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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proud Gold Sponsor:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <img width=98 height=66 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CEC442.54BCD470" alt=intel-logo><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The China Lustre User Group (LUG), hosted by OpenSFS and supported by leading storage solution providers, will be held at the <a href="http://www.thelakeviewhotel.com.cn/en/info.html">Lakeview Hotel</a> in Beijing on Tuesday, October 15th. There's still time to register! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Covering a wide range of high-performance and data intensive application topics, the China LUG is the ideal forum for learning about the breakthrough features delivered with Lustre® file system software, the fastest and most scalable storage software. In particular, LUG events provide the opportunity to meet with developers and leading edge end-users to hear how they're using Lustre to solve important storage challenges.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Agenda and Registration</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The full China LUG agenda is now available and includes a wide variety of technical sessions including Lustre Roadmap and Features in Development, Using Lustre at Tsinghua University, Running Hadoop in a High Performance Environment, and much more: <a href="http://www.opensfs.org/china-lug-2013/">View full agenda</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The China LUG is free but you must pre-register to attend. Registration </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>closes Friday, October 11<sup>th</sup>. Don’t miss it, <a href="http://www.opensfs.org/china-lug-2013/">register now</a>!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. is a strong and growing nonprofit organization dedicated to the success of the Lustre file system. OpenSFS was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and </span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://lustre.opensfs.org/download-lustre/"><i><span style='line-height:115%'>free</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing Lustre and delivering </span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://lustre.opensfs.org/community-lustre-roadmap/"><i><span style='line-height:115%'>new releases</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> on behalf of the open source community. Through working groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, </span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.opensfs.org/"><i><span style='line-height:115%'>OpenSFS</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of Lustre worldwide.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OpenSFS Administration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3855 SW 153<sup>rd</sup> Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/opensfs">@OpenSFS</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:admin@opensfs.org">admin@opensfs.org</a> | Website: <a href="http://www.opensfs.org">www.opensfs.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>