Look forward to top technology companies coming to IDF to show you their latest innovations. Experience hands-on demonstrations and discover plenty of opportunities to collaborate.
Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking, providing the broadest line of solutions for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, or globally. Cisco is a pioneer of innovation for the data center and offers a complete portfolio of intelligent compute, storage access, network, and virtualization solutions. Cisco integrates these technologies into cohesive architectures that consolidate and virtualize critical resources within and between data centers. Cisco solutions make sure that information that is critical to running your business and promoting results is transported securely, efficiently, and flexibly across a set of optimized data center resources. Learn more at www.cisco.com.
Supermicro emphasizes superior product design and uncompromising quality control to produce industry-leading serverboards, chassis and server systems. These Server Building Block Solutions provide benefits across many environments, including data center deployment, high-performance computing, vertical applications, high-end workstations, storage networks and standalone server installations.
For more information on Supermicro’s complete line of advanced server systems, blades, motherboards, and optimized chassis, visit www.Supermicro.com, email Marketing@Supermicro.com or call the San Jose, CA headquarters at +1-408-503-8000.
Absolute Software Corp. (TSX: ABT) is a leader in tracking, managing and securing mobile devices for better data protection, easier IT asset management and managed computer theft recovery. With its Computrace* and Computrace* LoJack* for Laptops* solutions, large enterprises, small business and individuals can protect their computing devices and the data on them.
Absolute partners with top computer manufacturers so its software is tamper resistant. For organizations, Computrace offers better data protection with the ability to centrally track devices, inventory IT assets, remotely delete data and recover stolen computers. For individuals, Computrace LoJack for Laptops remotely deletes data and recovers stolen computers.
Absolute has the industry’s only Theft Recovery Team staffed by former law enforcement professionals. After a computer is reported stolen, the Absolute Theft Recovery Team works on the customer’s behalf to gather evidence from the stolen computer, locate the computer and work with police to get the computer back.
Ericsson is the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The market leader in 2G and 3G mobile technologies, Ericsson supplies communications services and manages networks that serve more than 250 million subscribers. The company’s portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure and broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and developers. The Sony Ericsson joint venture provides consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.
Ericsson is advancing its vision of "communication for all" through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 70,000 employees generated revenue of USD 27 billion (SEK 209 billion) in 2008. Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm and NASDAQ.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDQ: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. At Microsoft, we’re motivated and inspired every day by how our customers and partners use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what’s most important to them. We run our business in much the same way and believe our three core business divisions offer the greatest potential to serve our customers. They are the Platform Products and Services Division, Business Division, and Entertainment and Devices Division.
We are committed long term to the mission of helping our customers realize their full potential. Just as we constantly update and improve our products, we want to continually evolve our company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies as they emerge, and to better serve our customers.
Rambus is one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in the invention and design of high-speed memory architectures. Since its founding in 1990, the Company’s patented innovations, breakthrough technologies and renowned integration expertise have helped industry-leading chip and system companies bring superior products to market. Rambus’ innovations and solutions enable unprecedented performance in computing, communications, and consumer electronics applications. Rambus licenses both its world-class patent portfolio as well as a range of leadership and industry-standard memory solutions. Headquartered in Los Altos, California, Rambus has regional offices in North Carolina, India, Germany, Japan, and Taiwan. Additional information is available at www.rambus.com.
A singular vision—“The Network Is The Computer”—guides Sun Microsystems in the development of technologies that power the world’s most important markets. Sun’s philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at www.sun.com.
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is the leading provider of virtualization, networking and software as a service technologies for more than 230,000 organizations worldwide. Its Citrix Delivery Center, Citrix Cloud Center (C3) and Citrix Online Services product families radically simplify computing for millions of users, delivering applications as an on-demand service to any user, in any location on any device. Citrix customers include the worlds largest Internet companies, 99 percent of Fortune Global 500 enterprises, and hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers worldwide. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies worldwide in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1989, annual revenue in 2008 was $1.6 billion.
