management software
we provide the easiest to use turnkey Beowulf clusters in the
industry. Find out what we mean when we say -- "Beowulf - Invented
here. Perfected here."

Company: Perforce Software
Booth: 1752
Media contact: Sheri Aguirre
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.perforce.com
Press kit URL: http://www.perforce.com/perforce/pressroom.html

Product description: Perforce provides version control, workspace
management, and atomic change transactions on more than 50 platforms.
Easy to use and administer, it works quickly from initial deployment
to large-scale productivity. And now, a new visual client lets users
access Perforce-managed files quickly and easily through an interface
that is consistent across platforms.

Company description: Perforce Software develops, markets, and
supports Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management System.
Headquartered in Alameda, Calif., Perforce Software sells worldwide
and has international operations in Europe, Japan, and Israel.
Perforce customers include developers of systems, application, Web,
and database software, and firms in the financial, education, and
research markets.

Company: PolyServe, Inc.
Booth: 1265
Media Contact: Steve Norall
Investor Relations Contact: Carter George
Phone: [phone] or 503-617-7574
E-mail: [e-mail]
URL: www.polyserve.com
Press kit URL: www.polyserve.com/news.html

Product Description: PolyServe Matrix Server - Matrix Server is
shared data clustering software that enables multiple Windows and
Linux based servers to function as a single, easy-to-use, highly
available system.

Company Description: PolyServe is the leader of next-generation
clustering software for Windows and Linux based data centers. We
reduce the cost and complexity associated with traditional clustering
approaches, while breaking existing scalability, availability, and
manageability limitations.

Company: Polywell Computers Inc.
Booth: 687
Media Contact: Jenny Lin
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.polywell.com

Product description: Polywell will show case: 64-bit Opteron
Cluster Server, NAS with up to 6TB (24x250G HDD) per box. We also have
the nForce3 Base 64-bit single Opteron and AMD-8113 bsed Dual Opteron
workstations.

Company description: Polywell Computers Inc. founded in 1987,
manufactures computer for OEM and government customers with production
scale from 50 to 5000 systems a month, ranging from embedded-PC,
desktop/notebook, workstations, ClusterServers and NAS storage.

Company: Qlusters, Inc.
Booth: 461
Media Contact: Michael Harding
Investor Relations: Ofer Shoshan
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.qlusters.com

Product Description: ClusterFrame is the first clustering solution
enabling enterprises to meet all their data center computing needs
with a single commodity hardware cluster. ClusterFrame software
creates enterprise-class Linux clusters using Intel architecture
32-bit hardware. ClusterFrame provides ultra high-availability for
off-the-shelf enterprise applications, transparent performance
scalability, dynamic provisioning and centralized cluster management.

Company: Qlusters is the innovation leader in Enterprise Linux
clustering. Qlusters was founded in 2001 by Ofer Shoshan and Moshe
Bar. The corporate headquarters is in Palo Alto, California, with a
Sales and Support office in New York City, and an R&D center in
Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Company: RackSaver, Inc.
Booth: 741
Media Contact: Paul Mecucci
Investor Relations Contact: Gene Kim
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.racksaver.com

Product description: RackSaver offers a full line of computing
solutions to meet any high performance computing need, including
multi-system blade servers, 1U and 2U HPC servers, and RAID storage
options, all with unsurpassable density.

Company description: RackSaver(R) is the premier provider of
high-density individual rack-optimized servers, blade servers and
supercomputing clusters. RackSaver's systems can be custom tailored to
meet any high-performance computing need and have been successfully
utilized markets such as entertainment, life science, oil & gas and
the government.

Company: SBE, Inc.
Ticker Symbol: SBEI (Nasdaq)
Booth: 1543
Media Contact: Elaine Chin
Investor Relations Contact: David Brunton
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.sbei.com

Product description: SBE delivers a rich portfolio of
standards-based WAN/LAN and carriers cards, plus custom capabilities.
At LinuxWorld, SBE will be featuring hyperPMC, a dual port Gigabit
Ethernet PMC-like adapter offering 8 Gb/s aggregate throughput to
HyperTransport host boards. Other highlights include SBE's quad port
Gigabit Ethernet copper/fiber PMC adapters and 6U CPCI modular core
processing blade with Linux developer's kit.

Company description: SBE builds network communications solutions
for OEMs in the global networking marketplace. Designed to enable
optimal performance and rapid deployment across a full spectrum of
next generation networking systems, SBE's robust product portfolio
includes standards-based WAN/LAN adapters and communications
controllers. Linux drivers are available for all SBE WAN and LAN
modules.

Company: SuSE Linux
Booth: 663
Media Contact: Joe Eckert
Investor Relations Contact: Holger Dryoff
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
URL: www.suse.com
Press kit URL: www.suse.com/us/company/press/index.html

Product Description: Enterprise Server 8 is one operating system
for diverse hardware architectures. No matter whether your IT
infrastructure comprises 32-bit or 64-bit x86 systems, PowerPC-based
systems, or even IBM mainframes, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is
universally deployable.

Company Description: SuSE Linux is the international technology
leader and solutions provider in Open Source operating system
software. SuSE's unique expertise in Linux and its largest development
team worldwide dedicated to Open Source software has contributed to
the recognition of SuSE as the most complete Linux solution available
today.

Company: Tatung Science and Technology
Booth: 162
Media Contact: Doug Cooper
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL:  www.tsti.com

Product description: Designed for demanding data center
applications, Tatung's new TUD - 3114 blade server features 14 Intel
Xeon Processor server blades, dual gigabit Ethernet switches, dual
management blades and management software in a 3U chassis. It can
accommodate up to 196 Intel Xeon servers in a standard 42U rack. Each
server blade consumes as little as 48 Watts.

Company description: Tatung Science and Technology, Inc. is a
leading provider of high-end workstations and servers, and a U.S.
subsidiary of the over $7 billion, multi-national Tatung Company.
Tatung Company is a worldwide provider of products for the computer,
communications and consumer markets. 1-800-659-5902; email:
[e-mail]; web site: http://www.tsti.com.

Company: Western Digital Corp.
Ticker Symbol: NYSE: WDC
Booth: 172
Media Contact: Constance Griffiths
Investor Relations Contact: Michelle Saffell
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.westerndigital.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.wdc.com/en/company/releases/

Product description:
-  WD Caviar Special Edition Serial ATA hard drives
-  WD Raptor Enterprise Serial ATA hard drives
-  WD Caviar Special Edition hard drives
-  WD FireWire/USB 2.0 Combo SE External hard drives
-  WD FireWire/USB 2.0 Combo External hard drives

Company description: Western Digital, one of the storage
industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and
services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use
digital information. The Company produces reliable, high-performance
hard drives that keep users' data close-at-hand and secure from loss.

Company: Zzyzx Peripherals, Inc.
Booth: 1179
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.zzyzx.com

Product Description:
-- RAID (redundant array of independent disks) arrays: Fibre
Channel, SCSI, and EIDE (enhanced integrated drive electronics)

-- Tape libraries: S-AIT (super-advanced intelligent tape), S-DLT
(super-digital linear tape), and LTO (linear tape open)

-- Storage appliances: NAS and virtualization

-- Storage networking: Core/edge switches and directors

-- Software: Backup, clustering, replication, and storage
management

Company Description: Zzyzx Peripherals, Inc. is a leading provider
of integrated data storage and backup hardware, software, and
professional service solutions for UNIX, Linux, Windows, and Novell.
Zzyzx offers SAN, NAS, and direct attached storage products, utilizing
Fibre Channel, SCSI systems, and IP connectivity. Solutions are
designed to order, and offered with a comprehensive line of service
and support options.