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OVA is a Gold Sponsor at OSBC 2012 – More information

The Open Virtualization Alliance is sponsoring the Open Source Business Conference 2012 on May 21-22, 2012 in San Francisco and we have negotiated with the organizers at Computerworld to offer our OVA members a 30% discount on registration and an exclusive sponsorship package. Our OVA members will also earn one free full conference pass for every five paid registrations.

Discount Registration
To find out how to take advantage of the pre-negotiated 30% discount for present OVA members please contact us for the details: admin@openvirtualizationalliance.org.

Exclusive Sponsorship Package
A special sponsorship package is available to OVA members who want to exhibit at the event. The price of the sponsorship has been negotiated on behalf of OVA members for a discount of 20% to $5,000 and contains the following benefits:

• Pre-Conference Promotions
• Extensive pre-conference logo visibility on conference web site
• OVA Member booth placement in close proximity to the main OVA booth
• On-site Visibility
• One table top display in the conference area of the event venue
• One full conference pass (complimentary registration) for a sponsoring OVA member company representative
• 25-word company profile appearing in the official Conference Guide

Note: The sponsorship will only be offered to pre-approved members who have not already purchased a sponsorship package, and are not in current discussions with the event on the sponsorship. Please contact us to find out how to take advantage of this offer: admin@openvirtualizationalliance.org.

OVA Panel Presentation
If you are planning to attend the event, don’t miss the OVA panel presentation on 21 May at 3 p.m.

Virtualization for the 99%: Is KVM Set to Occupy the Data Center?
Since its inception as an integrated module into the Linux kernel in 2007, Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) has matured into a robust enterprise virtualization infrastructure. KVM is now backed not only by an active community of developers from IBM, Intel, Red Hat, HP and others but also a broad ecosystem of cloud and enterprise solution providers represented by the Open Virtualization Alliance. KVM adoption is growing fast and spreading widely across the datacenter. Join this session to hear the panel discuss four usage models—cloud, Linux server consolidation, heterogeneous virtualization, and software-defined networking—that illustrate the maturity and potential of open virtualization.

• Scott Crenshaw, VP, Cloud Business Unit, Red Hat
• Scott Shaffer, Director of Platform Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard
• Vin Sharma, Open Source & Linux Business Strategy, Intel
• Jean Staten Healy, Director WW Linux, IBM
• Stephen O’Grady, Co-Founder, RedMonk