Hurricane Electric Hosts Optimization Seminar
Fremont, California - June 6, 2002 - Hurricane Electric, a leading business Technical Service Provider, will host their first seminar in a series on web performance and optimization on July 20.

Tony Bourke, O'Reilly author of Server Load Balancing, will lead the comprehensive seminar, which includes detailed discussions on scaling infrastructure and major issues impacting web performance.

"There are so many people who could be getting better performance from their web servers," said Anna Shaver, director of sales for Hurricane Electric. "We want everyone to spend their money efficiently and practically. This seminar will give them the knowledge to do so."

Hurricane Electric is sponsoring the seminar to allow attendees to learn how to get the best possible performance from their web sites. Bourke will discuss how to choose the right CPU, memory, storage, cache, load balancing, etc., and increase the performance of a Web site by as much as 500%, which can help significantly cut hardware, software and Internet service costs and improve reliability.

Seminar attendees will receive a free month of colocation at Hurricane Electric's Fremont facility for their participation. They will also receive a free copy of Web Performance and Tuning by P. Killelea, and a 50% discount on Bourke's book, Server Load Balancing.

The seminar will be held on Saturday, July 20 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Lunch will be provided my Hurricane Electric. The cost of the seminar is $199 ($250 if registered after July 10). Guests can register at www.he.net/events.html or call 510-580-4132.

Hurricane Electric customers will receive a 50% discount on the seminar and group rates are available.

About Hurricane Electric
Hurricane Electric is a Business TSP (Technical Service Provider) specializing in Colocation, Dedicated Servers, Direct Internet Connections, and Web Hosting. Hurricane Electric operates its own national network, running Gigabit Ethernet and multiple OC-3's. Check out www.he.net to find out more information about Hurricane Electric.

About the Presenter
Tony Bourke is a leading expert on load balancing and network infrastructure, as well as UNIX administration. He has worked on some of the highest trafficked and highest profile sites on the Internet. He is the author of the O'Reilly book Server Load Balancing, as well as countless articles on load balancing, networking, and system administration. Bourke has also held positions at various web hosting and infrastructure providers.

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