The Computer Measurement Group Announces "Call for Papers and Presentations" for its 34th Annual CMG’08 Conference on December 7-12 in Las Vegas at Paris Hotel
CMG is Source for Unbiased, Objective Expert Information and Practical, Real Life Experiences for IT Professionals
TURNERSVILLE, NJ, February 8, 2008 - The Computer Measurement Group (CMG), the Information Technology professionals responsible for planning, measuring, analyzing, and managing the world’s largest IT infrastructures, announced today its call for papers and presentations for the 34th International Conference to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 7th through 12th, 2008 at the Paris Hotel.
The 2008 CMG conference will cover load and stress testing, benchmarking, performance optimization, software performance engineering, resource management, capacity analysis, modeling, and cost management with special emphasis on Virtualization, Capacity Planning for green datacenters, IT and Business Service Management, Performance Visualization and Service Oriented Infrastructures and Architectures.
"For over 30 years, CMG continues to be the source of unbiased and objective expert information and practical, real life experiences," said Jaqui Lynch, CMG’08 general chair and chief of staff, "Submissions for papers and presentations at all levels are welcome and we especially encourage papers on user experiences as well as ones that share one’s knowledge and expertise."
All paper and presentation submissions will be evaluated through a blind peer-referee process. These presentations inform attendees from various levels of expertise, including Introductory, Tutorial, Advanced, and Management levels. Editorial assistance is available for accepted papers. Mentors are available for writing assistance. Mentor assistance may be requested at any point in the writing process, including before the paper is started.
| Subject Areas | |
| Hot Topics | Virtualization, Capacity Planning for green datacenters, Performance Visualization, SOA, Web Services, Model-Driven Architectures, Real-Time Infrastructures, RFID, Server Consolidation, Blade Servers, Grid Computing, Clustering and Emerging Technologies, etc. |
| Management | ITIL processes and IT Service Management, asset management, BPM, BAM, corporate governance (HIPAA, HEPA, SOX), CPM, dashboards, KPIs, etc. |
| zSeries | z/OS, CICS, IMS, DB2, Batch, WLM, Capacity on Demand, software licensing, zIIPs, zAAPs, etc. |
| Linux and Unix | Proprietary and commodity platforms, open source, management stacks, application servers, J2EE, file systems, etc. |
| Windows | Windows Operating Systems, SQL Server, IIS, Exchange, .NET, DSI, Desktop Environments, etc. |
| Storage | Disk and tape technologies, NAS, SAN, iSCSi, Fibre Channel, backup, recovery, storage management, Storage Performance Council, SNIA, MAID, SATA, etc. |
| Computer Performance Evaluation (CPE) | Stress/load testing, benchmarking, reporting, capacity planning, applied statistics/forecasting, simulation, analytic & hybrid modeling, collection and analysis of performance statistics, Software Performance Engineering (SPE), etc. |
| Network/Internet | Network performance, IPv6, WebSphere, Internet security, LAN, WAN, semantic networks, Web2.0, XML, RSS, podcasts, blogs, eCommerce, etc. |
| Important Paper Submission Dates | |
| Paper Abstract Due | May 16, 2008 |
| Paper Due | June 13, 2008 |
| Referee Review Period | June 16 - July 11, 2008 |
| Author Acceptance Notification | July 28 - August 1, 2008 |
| Editorial Review Period | August 4 - September 12, 2008 |
| Final Camera Ready Copy Due | September 12, 2008 |
For more information about paper and presentation submission processes, please visit:
http://www.cmg.org/conference/cmg2008/call-for-papers.html
CMG, (www.cmg.org) is a not-for-profit, worldwide organization of IT professionals committed to ensuring the efficiency and scalability of IT service delivery to the enterprise through measurement, quantitative analysis, and modeling.
For more information on the conference, see the conference Web page at
http://www.cmg.org/PRNewswire13-Conference.
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Lana Torres
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