ComNet/DC '99 Announces New Product Achievement Awards Finalists; Emerging Companies Make Strong Showing For the Year's Best New Products in Networking, Data and Telecommunications.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1999--The organizers of ComNet/DC '99 today announced 27 finalists will compete for top honors in the ComNet New Product Achievement Awards (NPAA NPAA National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis (European Union) NPAA National Professional Anglers Association NPAA Newbury Park Adventist Academy NPAA Northern Plains Atlatl Association NPAA Nether Providence Athletic Association ) competition. Sponsored by IDG's InfoWorld, the Awards recognize the best new computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. hardware, software, services, and solutions debuting at ComNet. Scheduled for January 26 - 28 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center and the Washington, D.C. Renaissance Hotel, ComNet is the largest technology conference and exhibition dedicated to enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. and communications. This year several emerging companies such as Softcom Systems, New Access Communications
Access Communications Co-operative Ltd. , and PakNetX make a strong showing as Awards finalists, joining 3Com, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Lucent Technologies, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Worldcom, and Sprint. The winners of this year's competition will join past honorees from ComNet '98, including 3Com, Atmosphere Networks, Cisco Systems, Ganymede Software, Nbase, NetReality, Inc., networkMCI, Newbridge Networks Newbridge Networks was an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada company founded by Canadian/Welsh entrepreneur Terry Matthews. It was founded in 1986 to create data and voice networking products after Matthews was forced out of his original company Mitel. , and Grand Prizewinner prize·win·ner n. One that wins a prize. prizewinner n → premiado/a prizewinner prize n → gagnant(e) Network Associates. A complete list of this year's finalists, product descriptions and company contacts follows. "ComNet continues to be the industry's major event where leading networking and communications companies Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. unveil new products and services," said Debra Hart, ComNet show director from IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) Expo Management. "This year more than 300 exhibiting companies will introduce new products and services, and the New Product Achievement Awards will honor those companies that have contributed the most innovative products which promise to change the networking and communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. ." Winners will be chosen by non-exhibitor attendees, who will cast votes during the show and choose the best new product in each of eight categories, as well as one product for the ComNet '99 Most Innovative New Product or Service. Finalists' products will be on display in the New Product Showcase located in the main lobby of the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. All winners will be announced at the New Product Achievement Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, January 27, 1999 at 5:30 p.m. in the Washington, D.C. Renaissance Hotel. The Awards will be presented by InfoWorld Publisher Phil Branon. To qualify for the competition, products must be introduced for the first time at ComNet '99, or announced within eight weeks preceding ComNet and cannot have been introduced or exhibited in the same form at previous trade shows. The finalists were chosen by a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
ComNet '99 is expected to attract close to 50,000 communications and networking professionals to the Washington, D.C. Convention Center to test and evaluate more than 400 companies demonstrating the latest networking and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. technologies. This year's keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. speakers are C. Michael Armstrong C Michael Armstong (born 18 October, 1938, in Detroit, Michigan) is the former AT&T chairman and CEO, who tried to reestablish AT&T as an end-to-end carrier. Unfortunately, due to the dot.com bust and various other issues, he was forced to break the group up in 2001. of AT&T, John Chambers John Chambers could be any of the following people:
1999 NPAA FINALISTS
CARRIER/WAN SERVICE OR PRODUCT
Company Product Description Company Contact
Castle Networks C2100 Services Matthew Burke
Westford, MA Mediation Platform (SMP) (978)692-9500
New Access Communications MetroFusion Network Jeff Graham
Santa Barbara, CA (818)773-0900
Salix Technologies ETX5000 Kit Goldfarb
Gaithersburg, MD (301)417-0017
Sprint Corporation Sprint ION
Dallas, TX (Integrated On-Demand Joey Mooring
Network) (972)405-5345
INTERNET/INTRANET PRODUCT
Company Product Company Contact
IRE/Safenet ADSP 2141 SafeNet Crypt1C Maureen Walsh
Baltimore, MD (410)931-1103
Loral Orion WorldCast Premier Lisa Koppel
Rockville, MD (301)258-8101
MCI Worldcom MCI Worldcom Interact Paul Adams
Atlanta, GA (770)280-6406
MEMCO Software SECURED For Internet Cherity Morrison
Redwood City, CA (415)677-0219
LAN/INTERNETWORKING PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
Carrier Access Corp. Access Bank II/SDSL Michele Yamada
Boulder, CO (Symmetric Digital (303)442-5455
Subscriber Line)
LANart SxC1215 - 12 Channel Sondra Barrison
Needham, MA 100Base-TX to 100Base (781)444-1994
SX Converter
Softcom Microsystems GigaBlade(TM)Network Melissa Crowton
Fremont, CA (510)497-3962
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
Cisco Systems MGX 8850 Wide Area Edge Everett Tackett
