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Edward Suffern, BladeCenter Ethernet Switching
IBM RTP
Pritesh Patel, Manager, Software Development, EAG Desktop Switch Business Unit
Cisco Systems San Jose
Amit Sanyal, Product Marketing Manager, EAG Desktop Switch Business Unit
Cisco Systems San Jose
Damon West, IBM PC Institute
IBM RTP
Chris Durham, BladeCenter Development, IBM Systems Group
IBM RTP
Khalid Ansari, Storage Networking Support, LAN/ATM Switch Support, BISC Team
IBM RTP
Robert Jakes, BISC Team - (Blade Infrastructure Solutions Center)
IBM RTP
Kazumasa Norihashi, Manager of Network Systems, Systems Design Center
IBM Japan
Nobukazu Kamei, Manager, xSeries Technical Support
IBM Japan
Vahid Mehr, Business Development Manager, Cisco Systems Strategic Alliance Group
Cisco San Jose
Derek Owens, Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems Strategic Alliance Group
Cisco New York
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