Sun Spans the San Francisco Bay Area With Keynote Presentations at RSA
Conference and Open Source Business Conference
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) executives Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO, and Jonathan
Schwartz, president and COO, will deliver keynote presentations on Feb. 14 at
the RSA Conference and Open Source Business Conference, respectively. The
leading industry events address key themes essential to the Participation Age:
security, community and openness. At the RSA Conference in San Jose, Calif.,
Scott McNealy's keynote presentation will address the need for a systemic
security approach to both protect and enable opportunities the network
provides. Up the highway at the Open Source Business Conference in San
Francisco, Jonathan Schwartz will discuss the economic value and business
opportunities of the open source community.
WHEN and WHERE:
Scott McNealy's keynote presentation, "Tear Down the Walls - Embrace Risk
and Opportunity Through Security", will take place Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 9:50
a.m. Pacific. The RSA Conference is being held at the McEnery Convention
Center in San Jose, Calif. from Feb. 13-17. Information about the conference
can be found at http://2006.rsaconference.com/us/ .
Jonathan Schwartz's keynote presentation, "Open Source: Moving Beyond Just
Software", will take place Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific. The Open
Source Business Conference is being held at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco
Feb. 14 and 15. Information about the conference can be found at
http://www.osbc.com/live/13/ .
Additional Sun Activity at RSA Conference
Sun will host a customer luncheon with security experts Whitfield Diffie
and Radia Perlman. Held on Tuesday, Feb. 14, the lunch will provide an
opportunity to learn more about Sun's systemic approach to security. For more
information and to register for the luncheon, please visit
http://mediadirect.com/rsa/email.html .
In the Sun booth, number 515, visitors can view demonstrations and discuss
Sun's integrated technology solutions. In addition to McNealy's keynote,
several Sun executives will be participating in presentations and panels at
the RSA Conference, lending expertise on topics such as identity management,
cryptography, data management and cross platform security. Additional Sun
presentations at RSA Conference include:
Tuesday, February 14
-- 10:35 a.m. Pacific -- Whitfield Diffie, chief security officer
The Cryptographers Panel
-- 11:45 a.m. Pacific -- James Hughes, Sun fellow
Storage Security -- Use of Encryption to Protect Data at Rest
-- 2:00 p.m. Pacific -- Yvonne Wilson, architect
Implementing Federated Identity: What Products Do You Need?
-- 3:25 p.m. Pacific -- Rafat Alvi, senior architect, CTO Office
Trusted SOA: An End-to-End Trustworthy Services-Oriented
Architecture
-- 4:30 p.m. Pacific -- Rags Srinivasan, CTO, Technology Evangelism
Secure Cross-Talk Between Java and NET Platforms Using WS-Security
Thursday, February 16
-- 2:00 p.m. Pacific -- Michelle Dennedy, chief privacy officer
The Policy of Identity: Privacy Rules
-- 2:00 p.m. Pacific -- Nancy Hurley, director, Data Management Group
Software
Integration of Data Management ILM Systems
-- 3:25 p.m. Pacific -- Radia Perlman, distinguished engineer
The Information Protection Wars
Friday, February 17
-- 11:10 a.m. Pacific -- Hanumatha Neti, director, IT Security and
Danny Smith, IT security specialist
Security Metrics -- How Six Sigma is Helping Security in Large
Enterprises
Additional Activity at Open Source Business Conference
In addition to the Jonathan Schwartz keynote presentation, Sun executives
will be participating in panel discussions addressing issues facing the open
source community and its impact on the technology industry. Sun is also
hosting the Opening Night reception on Feb. 13, providing conference
participants a chance to meet and mingle with their peers. Sun panel topics
include:
Tuesday, February 14
-- 2:00 p.m. Pacific -- Tim Bray, director of Web Technologies
Stacking the Enterprise Deck: The Rise of LAMP/J and its
Implications for Enterprise Infrastructure
Wednesday, February 15
-- 3:15 p.m. Pacific -- Bill Vass, chief information officer and senior
vice president
Can a Leopard Change its Spots? The Long Road From Proprietary to
Open
-- 4:10 p.m. Pacific -- Tim Bray, director or of Web Technologies
Open Source Software and Standards Revisited
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun in
the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets.
Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the
forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be
found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun.com.
NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Java, Solaris, Star Office,
and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks, registered trademarks, or
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countries.
Contact: Dana Lengkeek of Sun, +1-650-786-4017, or dana.lengkeek@sun.com.
SOURCE Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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