San Jose, CA (408)527-8607
Glenayre Western Multiplex Tsunami Shauna Schinella
Sunnyvale,CA (408)542-5210
Siemens Information & HiNet RC Austen Briggs
Communication Networks (650) 363-0982
Santa Clara, CA
VINA Technologies Multiservice Pamela Rupert
Fremont, CA (408) (408)286-2611
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Company Product Contact
Cornet Technology FSX Fiber Crosspoint Rosemarie D'Agostino
Springfield, VA (703)658-6746
RADCOM Equipment WireSpeed(TM)622 ATM Bob Geller
Mahwah, NJ and Israel and Packet over SONET (212)840-5905
(POS)
Voelker Technologies AxxS 9200 Tom Burniece
San Ramon, CA (925)551-6400
WIRELESS PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
3Com 3Com/Citrix thin Steve Plavny
Rolling Meadows, IL (847)262-1329
Metricom Richocet SX Modem John Wernke
Los Gatos, CA (408) 399-8315
Nbase/Xyplex Wireless Fiber Driver Jeff Graham
Chatsworth, CA (818)773-0900
SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
3Com DynamicAccess Mobile Software Molly Mulloy
Salt Lake City, UT (408)326-3021
LAN-hopper Systems PATHmaster v4.0 Ike de Diego
Norcross, GA (770)446-9266
Visio Corp. Visio Enterprise Susanne Buti
Seattle, WA (425)637-9097
TELEPHONY/FAX/CONFERENCING PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
Lucent Technologies PacketStar IP Gateway 1000 Steven Ledermilk
Basking Ridge, NJ Carolyn Kostka
(908) 953-7514
Open Port Technology IP Launch Pad Rand Pitzer
Chicago, IL (312) 867-5023
PakNetX PNX ACD Jennifer Trevor
Salem, NJ (603) 890-6616
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-0- IDG's ComNet Conference & Exposition ComNet/Washington, D.C. and ComNet/San Francisco, produced by IDG Expo Management Company, is celebrating its 20th year as the largest technology conference and exposition dedicated to global networking utilizing wide-area telecommunications, data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. networking and Internet Technologies. Each year more than 800 manufacturers and suppliers of computer networking hardware, software, services and solutions participate in ComNet. Founded in 1977, ComNet/Washington, D.C. has served as the IT market for two decades as the premier information source for networking professionals. ComNet has captured the imagination of IT buyers, information seekers and network professionals responsible for designing, building, facilitating, and managing global networks. ComNet has won such support from IT product marketers that IDG Expo Management was compelled to add a new, second ComNet - ComNet/San Francisco which was held Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 1998. The success of ComNet/Washington, D.C. impacts over 80 countries around the world and more than a dozen other ComNet branded events in Europe, Asia and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . For more information call 800-545-EXPO or visit our Web site at www.comnetexpo.com. IDG Expo Management Company Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population was 28,587. The community was named after Norwood, England. , IDG Expo Management Company is a premium producer and manager of exposition and conference events that shape the U.S. IT marketplace. IDG Expo Management Company is an affiliate of the IDG World Expo Corporation family of companies; together, the two companies produce the broadest array of conferences and expositions related to information technology around the world. IDG Expo-produced events include the MACWORLD Expos in Boston and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden ; ComNet in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco and E3 -the Electronic Entertainment Expo produced for the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America IDSA Industrial Designers Society of America IDSA Interactive Digital Software Association IDSA Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (India) IDSA International Dark Sky Association ). Each year, more than 2,000 exhibiting companies and more than 250,000 IT professionals attend IDG's U.S. events to buy, sell, learn about and influence the IT purchasing agenda. IDG Expo Management Company was founded in 1979 as Mitch The name Mitch can mean:
International Data Group (IDG) Headquartered in Boston, International Data Group (IDG) informs more people worldwide about information technology than any other company in the world. With annual revenues of $2.35 billion, IDG is the leading global provider of IT media, research, conferences and expositions. IDG publishes more than 290 computer newspapers and magazines and 700 book titles in 75 countries, led by the Computerworld/InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, PC World, Channel World, and ...For Dummies global product lines. IDG offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 225 targeted Web sites in 55 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related expositions in 35 countries, and research arm International Data Corporation (IDC) provides computer industry research and analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com. InfoWorld Headquartered in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. , IDG's InfoWorld Media Group publishes InfoWorld, "The Voice of Enterprise Computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. ." The newsweekly news·week·ly n. pl. news·week·lies A weekly newsmagazine or newspaper that reports current events. provides the country's leading Information Technology (IT) executives with the most up-to-date analysis and evaluation of the technology shaping the workforce and the workplace -- now and in the future. InfoWorld Media Group is a wholly owned independent business unit of International Data Group (IDG). |
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