Call for Presentations

Program

The Open Server Summit program will provide attendees with practical information on the current state of servers and their hardware, software, construction, applications, management, and operation. It will cover four major subjects:

Microservers
Open Approaches (Open Compute, Open Rack, OpenStorage, Open Ethernet, OpenStack, OpenFlow, open source)
Saving Energy in Servers and Datacenters
Designing Cloud Servers

Typical topics of interest

Open designs
Open specifications and standards
Cloud computing
Virtualization
Servers for big data
Microservers
Accelerating common applications
Solid state drives
Energy conservation
Memory and I/O design

Market research
Power and cooling methods
Security
Performance analysis
Fabrics
Server networking
Software-based networking (SDN)
Systems software
Venture opportunities

Intended Audience

Server hardware and software designers
Communications and networking specialists
CIOs, IT, IS, and server managers
Hardware and software managers
Network and computer managers
Data center designers and managers
Venture capitalists
System analysts and engineers

Embedded system designers
Applications engineers
Engineering managers
Solution providers and consultants
VARs, OEMs, system integrators
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 on-line no later than June 28, 2013 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 September 20, 2013.