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IEC Houses Ethernet Alliance Open Meeting and More at DesignCon 2007 in Santa Clara

Posted on: Thursday, 18 January 2007, 12:00 CST

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) welcomes the Ethernet Alliance and its members at DesignCon 2007, which takes place this January 29 through February 1 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

IEC President John Janowiak commented, "Having the Ethernet Alliance present at DesignCon as well as their Open Meeting as a co-located event brings tremendous value to our educational programming. We are delighted to help host Ethernet Alliance members as well to introduce this well-respected association to attendees and potential new members."

Technology expert speakers from the Ethernet Alliance will discuss the latest Ethernet advancements allowing delegates to gain the latest update of the most current information regarding design engineering theory, technique and practical strategies.

Ethernet Alliance President Brad Booth also commented, "We are proud to announce that since our official launch in January 2006, Ethernet Alliance membership has grown over 300 percent. At DesignCon, we look forward to informing potential new members of the benefits and opportunities that are available to them as Ethernet Alliance members," said Brad Booth, president, Ethernet Alliance. "The Ethernet Alliance is pleased to be an associate sponsor at DesignCon 2007."

Ethernet Alliance speakers include Bill Woodruff of Aquantia who will give a discussion on 10GBASE-T Basics; Daniel Feldman of Microsemi who will share the latest in PoEPlus; and Mike Bennett of Lawrence Berkeley Labs who will present cutting-edge information on Energy-Efficient Ethernet.

The Ethernet Alliance Open Meeting will take place Wednesday, January 31 at 1 p.m. at DesignCon 2007.

As part of the DesignCon conference programming, the Ethernet Alliance will also present a Tech Forum Tutorial Session entitled Ethernet: Optical and Copper Interconnects, Standards, Tradeoffs, and Business Choices on Monday, January 29 at 1:30 p.m.

Industry experts leading the discussion include Bruce Tolley and George Zimmerman of Solarflare Communications and Scott Schub of Intel.

DesignCon's full conference schedule is available at www.designcon.com/2007/conference/schedule.html.

For complete information, visit www.designcon.com/2007/ or contact Lisa Reyes at lreyes@iec.org or +1-312-559-3325.

Source: Business Wire

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