TORONTO, CANADA -- To provide a forum for discussion about best practices in distributed and Grid computing, Platform Computing today announced that it will host two regional user summits in San Jose and Boston in early December. With representation from the financial services, government life sciences, manufacturing and software development industries, the User Summits will allow Platform customers and partners to share their experiences in achieving competitive advantage through distributed computing. Speakers from Adaptec, ARM, AstraZeneca, Cadence, GridFrastructure, Microway, Myriad and RLX will discuss key trends such as Linux clustering, automating complex job flows, and global license management. Platform will also be demonstrating Platform Intelligence(TM) its new 'IT Analytics' solution. Platform Intelligence provides visibility into the utilization, performance and value of distributed enterprise-wide IT resources. Armed with this data, organizations can adopt a more flexible IT strategy to ensure consistent service delivery, effective capacity planning, and informed IT investments. The agenda for the two events is as follows: Thursday, December 5 Silicon Valley Conference Center, 2161 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95131 11.00 a.m. PST - 5.15p.m. PST http://www.platform.com/newsevents/events/sv_usersummit/register.asp * Cadence Server Farm Initiatives by Tom M. Grotton Jr., Director, IT Server Farm Initiative, Cadence Design Systems * Global License Management by Kelly Overgaard, System Operations Manager, Adaptec * Understanding Your Cluster, Understanding Your Project by Ibrahim "Hoomi" Chadirchi, IT Development Manager, ARM * Software Support for High-throughput Proteomics by Alan F. James, Director, Software Development, Myriad Genetics * Architectural and Solution Process Overview of Platform Intelligence by David E. Antila, Director, Product Management, Platform Computing Tuesday, December 10 Boston Marriott Burlington, Rte 128/3A (One Mall Road), Burlington, MA 01803 9.00 a.m. ET. - 12.30 p.m. ET http://www.platform.com/newsevents/events/bostonlsfsummit/register.asp * Cluster Technologies for 2003 by James Owen, Vice President Business Development, Microway * Server Blades in Scale-Out Computing Architectures by Ed Cichone, Team Leader, Field Systems Engineering, RLX * Supercomputing for Drug Discovery by William Hayes, PhD, Bioinformatics Scientist, AstraZeneca * Grid-Enabled Scheduling of Complex Job Flows by Rakesh Modi, Development Manager Platform JobScheduler and Application Integration, Platform Computing * Managing Grid Deployment -- Requirements and Tools by Dan Feldman, President, GridFrastructure * NCSim Server Farm -- An Overview by Steven G. Esposito, Architect, Cadence