16th annual COMDEX/Fall opens in Las Vegas for 190,000 computer industry professionals.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1994 -- The 16th annual COMDEX/Fall, America's largest trade show conference and exposition, opened here today for an estimated 190,000 computer professionals and 2,200 exhibiting companies from the global computer-communications industry. The projected attendance figure includes more than 25,000 international delegates from more than 100 countries. In an SRO See Self-regulatory organization. SRO See self-regulatory organization (SRO). keynote session at the Aladdin Hotel Theater for the Performing Arts, Microsoft Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Bill Gates spelled out his expansive vision for the growing industry, whose global revenues now exceed $150 billion per year. Sheldon G. Adelson, COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). founder and chairman of the sponsoring Interface Group, told today's keynote audience that "the personal computer revolution has already changed the world, and it will continue to do so." Additional COMDEX Keynote sessions are slated for the Aladdin Hotel Theater on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Novell President and CEO Robert Frankenberg and Intel President and CEO Andrew S. Grove, respectively. "These industry leaders bring unique concepts and strategic perspectives to the COMDEX Keynote podium," said Adelson. Exhibit halls across the city, at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , Las Vegas Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent. Hotel and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, were all crowded during opening hours today, as tens of thousands of attendees examined an equivalent number of new computer systems, products and services. The 2,200 exhibitors include more than 500 companies with multimedia systems and products, and more than 300 companies with systems, products and services relating to network computing. Other COMDEX showcases include OEM Sources and, new this year, the ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. (Integrated Services Digital Network Integrated services digital network (ISDN) A generic term referring to the integration of communications services transported over digital facilities such as wire pairs, coaxial cables, optical fibers, microwave radio, and satellites. ) and Desktop Publishing showcases. Also new this year is a major exhibit sponsored by the PowerPC Alliance -- Apple Computer, IBM and Motorola. PowerPC systems, software and development tools from 60-plus companies are being demonstrated. In addition to the three COMDEX Keynote sessions at the Aladdin, there will be three "Power Panel" sessions, Monday through Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., in the Sands Hotel Ballroom. The COMDEX Conference also includes more than 125 regular sessions in the new meeting room complex at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. The Interface Group produces COMDEX marketing events for the global computer-communications industry in Brazil Brazilian Industrialization Industrialization during colonial Times During the colonial period, due to the rules of the economic theory of Mercantilism, no industrial activity could take place in Brazil. , Canada, Mexico, Singapore and the United States. The company also owns and operates the Sands Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. CONTACT: Interface Group, Peter B. Young, 617/449-6600 |
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