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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The OpenFabrics Alliance is hosting the 4<sup>th</sup> An<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>nual International Sonoma Workshop from
April 7-9. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The early bird registration period
runs through Friday,</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>February 29</span></b>.
You have two more days to register at the discounted rate of $495. To
register now</span></font>, visit <a
href="http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=149831">http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=149831</a>.
Membership in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place>
is not necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>At the workshop, you’ll hear
end users from a variety of industries discuss how the OFA is helping them
address pain points in their enterprise data centers and high-performance
computing environments. The Sonoma Workshop will also provide developers in
the OFA community with an opportunity to hear from server and storage OEMs,
distributors of major operating systems, and leading ISVs. Developers
will learn about the support plans these companies have for the OpenFabrics
software stack as well as their views on the requirements for the software
stack moving forward.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Last year’s Sonoma <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Workshop was a huge success.
We’re looking forward to an even better workshop this spring, including a
special presentation from Andy Bechtolsheim.</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>The workshop will take place at The Lodge at <st1:City
w:st="on">Sonoma</st1:City> in the heart of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>’s wine country.
Don’t miss it! Register for the workshop and reserve a hotel
room today. Be sure to sign up by February 29 for the early bird
registration rate. More details about the workshop are available at</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <a href="http://www.openfabrics.org/">www.OpenFabrics.org</a>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The OpenFabrics Alliance looks
forward to seeing you in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sonoma</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jeffrey Scott<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Split</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Rock
Communications for<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the OpenFabrics <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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