Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Announces Keynote Speaker and Emcee...

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Announces Keynote Speaker and Emcee for Women of Vision Awards Banquet

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Diane Greene, President, CEO, and co-founder of VMware will be the
keynote speaker at the Women of Vision Awards Banquet on May 8, 2008
at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. The annual Women of Vision
Awards, sponsored by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and
Technology, honor women making significant contributions to technology
in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact. Sydnie
Kohara, CBS 5 News Anchor, will be the Master of Ceremonies again this
year.

Diane Greene is President, CEO and co-founder of VMware. Under her
leadership, VMware created the market for mainstream virtualization,
and leads what is now a virtualization software industry. She has held
technical leadership positions at Silicon Graphics, Sybase, Tandem,
and was the CEO of VXtreme.

"The Women of Vision Awards spotlight just a few of the many women
creating new technologies that are impacting our world today," said
Telle Whitney, CEO of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and
Technology. "We face many challenges in the years ahead and technology
companies need to build and retain a diverse workforce to meet these
challenges. By celebrating these women leaders we are providing role
models not only to our existing workforce but for the generation of
women that are today making their decisions about pursuing technology
careers."

The Women of Vision Awards Banquet will take place at 6:00 pm on
May 8, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. Tables and tickets
may be purchased online at http://anitaborg.org/wov. Event sponsorship
opportunities are also available.

About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI):

In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, the Anita Borg
Institute provides resources and programs for industry, academia, and
government to help them recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in
high tech fields resulting in higher levels of technology innovation.
ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and
providing tools to develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit
501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include:
Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Google, IBM,
Intel, Cisco, Juniper Networks, National Science Foundation, Symantec,
NetApp, and Capgemini. www.anitaborg.org.

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Jerri Barrett, 650-857-6095
jerrib@anitaborg.org

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