As a world-leading information technology company, HP applies new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology. Our focus is to continuously improve the way our customers live and work through technology products and services, form the individual consumer to the largest enterprise. More information can be found at www.hp.com
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services company and No. 33 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.dell.com, or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels, go to www.dell.com/conversations. To get Dell news direct, visit www.dell.com/RSS.
Arium has been a leading global supplier of hardware and software development tools for over 25 years, serving the industry with leading logic analyzers, compilers, debuggers, and in-circuit emulators. Technology contributions such as high impedance probing, real-time trace compression, multi-thread/core debugging, seamless Linux OS awareness, and many others are incorporated in Arium products.
A member of the Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance, Arium has designed their JTAG Debuggers and flagship SourcePoint debugging software interface to be optimized for Intel® Core™ Atom™, Pentium®, Celeron®, and Xeon® Processor Families. The Debuggers also offer support for the Intel® Framework for UEFI.
Hynix Semiconductor, based in Icheon, Korea, is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor memory solutions. We design, develop, manufacture, and market a wide variety of DRAM and NAND Flash memories. These memory components are essential in today’s leading-edge computing, consumer, and communications applications. Hynix also offers a line of CMOS Image Sensors.
Dedicated to our partners’ and client’ success, IBM is a leading provider of innovative advanced technology solutions which transform business models and processes. IBM helps our Business Partners deliver solutions that help customers cut costs, drive efficiency and productivity, and create competitive advantage. For more information in IBM, visit www.ibm.com/systems/
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Lenovo is one of the worlds largest makers of personal computers. Formed by Lenovo Groups acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, in 2005, Lenovo today is a world leader operating in more than 60 countries and providing businesses and consumers in more than 160 countries around the world with innovative products. The company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide and provides businesses and consumers with smarter ways to be productive and competitive and to enhance their personal lives. Operating in more than 60 countries, they are dedicated to serving the needs of our customers, partners, investors, employees and local communities with a business model that is based on innovation, operational efficiency, customer satisfaction and sustainability. www.lenovo.com
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. As the leader in advanced memory solutions for home, mobile and office applications, Samsung Semiconductor is the largest producer of DRAM, Flash, SRAM and high-end graphics memory. In addition, it is a major global producer of optical disk drives, hard drives, system logic, sensors and controllers. Samsung also has emerged as the largest producer of LCD displays providing the widest range of display products for TVs, desktop monitors, notebook PCs and mobile devices. Further, the company provides fabless and fab-lite customers with state-of-the-art design and manufacturing at 90, 65 and 45 nanometers. Visit http://www.samsung.com/us/business/semiconductor.
Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers manage and protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance.
Symantec helps enterprises manage IT risk and maximize IT performance by standardizing and automating their software and processes. For consumers Symantec offers security, data backup and PC tuneup solutions that protect consumers’ connected experiences so that they can enjoy the best of what the online world has to offer.
Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries.
VMware is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter. Over 130,000 customers rely on VMware virtualization to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, and strengthen security and environmental costs while increasing efficiency, flexibility and effectiveness. Moving forward, VMware and its 22,000 partners are building on the value of virtualization with a virtual datacenter operating system for an enterprise cloud that is highly elastic, self-managing and self-healing. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is majority-owned by EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) and on the web at www.vmware.com.
Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs): Have you gotten your hands on one of these little gadgets yet? Visit the MID Community located in the Technology Showcase and get a hands-on experience with current and next-generation MID designs based on the Intel® Atom™ processor! The MID Community will also feature companies with leading-edge MID hardware solutions and software applications.
The PCI Express* Technology Community will provide attendees with the opportunity to view innovative demonstrations from Intel and other leading companies in the I/O and application acceleration industries. Get the scoop on current PCI Express 2.0* products and updates on the transition to PCI Express 3.0* by visiting the PCI Express Technology Community located in the Technology Showcase.
