InfiniBandSM Trade Association Announces Upcoming Conference and Plugfest; Industry's Premier InfiniBand Events to Draw Developers, IT Managers
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001--The InfiniBandSM Trade Association today announced two events that will showcase the continued momentum surrounding InfiniBand Architecture development.
The fourth InfiniBand Conference will be held November 7-8 in Los Angeles and the second InfiniBand Plugfest will be conducted October 23-25 in South San Francisco.
"As the InfiniBand specifications mature and member companies initiate delivery of InfiniBand-enabled products, the Trade Association's focus has expanded to training of IT professionals and delivery of a comprehensive compliance and interoperability program," said Jacqueline Balfour, of Hewlett-Packard.
"By expanding our semi-annual conferences to highlight these two important areas, we are highlighting the significance of these programs to the Trade Association and its member companies."
Conference Expands to IT Audience
For the first time, the multi-company sponsored conference will feature a full-day of training for IT managers interested in InfiniBand Architecture, in addition to a day of solutions panels hosted by industry experts and featured panelists from every segment of the InfiniBand development and user communities. Technical reviews of the specification will be given by the architects featuring content focused on new areas of discussion within the Association's working groups, as well as discussion of InfiniBand solutions development issues. Over thirty member companies are expected to exhibit their InfiniBand product development plans in the event's showcase arena.
Plugfest to Draw Hundreds of Leading Developers
The members only Plugfest will allow participants to conduct compliance measurements and authenticate the interoperability of their products with components from other vendors. The first InfiniBand Plugfest was held June 5-7 and drew more than 200 InfiniBand developers.
The InfiniBand Trade Association is comprised of eight special workgroups, each with its own charter and area of expertise. The workgroups include: Marketing, Technical, Applications, Compliance and Interoperability, ElectroMechanical, Link, Management, and Software.
About InfiniBand Trade Association
The Internet is creating an increased demand for server computer I/O subsystem performance, scalability, reliability and flexibility. A shift to a switched fabric-based I/O architecture will enable industry participants to meet this increased demand. The InfiniBand Trade Association developed a specification for a channel-based, switched fabric architecture that provides a scalable performance range of 500 Mbyte/s to 6 Gbyte/s, meeting the needs from entry level to high-end enterprise systems. InfiniBand Trade Association represents the industry's choice for developing I/O technologies that will keep pace with the demands of the Internet age.
Other names and brands are the property of their respective owners InfiniBand(TM/SM) is a trademark and service mark of the InfiniBand Trade Association.
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