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<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear OFA
Members,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has been my
express pleasure to have served on the Board of the OFA, and in particular to
have had the opportunity</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>to act as Chairman
for the Enterprise Working Group (EWG) for the last year or so. I believe the
OFA to be a shining</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>example
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>of how an
open source community can come together, overcome competitive tendancies and
forge a truly lasting</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>software effort that
clearly and directly benefits the user and development community it supports. I
am particularly proud of the</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>job the EWG has done
in furthering the stability of the OFA release process as embodied by the OFED
releases. It is clear</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>that these efforts
have directly contributed to the widespread adoption of OFA technology with
scientific, commercial and </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>enterprise
customers. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, it is time
in my life for a change, and as such I have resigned from my role at Cisco,
effective Oct 12. I will be</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>taking a year or so
off to persue some personal interests. Therefore, I must also resign from the
Board of the OFA and the</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chair of the EWG.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>In my place, Cisco
officially nominates Gopal Hedge as my replacement for the Board seat as well as
EWG chair. Gopal</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>has just joined
Cisco as my replacement and will head up all the InfiniBand and RDMA efforts for
Cisco. Gopal recently joined Cisco from Adaptec where he was running engineering
for their RAID product line, and prior to that Gopal spent several years
at</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Intel driving
Intel's I/O Architecture and Strategy for Server Platforms. In that role, Gopal
drove Intel's DCE, FCoE and I/O virtualization strategies. As such he is
uniquely qualified to drive Cisco's combined IB and Ethernet RDMA
strategy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gopal's Contact
Info:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gopal Hegde
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>408-853-7058</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
title=mailto:gohegde@cisco.com
href="mailto:gohegde@cisco.com">gohegde@cisco.com</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good luck to you
all, and keep up the good work. For future reference, I can be reached at <A
title=mailto:jamie.riotto@gmail.com
href="mailto:jamie.riotto@gmail.com">jamie.riotto@gmail.com</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers -
jamie</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=137420421-02102007>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Jamie Riotto</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sr. Director
Engineering</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Server Virtualization
Business Unit (SVBU)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cisco Systems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>408-853-7813</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>jriotto@cisco.com</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>