The USB Community presented by the USB Implementers Forum features industry leading companies developing Wireless USB and SuperSpeed USB solutions. As the most prolific interconnect in the world, USB has redefined the way devices interact, and how users utilize technology. Visit the USB Community to see the latest Wireless USB and SuperSpeed USB technology and product advancements.
The Pro Community is Intel’s central demo area for business and mobile computing platforms at IDF. It will feature next-generation Intel® vPro™ technology. Come and see how Intel® vPro™ technology addresses not only the manageability and security issues facing businesses today but how it can positively impact your company’s bottom line. This community will feature the capabilities of Intel® Virtualization Technology, Intel® Active Management Technology, and Intel® Core™2 Duo processors in a business computing context. Intel® vPro™ technology significantly advances business client capabilities and, quite simply, offers security and manageability like never before. Great business computing starts with Intel Inside®.
Industry leaders in the Virtualization Community, located in the Technology Showcase, will highlight their latest usage models and new technologies, all aimed at adding value to virtualization solutions and the enterprise cloud. Virtualization has become a key enabler of innovation in the dynamic data center. Come see how we are expanding IT capabilities with increased product offerings, new usage models and flexible infrastructure solutions to meet customers’ ever-changing business requirements. Join these leaders to discuss the next generation of virtualization and enterprise cloud technologies in IT.
The Moblin Community at IDF is formed around innovative solutions that scale and are interoperable across multiple usage models and types of mobile and embedded devices (such as in-vehicle infotainment, media phones) powered by the Intel® Atom™ processor. Moblin’s key focus is open source Linux development for devices and includes a collection of solutions, tools, and a framework for sharing technologies, ideas, and usage models with the open source community. Additional information regarding the Moblin community and the Moblin project can be found at www.moblinzone.com and by talking to the vendors in the Moblin Community located in the Technology Showcase.
Visit the DisplayPort* Technology Community, sponsored by Intel® Corporation and learn how the development of DisplayPort technology is continuing to accelerate throughout the industry. In addition, attendees and developers can view DisplayPort®s progress in the ecosystem as well as view several innovative products across desktop, all-in-ones (AIO) and mobile platforms with this now established display standard.
See how Smart Grid technology is changing the way society generates, distributes, and manages energy — from Smart Wind Turbines, to Smart Transmission Networks, to Smart Meters, to Enterprise IT, and Smart Homes. Learn about embedded Atom Processor applications, Intel Xeon processors for Grid Modeling and Simulation, and WiMAX for Smart Grid communications. See how Home Energy Management Systems, running on either the PC, Living Room TV, or In-Home Display, are helping consumers reduce their energy costs and carbon footprints. In the Enterprise, see how much energy can be saved by utilizing the latest Xeon Processors in Data Centers, and by utilizing Intel vPro Technology, the latest Core 2 Duo Desktops, and latest Core 2 Duo Notebooks in Enterprise PC networks.
Agilent Technologies, a world leader in test and measurement solutions, will have demonstrations in the general area as well as the I/O and Certified Wireless USB communities.
Allion Test Labs (www.allion.com) — Global device test lab performing certification testing for USB, Wi-Fi, DisplayPort, HDCP, HDMI, SATA and other product standards. Labs in North America, Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea.
10GBASE-T is appearing both in mainstream NIC’s as well as in high density switches. One PHY company has taken the lead in the development 10GBASE-T Silicon. Aquantia’s PHY’s enables the expansion of 10GBASE-T within the data center.
AGC, Asahi Glass is one of global glass manifacturers. We also offer unique plastic optical fiber “Lucina” which has unparalleled low loss and toughness properties.
ASSET InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com) provides non-intrusive board (NBT) test tools, ScanWorks®, for embedded instrumentation in design validation, test and debug applications. ScanWorks is an open platform for embedded instrumentation, including boundary scan, processor-controlled test, and Intel® IBIST for testing QuickPath Interconnect and other high-speed serial busses.
