Solidcore CEO Rosen Sharma to Address Silicon Valley's First Tech Policy Summit

Joins Prominent Leaders from the Media, Public and Private Sector to Debate Critical Policy Issues Affecting Technology Innovation and Adoption

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2007 – Solidcore® Systems, Inc., a leading provider of change control software for critical systems, today announced its president and CEO Rosen Sharma has been selected to address the first-of-its-kind technology policy summit held in the Silicon Valley on February 26-27, 2007.  Sharma will participate in a roundtable discussion led by Forbes contributing editor Elizabeth Corcoran on Tuesday, February 27th at 1:15 p.m. Pacific Time on the topic "Developing Tech Talent: Education, Immigration and Innovation Leadership."

The nonpartisan, invite-only Tech Policy Summit is being held February 26-27, 2007 in San Jose, and will provide an independent, unbiased forum for spirited and participatory debate on the policy issues most impacting technology innovation and adoption.  The two-day summit bridges the gap between tech industry insiders and policy experts who may have different perspectives but who share a common goal of enabling innovation.  Focusing on America’s competitiveness agenda, the program will address issues such as broadband deployment, network neutrality, cyber security, patent reform, international trade and investments. 

Leading journalists such as TIME magazine’s Karen Tumulty, The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg, CNBC’s Jim Goldman, CBS News’ Larry Magid, BusinessWeek's Steve Wildstrom, Newsweek's Steven Levy and Technology Daily's Andrew Noyes will host candid on stage interviews and roundtable discussions on these and other issues.  Solidcore’s Rosen Sharma joins leading government affairs professionals and thought leaders from AT&T, Intel, IBM, Comcast, New America Foundation, and Verizon.

For more information about the Tech Policy Summit, please visit www.techpolicysummit.com.

About Rosen Sharma
Rosen Sharma is president and CEO of Solidcore Systems.  Under his leadership, Solidcore has become one of the fastest growing startups in Silicon Valley.  Sharma is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded VxTreme (acquired by Microsoft), Ensim, Teros (acquired by Citrix), Green Border, and Teneros.  He currently serves on the board of directors of GreenBorder, Solidcore, and Teneros.  Rosen also started Mentor-Partners, a firm to help startup companies in India.  The Mentor-Partner portfolio includes companies: BubbleMotion, uGenie, iLantus, and Atlantis Computing.  Sharma is a gold medalist from IIT Delhi and he holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University.  He is recognized as a technology visionary, and more of his industry thoughts and perspectives can be found at http://changecontrol.think-smarter.com. 

About Solidcore Systems
Solidcore is a leading provider of change control for critical systems.  Solidcore’s S3 Control software is the industry’s first and only solution to automate the enforcement of change management policies.  Solidcore automatically reconciles infrastructure changes against change tickets, and provides real-time change auditing so enterprises can measure the effectiveness of change management processes and policies.  Customers trust Solidcore to improve service availability, implement ITIL initiatives, and lower costs related to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.  Solidcore also provides change control for embedded systems and is used by major device manufacturers to securely leverage open systems to meet their business requirements.  Solidcore is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.  For more information, visit www.solidcore.com.

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