LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Exhibitor Profiles

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SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo takes place August 4 - 7, 2008 at the
Moscone Center in San Francisco. Listed below are the LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo exhibitor profiles.

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Company:                            3Leaf Systems
Booth:                              1530
Media Contact:                      Donna Michaels
Phone:                              408-393-5575
E-mail:                             donna@lmgpr.com
Web:                                www.3leafsystems.com

3Leaf Systems provides next-generation server virtualization solutions
 to support both scale-up and scale-out virtual servers in enterprise
 data centers. 3Leaf technology simplifies operations by increasing
 utilization and availability of large-scale data center resources.
 3Leaf's Virtual Compute Environment is an advanced virtualization
 solution for the growing x86 server market that virtualizes compute,
 memory, and I/O resources. 3Leaf has licensed AMD's Coherent
 HyperTransport technology and Intel(R) Corporation's QuickPath
 Interconnect technology, enabling the company to support one hundred
 percent of the x86 server market. A privately held company based in
 Santa Clara, California, 3Leaf Systems investors include Alloy
 Ventures, Enterprise Partners, Intel Capital, and Storm Ventures.


Company:                            Avant
Booth:                              833
Media Contact:                      Jennifer Mills
Phone:                              512-651-5272
E-mail:                             Jennifer_mills@avanttechnology.com
Web:                                avantmemory.com

Avant is a leader in the design and manufacture of memory modules.
 Since 1984, we have specialized in current and legacy memory for
 OEMs, system builders, resellers, and distributors. In addition to
 module solutions, we also manufacture an array of flash-based storage
 devices. We will soon introduce a line of Solid State Drives
 featuring an integrated RAID controller for industrial and personal
 applications.

Avant is based in Austin, Texas and employs 300 people. Our 60,000 sq
 ft, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is ISO 9001 registered.
 We are CMTL certified and JEDEC compliant. Visit Avantmemory.com


Company:                            Compellent Technologies
Booth:                              Kiosk in booth 902
Ticker Symbol & Exchange:           CML
Media Contact:                      Liem Nguyen
Phone:                              952-294-2851
E-mail:                             liem.nguyen@compellent.com
Web:                                www.compellent.com

Compellent delivers affordable, modular storage solutions exclusively
 through business partners that provide companies of all sizes
 enterprise storage capabilities without big system costs or
 complexities. Designed by network storage and virtualization
 pioneers, Compellent enables any business to cut storage expenditures
 in half, recover from data hazards within minutes, scale to any
 capacity across any technology and easily manage its storage without
 adding staff.


Company:                            Foresight
Booth:                              1208
Media Contact:                      Ken VanDine
Phone:                              919-851-3984
E-mail:                             press@foresightlinux.org
Web:                                http://www.foresightlinux.org

Foresight is a desktop operating system featuring an intuitive user
 interface showcasing the latest desktop software, giving users
 convenient and enjoyable access to their music, photos, videos,
 documents, internet resources, and more.


Company:                            HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
Booth:                              1517
Media Contact:                      Allen Mah
Phone:                              408-942-5800
E-mail:                             sales@highpoint-tech.com
Web:                                www.highpoint-tech.com

At Linuxworld 2008 - HighPoint Technologies at booth 1517 will
 showcase their complete RocketRAID 3500 Family Series of (4/8/16)
 port hardware RAID controllers with Intel Xscale processors that are
 efficiently maximized by HighPoint's TerabyteArchitecture(TM) to
 enable industry leading hardware RAID 6 acceleration. A live demo
 will highlight the bundle kernel support and hardware RAID
 performance.

The RocketRAID 3500 Family Series is truly Linux Ready and Friendly
 with a GNU GPL licensed driver bundled into Linux kernel 2.6.25 plus
 recognition and acceptance into Linux.org.

HighPoint will give away a $1000 hardware RAID controller to one
 winner each day of the exhibits.


Company:                            Interface Masters Technologies
Media Contact:                      Angie Dang
Phone:                              408-456-2545 ext. 125
E-mail:                             Angied@interfacemasters.com
Web:                                www.interfacemasters.com

Interface Masters Technologies is an industry leader and innovator in
 networking solutions. It's Technologies' flagship product lines
 include server adaptors, external and intelligent Network bypass and
 failover systems that are targeted to increase the network
 reliability and availability of inline and monitoring networking
 appliances. The company offers a variety of more than 70 products
 based on Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, copper and fibber-optic,
 specifically targeted at the critical IT sector requiring Security,
 UTM systems, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Load Balancing, inline
 monitoring devices, Intrusion Detection & Prevention and WAN
 Acceleration appliances. Headquarters in San Jose, California,
 offices in Hong Kong & Germany.


Company:                            IPBrick International
Booth:                              1244
Media Contact:                      Raul Oliveira
Phone:                              351933260472
E-mail:                             oliveira@ipbrick.com
Web:                                www.ipbrick.com

Founded in 2000 by Ph.D. Raul Oliveira. IPBrick International develops
 easy to install, configure and use network operating systems and
 document management solutions based on Linux.

IPBrick is headquartered in Oporto Portugal with local presence
 through distributors in more than 14 countries in 4 continents.

