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Xilinx Media Alert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ALERT FOR METRO OPTICAL NETWORKING FORUM
What: Metro Optical Networking Forum
When: July 25, 2002
Where: Santa Clara Convention Center + 40 locations throughout North America
Major Electronics Industry Event
Members of the press are invited to attend the Metro Optical Networking Forum, the first industry event to address the challenges of designing and developing products for the metro area and edge access networks. The free all-day event will
take place on July 25, 2002 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, and will include presentations from leaders and visionaries from throughout the Metro-Optical Networking community focusing on the technologies and challenges of developing
and deploying successful products for the Metro Area Network market. Open to over 1,000 system architects, design engineers, executives, product development managers, and industry press, the event will also be broadcast via live satellite
to an additional 41 Avnet locations throughout the United States and Canada. Attendees will hear from industry leaders and visionaries on where this dynamic market is headed and the technologies driving success in the MAN space.
Ideal News Opportunity for Members of the Press
The Metro Optical Networking Forum is an ideal opportunity for
the press to meet the men and women driving the rapidly emerging
MAN market. Members of the press may also attend a complimentary
after party with key executives from throughout the Metro-Optical
Networking community. For more information, contact the Xilinx
public relations department at metro@xilinx.com.
Featured Speakers
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Vinton Cerf, senior vice president of Architecture and Technology at WorldCom will deliver the keynote speech. Cerf, widely known as one of the "Fathers of the Internet" for co-designing TCP/IP and the architecture of the Internet,
will discuss metro area networks from a service provider perspective.
- Dave House, president, chief executive officer and chairman of Allegro Networks will be a featured speaker. House, who has 35 years of experience in the industry, is credited with creating and launching the "Intel Inside" campaign, will
be discussing the challenges and demands of today's edge networks and will introduce multi-router technology and its role in revolutionizing routing and routing services for carriers
Press Registration Information
To attend the free event, editors should register in advance by
visiting www.xilinx.com/metro or via email at metro@xilinx.com. The main venue for the July 25 event is the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara,
Calif. Additional venues include Boston, Dallas, and Ottawa
About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is the worldwide leader of programmable
logic solutions. Additional information about Xilinx is available
at www.xilinx.com.
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