Released on = March 30, 2007, 12:29 pm

Press Release Author = gelato Federation

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = The Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) is proud to announce
the technical program for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on
April 16-18, 2007, in San Jose, California. The full program is now available online
at www.ice.gelato.org/program/program.php.

Press Release Body = The Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) is proud to announce the
technical program for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on April
16-18, 2007, in San Jose, California. International Itanium architecture experts are
scheduled to deliver over 70 top-notch presentations focusing on Linux® on the
Intel® Itanium® architecture. The full program is now available online at
www.ice.gelato.org/program/program.php.

\"This year's program is phenomenal,\" stated Mark K. Smith, Gelato managing director.
\"The Program Committee has brought together all the big names in Linux and Itanium
architecture. Attendees will not want to miss the presentation from Intel\'s James
Fister outlining the latest, yet to be disclosed, Itanium processor roadmap.\"

Gelato ICE is the world\'s only conference dedicated specifically to Linux on the
Intel Itanium architecture. Gelato ICE is targeted for technical users, application
and tool developers, system researchers and vendors, and ISVs wanting to network and
extend the impact of the platform. The conference is sponsored by HP, Intel, and the
Itanium® Solutions Alliance, and media partners HPCwire and GRIDtoday.

Program Sessions and Tracks for Gelato ICE 2007

Program tracks covering the three-full days of Gelato ICE include: multi-core
programming, IA-64 Linux kernel work, virtualization, tools and tuning, topics for
enterprise, GCC improvements, and cutting-edge research. Linux keynote speakers will
be Andrew Morton, Maintainer of the Linux 2.6 Kernel, and Wim Coekaerts, Senior
Director for Linux Engineering at Oracle.

Intel and Gelato are offering a full day multi-core programming seminar and lab.
Gelato and the Itanium® Solutions Alliance have organized a series of presentations
covering the Itanium architecture and tool selection and use for porting
applications and optimizing system performance.

Gelato ICE San Jose will be the year\'s highpoint for those wanting to learn more
about using and developing Linux on Itanium architecture. Anyone working with this
platform-or thinking about working with the platform-should attend. More information
is available at www.ice.gelato.org.

About Gelato

The Gelato Federation is the global technical community dedicated to advancing Linux
on the Intel Itanium-based platform through collaboration, education, and
leadership. Information about Gelato members\' software and solutions are available
through the Gelato portal (www.gelato.org), and the community is welcome to
participate and contribute.


Web Site = http://www.ice.gelato.org

Contact Details = Nan Holda
nan@gelato.org
217.265.0947