IPBrick innovative UCoIP - Unified Communications over IP solutions
 connect people all around the world via Voice, Instant Messaging, E-
 mail or personal Web access.

For more information, visit http://www.ipbrick.com


Company:                            Messaging Architects
Booth:                              1526
Media Contact:                      Suzanne Fondacaro
Phone:                              1.866.497.0101, x211
E-mail:                             sf@messagingarchitects.com
Web:                                www.messagingarchitects.com

Founded in 1995, Messaging Architects specializes in email lifecycle
 and risk management controls and services. Our M+Guardian and
 M+Archive solutions for Novell GroupWise and Microsoft Exchange
 provide policy-based email content filtering, archiving and e-
 discovery in a comprehensive, yet scalable and cost-effective
 platform. More than 3,000 organizations depend on our solutions to
 reduce email security threats, comply with record retention laws, and
 drive down the cost of IT and legal discovery.


Company:                            OBM.org by LINAGORA
Booth:                              1113
Media Contact:                      Celine Zapolsky
Phone:                              +33 6 83 66 12 73
E-mail:                             czapolsky@linagora.com
Web:                                www.obm.org - www.linagora.com

OBM was created 10 years ago. It is maintained by LINAGORA and is
 recognized now has THE GPL enterprise-class email and groupware
 solution. OBM is a unified platform that allows small to large
 businesses to gain efficiency while reducing cost of ownership and
 administration complexity. It is built on the most mature open source
 components with a modular architecture that is easily adaptable to
 customer's needs. OBM is used by over half a million users in small
 to large organisations (over 100,000 users per instance) worldwide.

For more information, visit: http://obm.org (community site) and
 http://pro.obm.org (professional site)


Company:                            Pearson (Prentice Hall, SAMS
                                     Publishing)
Booth:                              1529
Media Contact:                      Heather Fox
Phone:                              201-362-7763
E-mail:                             heather.fox@pearson.com
Web:                                www.informit.com

The global leader in educational and professional publishing, Pearson
 Education is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley
 Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall
 Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which have as their online
 publishing arm InformIT (www.informit.com) -The Trusted Technology
 Learning Source. In addition, Berkeley-based Peachpit
 (www.peachpit.com), the publishing partner for Adobe Press, Apple
 Certified, and others, publishes best-selling books for creative
 design professionals. Pearson is also a co-founder of Safari Books
 Online (http://safari.informit.com), the premier on-demand technology
 content library providing thousands of expert reference materials
 through a single point of contact, including expert technology,
 creative and design, industry and management resources in video,
 audio and written formats.


Company:                            StoneFly Inc.
Booth:                              1315
Media Contact:                      Jame Ervin
Phone:                              510.265.1122
E-mail:                             marketing@dnfcorp.com
Web:                                www.stonefly.com

Stonefly, an iSCSI Pioneer, offers cost-effective, field-tested IP SAN
 solutions. With the scalable architecture of the intuitive
 StoneFusion platform, Stonefly IP SANs are ideal for storage
 deployments for all organizations. StoneFly, Inc., headquartered in
 San Diego, was founded in April 2000 to deliver upon the vision of
 simple and affordable storage optimization through Internet Protocol
 Storage Area Network (IP SAN) solutions. In 2006 Stonefly was
 acquired by Dynamic Network Factory and operates as a wholly-owned
 subsidiary. StoneFly continues to develop appliances to transform IP
 Networks into IP SANs and expand into OEM and embedded markets with
 the StoneFusion Operating System.


Company:                            Unicon Systems, Inc.
Booth:                              505
Media Contact:                      Elena Petrova
Phone:                              888 567 6330 x706
E-mail:                             elena@uniconsys.com
Web:                                www.uniconsys.com

Unicon Systems develops powerful System-on-Display (SoDs(TM))
 computing platforms built on small form-factor modular hardware and
 Open Source Linux software. Unicon's unique Customizable Commercial
 Off-the-Shelf approach speed development and deployment of mobile and
 display applications in wireless, automotive, transportation,
 medical, consumer electronics, digital signage and other industries.

The combination of core technology, scalable integrated display size
 and ready-to-deploy software is hard to beat. Join the growing list
 of OEMs, operators and other companies that turn to Unicon Systems
 for rapid device prototyping and reliable deployment - by far, Unicon
 offers the fastest time to market and greatest opportunities for
 differentiation.


Company:                            Xirrus
Booth:                              502
Media Contact:                      John Merrill
Phone:                              805 557 2872
E-mail:                             john.merrill@xirrus.com
Web:                                www.xirrus.com

Xirrus is the Official Wi-Fi Provider of LinuxWorld 2008.

Xirrus is the leader in High Performance Wi-Fi, obsoleting traditional
 Wi-Fi offerings by delivering 2X more range, 4X more coverage, 8X
 more bandwidth, and 14X more throughput per cable drop.

The Linux-based Wi-Fi Array integrates 4, 8, or 16 radios and high-
 gain directional antennas into a single device along with an onboard
 Gigabit Switch, Wi-Fi Controller, Firewall, and dedicated Wi-Fi
 Threat Sensor, providing the performance and security to replace
 traditional workgroup switches with Wi-Fi technology.
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