ACT is the only organization focused on the needs of small business innovators from around the world. We advocate for an environment that inspires and rewards innovation. We also provide resources like the Innovators Network to help our members leverage their intellectual assets to raise capital, create jobs, and continue innovating.
CrestaTech (www.crestatech.com) is the first company to provide a software defined RF IC solution for global on-the-go HDTV reception. The CrestaTV solution is fully programmable to work with the widest variety of wireless standards.
DisplayLink is a chip/software company that enables easy connectivity between computers and displays over standard interfaces — USB, wireless USB and Ethernet. Leading global manufacturers have integrated the technology into an array of PC accessories.
Dolby is the global leader in technologies that are essential elements in the best entertainment experiences. Best known for high-quality audio and surround sound, Dolby creates innovations that enrich entertainment at the movies, at home, or on the go.
DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI) is a digital technology company that delivers the ultimate entertainment experience to PC, home theatre, gaming, car audio, Blu-ray Discs and DVDs. For further information, please visit www.dts.com.
FlatOak, Ltd. provides Moorestown developer’s kit with a Linux BSP. Also, other ATOM reference designs and BSP’s.
Fujitsu provides business technology services, computing platforms, and industry solutions for retail, manufacturing, healthcare, government, education, financial services, and telecommunications. Products are based on server, storage, software, point-of-sale, and mobile technologies combining its platform offerings with onshore, near-shore and offshore system integration, outsourcing, and services covering applications, operations, infrastructure and customer service.
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS) for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. In 2008, the our INTEGRITY RTOS was the first and only operating system to be certified by the NSA to EAL6+ High Robustness, the highest level of security ever achieved.
iBASE is an Industrial PC company with a portfolio of over 170 motherboards in the majority of form factors. These include multiple offerings in ATX, MiniITX, ETX, ComExpress, PICMG, PISA, 5.25" and 3.5" formats. iBASE also specializes in ODM engagements, providing very quick turn around times and low run rate requirements.
Inphi Corporation designs and develops integrated circuits that consistently deliver the industrys highest performance and best signal integrity for processing high-speed digital data in computing and communications systems. Leading corporations rely on Inphi for components that transport, store, deliver, and test high-speed data for the world’s most innovative communications and computing systems. Inphi is recognized as a global technology leader for its excellence in design, dedication to the development of open standards, and commitment to R&D. Learn more about Inphi Corporation by visiting www.inphi-corp.com.
Insyde Software is a leading global provider of UEFI-based firmware, BIOS and engineering services for companies in the desktop, mobile, server and embedded computing industries. Learn more about our products and services by visiting www.insydesw.com.
The Intel® NAND Solutions Group (NSG) provides non-volatile memory solutions to enhance the computing platform, delivering innovative solid-state drive storage and caching solutions. Find out more at www.intel.com/go/ssd.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s independent memory leader. Founded in 1987 with a single product offering, Kingston® now offers more than 2,000 memory products that support nearly every device that uses memory, from computers, servers and printers to MP3 players, digital cameras and mobile phones. There is truly something for everyone from the casual computer user to enthusiasts, and from vacation family photographers to leading professional photographers in the field. In 2008, the company’s sales reached $4.0 billion.
LucidLogix Technologies is reinventing multi-core graphics with its HYDRA real-time distributed processing engine that will exponentially improve visual computing for both business and gaming applications. Lucid is a fabless SoC manufacturer. For more information — www.lucidlogix.com
Marvell is a world leader in the development of storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions. The company’s diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless and storage solutions that power the entire communications infrastructure including enterprise, metro, home and storage networking.
Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of end-to-end connectivity solutions for servers and storage that optimize data center performance. Founded in 1999, Mellanox Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and Yokneam, Israel.
Myri-10G networking components from Myricom: 10-Gigabit Ethernet with a supercomputing heritage. Myri-10G NICs deliver wire-speed TCP/IP throughput, with optional firmware-accelerated offloads for HPC, storage, video, and more. Myri-10G switches scale economically to thousands of ports.
