Solarflare Communications, the leader in standards-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon, will host a panel of industry experts at Interop in Las Vegas, April 27 – May 2. Led by Dr. Bruce Tolley, VP of marketing for Solarflare, the free educational session will present an overview of the technologies available and strategies for effectively rolling out and taking advantage of 10GbE networks.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 9:00 a.m. PT

Title

‘Next-gen Ethernet: challenges and opportunities deploying 10G Ethernet’

Location

Interop, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV

Moderator

Dr. Bruce Tolley, Solarflare VP of marketing; Formerly IEEE 802.3aq study group chair

Panelists

Guy Brunsdon, technical marketing director, VMware

Dr. Simon Crosby, CTO, Virtualization and Management Division, Citrix Systems

Doug Gourlay, senior director, Data Center Solutions Group, Cisco Systems

Robert Winter, technology strategist, Dell CTO Office

Tolley’s panel will cover the solutions available and deployment challenges in implementing 10G Ethernet networks. Topics that will be covered include: virtualization, server platforms, protocols (iSCSI, FCoE, PCIe 3.0), media choices and SAN/LAN convergence. Attendees will gain the latest information about these technologies and decision criteria to guide deployments. Anyone with an Interop expo or conference pass may attend. To register, visit http://www.interop.com/.