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Top Vendors and Users to Meet with Editors and Analysts at NYC's Rainbow Room

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Gartner Group and CMP Trade Show & Conference Services will host an exclusive technology briefing at the Rainbow Room in New York City, June 21st 1995. The event brings together top vendors and users of high-performance computing and commercial parallel processing for a unique opportunity to discuss the latest advancements in the field. Nationally-recognized as the premier media forum addressing commercial applications for parallel processing, the briefing will feature a high-level panel/Q&A session moderated by Gartner Group analyst Howard Richmond, followed by one-on-one sessions with the press.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Commercial Parallel Processing Technology Briefing serves as the only summit where editors and analysts can meet one-on-one with pioneering users and vendors of this exploding new technology.
  • Commercial applications now represent the fastest-growing marketing opportunity for parallel computing, with 56% of all incoming orders for high-performance servers being placed by business customers.
  • 31 of the top 100 companies in the U.S. have installed an SP system, and 50 of those companies are expected to attend the briefing.
  • Participating vendors include IBM, AT&T-GIS, Digital Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, and others.
  • PalmSource exhibited their product with great success in last year's Commercial Parallel Processing Technology Briefing.
  • Tandem Computers and Unisys Corp are also participating in the event.
  • The Briefing will be immediately followed by the Commercial Parallel Processing Conference, to be held September 27 - 29, 1995 in the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Statistics:

  • 56% of all incoming orders for high-performance servers are now being placed by business customers.
  • 31 of the top 100 companies in the U.S. have installed an SP system.
  • 50 of the top 100 companies in the U.S. are expected to attend the briefing.
  • The event is produced by CMP Trade Show & Conference Services and Gartner Group.

Sources:

  • Gartner Group
  • CMP Trade Show & Conference Services
  • PRNewswire, June 8, 1995
  • Tandem Computers and Unisys Corp
  • At&T-GIS
  • Digital Corporation
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Silicon Graphics
  • IBM

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