From brigid at zna.com Tue Mar 1 10:35:51 2005 From: brigid at zna.com (Brigid Fuller) Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:35:51 -0800 Subject: Server Blade Summit 2005 Message-ID: <4224B607.3020901@zna.com> The fourth-annual Server Blade Summit, the only conference and exhibition dedicated to the rapidly growing blade server market, will showcase the latest business and technical developments in the white-hot market for blade systems. Server Blade Summit 2005 takes place on March 22-24, 2005 at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel. Keynote speakers from AMD, Avocent, IBM and IMEX Research will address the rapidly emerging trends in datacenter computing that are now driving the rapid adoption of blade systems, management software and modular components as this industry emerges into a multi-billion dollar marketplace. Conference highlights include a special "Venture Capital in the Blade Industry" session hosted by IBM with panelists from Goldman Sachs, Dot Edu Ventures, American River Ventures, Geneva Venture Partners, PacifiCap Group and TPG Ventures. The panel will review one-page business plan overviews submitted by conference attendees and present awards to the most deserving plans. IDC industry analysts will update their forecasts for the blade server market in a special presentation: "Server Blades - A Platform for Data Center Consolidation." IDC forecasts have estimated the blade server market to reach $3.7 billion in revenue by 2006. For the technically minded, tutorials will cover: * An introduction to blade servers as well as best practices for blade-based data centers for data center managers, computer and network managers, CIOs, hardware and software engineers and others * Developing blade applications from a reference platform using IBM's eServer * BladeCenter, as defined by the Blade Open Specifications (BOS) * AdvancedTCA, the standard platform for next-generation telecommunications * Optimizing deployment and utilization of blade environments for large-scale applications such as grid and utility computing through consolidation, virtualization, autoprovisioning, fault and disaster recovery and load management. The Blade Systems Alliance (BladeS) Interoperability Demonstration will provide a live demonstration of advanced blade and modular computing systems, featuring datacenter solutions and technologies such as heat reduction through power management, the industry-standard IPMI management interface, diskless blades booting from SAN and WAN and single image management of servers, storage and networks. Vendor equipment integrated in the BladeS Interop Demo will include blade systems and related technologies from 3UP Systems, APCC, Avocent, Emulex, IBM, NEXCOM, SharkRack, The Siemon Company, Unisys and XIOtech. Server Blade Summit's ever-popular Beer and Pizza Shootout will provide a spirited and freewheeling debate: "A Million Blades - Who Needs Them, Why, and When?" Avocent and Blade Systems Alliance, the non-profit trade organization advocating on behalf of blade systems and modular computing, will host a reception for press, analysts and VIP guests. A full-conference pass to Server Blade Summit 2005 costs $1,195 with an early bird rate of $995 available until March 11. Free "Exhibits Only" Registration. Server Blade Summit 2005 information and online registration is available at http://www.serverbladesummit.com. -- Brigid Fuller ZNA Communications Phone: (831) 425-1581 x202, Fax: (831) 425-1368 412 Cedar Street, Suite A, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA