[Revised July 6, 2000; note updated conference location.] San Clemente and Palo Alto, Calif. — The RTC Group and LinuxDevices.com have announced a revised venue and date for the second Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC). The event will take place on Friday, October 27th at the Wyndham Westborough Hotel, 5400 Computer Drive, Westborough, Mass. The event had previously been scheduled for November 16th in Toronto.

John Reardon, RTC Group president, said “the level of enthusiastic interest in the first ELEC event being held this week in San Jose, Calif. has far exceeded our expectations. After reviewing the options for this year's East Coast ELEC event, we came to the conclusion that Boston represents a better location than Toronto.” Rick Lehrbaum, founder of LinuxDevices.com and ELEC technical chair, added “we're extremely pleased with the very high quality of the technical content and also with the excitement that this new Embedded Linux event has generated among both attendees and exhibitors. We therefore wanted the East Coast ELEC event to be held in a location that is convenient to the greatest number of participants.”

About the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference

The Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC) is the world's first expo and conference to exclusively target the use of the popular open-source Linux operating system in embedded applications. Each ELEC event features a full day of technical presentations by CEOs, CTOs, and other senior technical experts of leading embedded Linux companies, on issues and challenges associated with integrating Linux and Linux-related technologies into embedded system applications. In addition to the technical presentations, several dozen suppliers of technologies and products useful to developers of Linux-based embedded systems will participate in the Expo portion of the event, providing product demonstrations and answering attendees' technical questions.

ELEC is directed towards engineers, project managers, and design teams that are developing a broad range of embedded systems incorporating the Linux operating system and related technologies. Typical applications span the gamut from moderate to high performance fixed and mobile computing needs, and include: smart appliances, gaming, set-top boxes, medical equipment, defense/aerospace systems, industrial control/automation, transportation systems, instrumentation, and data acquisition.

The fee to attend the technical conference is $79 in advance, and $99 at the door. There is no charge for attending the Expo portion of ELEC. Registration for the conference will be available online soon, at the ELEC website which is located here.

For information on exhibiting in the Expo, contact Cindy Hickson of the RTC Group, at [email protected]; phone 949-226-2035. For information on giving a technical presentation in the conference, contact Rick Lehrbaum of LinuxDevices.com.

About the RTC Group (www.rtcgroup.com)

The RTC Group has been producing effective table-top exhibitions and conferences for over 12 years. The events target the real-time and embedded communities and are augmented by several specialized events for companies such as Microsoft and Intel. In addition, the company publishes the RTC trade magazine and COTS Journal – both standard-bearers in the real-time, embedded and COTS marketplace.

About LinuxDevices.com (www.linuxdevices.com)

LinuxDevices.com (a subsidiary of ZDNet) has established itself as the worldwide “Embedded Linux Portal” — the first place developers go for the latest information on using Linux in embedded applications. The popular portal site features a broad spectrum of embedded Linux topics including news, articles, events, links, jobs, polls, an interactive forum, and product information — all targeted to Linux-based embedded system developers. LinuxDevices.com carries up-to-date information about Linux-related single-board computers, chips, tools, and support, and highlights a wide variety of embedded, real-time, and small-footprint Linux implementations, including both commercial distributions and open source projects.

 
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