SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Turbolinux(R), Inc., a provider of software that automates the configuration and deployment of computing power for any data processing need, today announced the promotion of Peter Beckman to the position of Vice President of Engineering. As the former director of TurboLabs, Turbolinux's research and development group, and as the founder of the Extreme Linux series of workshops, Beckman brings with him an impressive background in Linux computing and development. As the vice president of engineering, Beckman will continue to drive product development and research in addition to supervising the Linux technologies and new products developed by Turbolinux worldwide. "In Peter's time with the company, he has made a significant impact on the products and the accomplishments of Turbolinux," said Ly-Huong Pham, CEO of Turbolinux. "Peter has a proven track record of inspiring teams to meet and exceed goals, and combined with his technical expertise, he has won the confidence and admiration of co-workers and management alike. With Peter's direction and expertise, Turbolinux is now well positioned to continue developing highly flexible enterprise-class computing solutions." Before becoming the Director of TurboLabs, Beckman was a senior computer scientist at the Advanced Computing Laboratory at Los Alamos National Laboratory and served on the Executive Committee for the Los Alamos Computer Science Institute. Beckman founded the Extreme Linux series of workshops and activities, focusing on extreme performance Linux servers. He has been very active in the high performance and large server farm computing community, and has published numerous papers, served on program committees, presented invited papers and tutorials, and authored articles for well-known industry magazines. Beckman has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Indiana University. For more information visit www.turbolinux.com