PROCESSORS

Each to sponsor pavilions promoting the expansion of Ethernet and adoption of Grid technology: Next Generation Data Center (NGDC) has announced that the Ethernet Alliance and Open Grid Forum (OGF) have both signed on as sponsors. The networking and grid technology focuses of the event will be further strengthened by the addition of the Ethernet Pavilion, sponsored by the Ethernet Alliance, and the Grid Pavilion, sponsored by the Open Grid Forum. NGDC is scheduled to debut August 6-9, 2007, at the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA. NGDC focuses on new technologies and their impact on the data center, covering mission-critical applications and the technology supporting those applications including storage, servers, networking and communications. The Grid Pavilion will provide attendees with an opportunity to learn to create scalable, flexible computing solutions with grid technology from some of the leading vendors in the industry. In the Ethernet Pavilion, members of the Ethernet Alliance will demonstrate next generation networking products using Ethernet technologies. Both areas will feature vendor products that will be showcased in the pavilion booths, and get in-depth deployment knowledge during presentations running throughout the event in the pavilion theater. "The Open Grid Forum is excited to be sponsoring the Grid Pavilion at Next Generation Data Center,” said Mark Linesch, President, Open Grid Forum. “Grid solutions are critical to enabling a more flexible and efficient data center environment that can be operated, managed and changed at scale. The Grid Pavilion is an excellent opportunity for grid and distributed systems technology vendors to interact with key data center professionals and promises to be a great learning experience for our members." In addition to this free content in the exhibition area, next generation grid and networking technologies will be featured in the NGDC conference with two dedicated tracks. For a complete schedule of events and conference sessions at NGDC, please visit its Web site.