ADVISORY/COMNET Kicks Off a New Year for the Networking Technologies Industry at the Washington Convention Center Next Week.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Monday to Thursday (Jan. 26 to Jan. 29) COMNET COMNET - A simulation tool from CACI for analysing wide-area voice or data networks, based on SIMSCRIPT. 2004 --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: COMNET Conference & Expo (www.comnetexpo.com), the year's first
major event for leaders in the enterprise and government
networking industry
WHERE: Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
WHEN: Conferences: January 26-29, 2004; Expo: January 27-29, 2004
WHO: Owned and produced by IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com)
HOW: Media registration is in Exhibit Hall D of the Washington
Convention Center. Please be prepared to present a photo ID
and appropriate credentials
(http://www.comnetexpo.com/comnetexpo/V40/index.cvn?ID=10043).
Attendee registration is available both on-site and online at
www.comnetexpo.com. The cost for an Exhibits Only pass is $50;
conference passes start at $195.
Registration hours:
Monday, January 26 8:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday, January 27 8:00am - 4:00pm
Wednesday, January 28 8:00am - 4:00pm
Thursday, January 29 8:00am - 1:00pm
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: -- Keynotes presented by Dr. Whitfield Diffie Bailey Whitfield 'Whit' Diffie (born June 5 1944) is a US cryptographer and one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1965. , chief security officer & distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc., on Tuesday, January 27 at 11:45am; and Howard Anderson, senior managing director of YankeeTek Ventures, on Wednesday, January 28 at 11:45am. -- Feature presentation hosted by John Gallant John Gallant is a lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League. Before signing on with the Colorado Mammoth, Gallant played for the Washington Power for one season. , Network World president and editorial director, on Tuesday, January 27 at 1:30pm. CIOs from Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run , the State of Connecticut and George Washington University Washington University, at St. Louis, Mo.; coeducational; est. as Eliot Seminary 1853, opened 1854, renamed 1857. It has a well-known medical school and school of social work as well as research centers for radiology, space studies, engineering computing, and the will share their insights and money-stretching ideas for innovating in a tough market. -- Special Town Meeting, "The 'Low Down' on 'High-Tech' Communications Policy and Regulation" moderated by Richard Wiley, former chairman of the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. and senior partner of Wiley, Rein & Fielding LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , on Wednesday, January 28 at 1:30pm. -- COMNET First: 30/60 Sessions, held on the exhibit floor, which deliver 30 essential networking tips in 60 minutes. Topics include "Improving Remote Worker Efficiency" (Tuesday, January 27 at 10:30am), "Smarter, Faster, Better IT" (Wednesday, January 28 at 10:30am), and "What Every Government Technologist Needs to Know About IP Communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. " (Thursday, January 29 at 10:30am). -- COMNET First: Outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. Summit, addressing the critical issues affecting the IT outsourcing industry for 2004. Hosted by the MSPAlliance, the Outsourcing Summit takes place Wednesday, January 28 from 9:00am - 12:30pm. -- Technology Spotlight Theater, where participating companies offer information on cutting-edge solutions, as well as their perspectives on the industry. A complete schedule of presentations is available at www.comnetexpo.com (click on "Exhibit Floor Highlights"). -- Redesigned conference program, delivering powerful, in-depth education on the top issues facing networking and communications professionals in 2004: wireless/mobility, VoIP, WAN, security and the data center. -- Press conference delivered by Canoga Perkins on Wednesday, January 28 at 11:00am. |
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