February 24, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRYREVIEW) — Conference ConCepts and Blade Systems Alliance announced onThursday that the Server Blade Summit 2005 (serverbladesummit.com)will be held on March 22-24, 2005 at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel.The group says the fourth annual Server Blade Summit is the onlyconference and exhibition devoted to the blade server market.
Keynote speakers from AMD, Avocent, IBMand IMEX Research will address emerging trends in data center computingthat are now driving the rapid adoption of blade systems, managementsoftware and modular components as this industry emerges into amulti-billion dollar marketplace.
Among the keynote speakers are BenWilliams, VP of enterprise and server/workstation business for AMD’s”Redefining Blade Performance with Power-Efficient Technology;” DavePerry, senior VP of Avocent’s “Blade Glue: Using Embedded Standards toMake Blades Easier to Manage;” Jeff Benck, VP of IBM Server Group’s”Blades: Mainstream and Beyond;” and Anil Vasudeva, principal analystfor IMEX Research’s “The State of the Blade Server Industry.”
“System management software will play akey role in moving blades into enterprise data centers, and powerefficiency and performance-per-watt are becoming major factors indefining total cost of ownership for data center solutions,” says AMD’sWilliams. “Enterprise customers want to achieve the greatest possibleserver density while still keeping operating costs under control, whichbecomes possible through advanced technologies such as dual coreprocessing and dynamic power management software.”
