3Leaf Systems™ (www.3leafsystems.com), a provider of next-generation virtualization solutions for enterprise data centers, today announced that Sash Sunkara, 3Leaf co-founder and chief business officer, will be a featured panelist in a roundtable discussion entitled, “The Future Directions in Virtual Networking and I/O”at VMworld 2007, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif. The panel will take place on September 13 at 5 p.m. PDT.

The panel discussion will cover a variety of topics related to networking and I/O consolidation trends in the virtualized data center. Hot topics include key challenges facing IT operations in managing virtualized environments and the future of the unified fabric.

Attendees are also invited to view demonstrations of the 3Leaf V-8000 Virtual I/O Server solution at the 3Leaf booth #1126. The 3Leaf solution maximizes server resource utilization and scalability, speeds up the deployment and provisioning of new servers, and provides high availability and centralized management, with significant capital and operational cost savings.