Egenera Inc., the data center virtualization company, today announced participation at several upcoming industry events where the company will showcase its leading hardware and software solutions for the next phase of virtualization, "Virtualization 2.0."

The ComputerWorld SAAScon conference, held March 25-26 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., focuses on Software as a Service (SAAS) technologies and solutions currently permeating the enterprise market. Attendees will hear from world class IT executives from Colorado Capital Bank, Shaklee Corporation, Golden Gate University, Transamerica Reinsurance, The Schumacher Group, Aviall Services and Chiquita Brands International on the challenges they face in the business services market and how they're being addressed through SAAS technology. Demonstrations of Egenera® PAN Manager™ software, which delivers Infrastructure Virtualization by combining server virtualization with network and storage virtualization, will be given throughout the conference at Egenera's corporate booth 216. To register: http://www.saascon.com/register.aspx.

Egenera will also sponsor at the upcoming CampIT Conference on April 3 at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. This one-day event will provide IT professionals with in-depth virtualization strategies and a clear understanding of real benefits, different approaches and implementation pitfalls to avoid. Visit Egenera's table to learn more about the patented Processing Area Network (PAN) architecture and how it virtualizes network, storage and compute resources, allowing application and data services to be provisioned, managed, migrated, and scaled seamlessly and quickly. To register: http://campconferences.com/events/2008/servera.htm.

Egenera will be participating at the marcus evans CIO Summit and GovNET Summit taking place at the Lansdowne Resort in Lansdowne, Va. on April 6-8. The programs target an exclusive group of CIOs in both the commercial and public sectors across North America. The event will address critical IT issues that are affecting enterprise data centers and government infrastructures, and will provide attendees with an opportunity to exchange real life experiences through scheduled one-on-one meetings. To register: marketing@marcusevansbb.com.