Call for Presentations

Program

The Server Design Summit program will provide attendees with practical information on the current state of servers and their hardware, software, applications, management, and operation. It will have the following three tracks:

Saving Energy in Servers and Datacenters
Increasing Server Performance
Designing Cloud Servers

Typical topics of interest

Server hardware and software
Server virtualization/consolidation
Server management
Saving energy
Power and cooling issues
High-availability systems
Solid state drives
Multicores and multiprocessing
Energy management software

Blade servers
Storage and networking interfaces
High-performance computing
Open specifications and standards
SEcurity
Microservers
Cloud computing
Performance analysis

Intended Audience

Hardware and software designers
Communications and networking specialists
CIOs, IT and IS managers
High-performance computing specialists
Network and computer managers
Data center designers and managers
Venture capitalists
System analysts and engineers
Telco center managers and engineers

Embedded system designers
Applications engineers
Engineering managers
Solution providers and consultants
VARs, OEMs, system integrators
Server hardware and software specialists
Design services companies
Marketing and product managers
Test engineers

Your Participation

The Summit is open to everyone involved in the design, development, integration, marketing, use, or support of servers, or related hardware, software, or services. Please submit your proposal no later than July 29, 2011 to:

Proposal Submission - Please use our ONLINE FORM to submit your proposal. If you have any questions regarding the online submission form process, please contact our webmaster.

Proposal Format - The proposal should be one page and consist of:

Title (not more than 5 or 6 words)
Abstract
A short biography of the presenter, plus contact information (job title, address, telephone, email)
Brief description of the presenter's organization

Proceedings - A copy of the materials (such as visuals) for publication in the on-line Summit Proceedings must be provided by October 28, 2011.