Renowned for its Panasonic brand batteries, Panasonic Corporation Energy Company continues to push battery capacity limits through our policy that states: Safety is the base for everything and higher energy with longer battery life can be established based on safety technology. www.panasonic.net/corporate/
Pericom ICs, Quartz Crystals and Oscillators enable the timing, signal conditioning and connectivity of high-speed serial signals across industry standard protocols such as PCI Express, USB, GbE, HDMI/DVI, DisplayPort, SATA/SAS, XAUI, Fibre Channel and more.
Phoenix Technologies® is the leading provider of BIOS solutions for PC and embedded platforms, instant-on operating environments, PC anti-theft solutions and system tools. Our products include SecureCore Tiano™ Hyperspace™, Failsafe™, Phoenix Freeze™, eSupport.com™ and Embedded BIOS®.
SATA International Organization (SATA-IO) is the consortium that owns and manages the Serial ATA specifications, creating future interface features and specifications to carry storage into the next decade. Additional information is available at www.sata-io.org.
SMSC is a leading developer of Smart Mixed-Signal Connectivity™ solutions. The company is focused on delivering connectivity solutions that enable the proliferation of data in personal computers, automobiles, portable consumer devices and other applications.
Established in 1998, the Server System Infrastructure (SSI) Forum is a leading server industry group that drives the server infrastructure standards. A leader in redundant server power systems, rack-mount server chassis, power control, and management standards, SSI has extended its focus to also include blade-based server standards.
STMicroelectronics is a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications with innovative semiconductor solutions for computer and other applications. ST aims to be the undisputed leader in multimedia convergence and power applications leveraging its vast array of technologies, design expertise and combination of intellectual property portfolio, strategic partnerships and manufacturing strength to delight customers worldwide ST has a broad portfolio of products which play a key role in today’s technology marketplace. In 2008, the Company’s net revenues were $9.84 billion.
Based in San Jose, California, Super Talent designs and manufactures a full range of DRAM memory modules and Flash based storage devices including SSDs and USB drives for computers and consumer electronics.
As a leading participant in serial standards bodies, Tektronix solutions enable you to test with confidence against the latest and most challenging serial data requirements. Tektronix delivers test solutions for transmitter, receiver and interconnect test, as well as solutions for the complete serial data link for current and emerging technologies.
TurboHercules is based on Hercules, the open source software implementation of the IBM mainframe architecture. The TurboHercules software runs on Intel Xeon (Nehalem) or Itanium processors and provides an excellent alternative for mainframe disaster recovery and business continuity.
Embedded Computing Design is your resource for the latest news, engineering methods, products, and tools necessary for design of small embedded modules to your distributed, large-scale embedded systems.
With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world’s leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 39 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computer and information-processing technology. The Society serves the information and career-development needs of today’s computing researchers and practitioners with technical journals, magazines, conferences, books, conference publications, certifications, and online courses.
SearchSOA.com is the most relevant and extensive online community dedicated to service-oriented architecture (SOA). We offer unbiased news, an extensive research library, informative learning guides, interactive expert and vendor webcasts, and white papers, all hand-picked to provide you with the tools you need. Whether you are looking to solve a specific SOA problem, or just trying to stay on top of recent industry developments, SearchSOA.com is your online portal for information.
SearchSoftwareQuality.com is the online community devoted to developing, deploying and maintaining quality software. Offering learning guides, expert advice, white papers, product downloads, and more great resources, SearchSoftwareQuality.com is a one-stop shop for senior architects and project managers seeking insight and analysis on requirements, design, testing/QA, bug tracking and the entire software development lifecycle.
SearchWinDevelopment.com is a unique online resource for developers, architects and development managers tasked with building and maintaining enterprise applications using Visual Basic, C# and the Microsoft .NET platform. All aspects of the .NET development lifecycle are addressed, including design/architecture, coding, testing and deployment. Through exclusive technical tips, learning guides, webcasts, expert advice, news articles, interviews and discussion boards, SearchWinDevelopment.com serves as both a community and news resource.
