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ComNet/DC '99 Announces New Product Achievement Awards Finalists.


WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 1999--

Emerging Companies Make Strong Showing For the Year's Best

New Products in Networking, Data and Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.

The organizers of ComNet/DC '99 Monday 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)
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) competition.

Sponsored by IDG's InfoWorld, the Awards recognize the best new computer networking
For the article on computer networks, see Computer network.


Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices.
 hardware, software, services, and solutions debuting at ComNet.

Scheduled for Jan. 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
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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).
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, 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 npremiado/a

prizewinner prize ngagnant(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
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IDG Installation Design Guide
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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 As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft.  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, Jan. 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
  • Dion Nania (Golden Lifestyle Band) - guitar
  • Alison Bolger (Clag, Sleepy Township) - bass
  • Paul Williams (Molasses, Jaguar Is Jaguar) - drums
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 consisting of representatives from the trade and business press, industry research firms, the financial community and academia. They were evaluated on the basis of innovation, industry contribution, integration with current product lines, migration capabilities and return on investment.

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 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:
  • John Chambers (scientist) one of the two scientists who formulated the Planet V Theory.
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 of Cisco Systems, and John Sidgmore of UUNET (UUNET Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, VA, www.uunet.net) Founded in 1987, UUNET was the first commercial Internet service provider. Originally offering e-mail and news, it became a full Internet service organization providing dial-up and leased line accounts as well as archive space for  and MCI Worldcom. -0-

1999 NPAA FINALISTS

CARRIER/WAN SERVICE OR PRODUCT

Company                    Product Description        Company Contact
-------                    -------------------        ---------------
Castle Networks            C2100 Services Mediation   Matthew Burke
Westford, Mass.            Platform (SMP)             978/692-9500


New Access Communications  MetroFusion Network        Jeff Graham

Santa Barbara, Calif.                                 818/773-0900


Salix Technologies         ETX5000                    Kit Goldfarb

Gaithersburg, Md.                                     301/417-0017


Sprint Corp.               Sprint ION                 Joey Mooring
Dallas                     (Integrated On-Demand      972/405-5345

                           Network)


INTERNET/INTRANET PRODUCT

Company                    Product                    Company Contact
-------                    -------                    ---------------
IRE/SafeNet                SafeNet DSP                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                                               770/280-6406


MEMCO Software             SECURED For Internet       Cherity Morrison
Redwood City, Calif                                   415/677-0219

LAN/INTERNETWORKING PRODUCT

Company                    Product                    Contact
-------                    -------                    -------
Carrier Access Corp.       Access Bank II/SDSL        Michele Yamada
Boulder, Colo.             (Symmetric Digital         303/442-5455

                           Subscriber Line)

LANart                     SxC1215 - 12 Channel       Sondra Barrison
Needham, Mass.             100Base-TX to 100Base SX   781/444-1994

                           Converter

Softcom Microsystems       GigaBlade(TM)Network       Melissa Crowton
Fremont, Calif.                                       510/497-3962

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCT

Company                    Product                    Contact
-------                    -------                    -------
Cisco Systems              MGX 8850 Wide Area Edge    Everett Tackett
San Jose, Calif.                                      408/527-8607

Glenayre Western Multiplex Tsunami                    Shauna Schinella
Sunnyvale, Calif.                                     408/542-5210


Siemens Information &      HiNet RC                   Austen Briggs
Communication Networks                                650/363-0982

Santa Clara, Calif.

VINA Technologies          Multiservice               Pamela Rupert
Fremont, Calif.                                       408/286-2611

NETWORK MANAGEMENT

Company                    Product                    Contact
-------                    -------                    -------
Cornet Technology          FSX Fiber Crosspoint       Rosemarie
Springfield, Va.                                      D'Agostino

                                                      703/658-6746

RADCOM Equipment           WireSpeed(TM)622 ATM       Bob Geller
Mahwah, N.J. and Israel    and Packet over SONET      212/840-5905
                           (POS)

Voelker Technologies       AxxS 9200                  Tom Burniece
San Ramon, Calif.                                     925/551-6400

WIRELESS PRODUCT

Company                    Product                    Contact
-------                    -------                    -------
3Com                       3Com/Citrix thin           Steve Plavny
Rolling Meadows, Ill.                                 847/262-1329

Metricom                   Richocet SX Modem          John Wernke
Los Gatos, Calif.                                     408/399-8315

Nbase/Xyplex               Wireless Fiber Driver      Jeff Graham
Chatsworth, Calif.                                    818/773-0900

SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS PRODUCT

Company                    Product                    Contact
-------                    -------                    -------
3Com                       DynamicAccess              Molly Mulloy
Salt Lake City             Mobile Software            408/326-3021

LAN-hopper Systems         PATHmaster v4.0            Ike de Diego

Norcross, Ga.                                         770/446-9266

Visio Corp.                Visio Enterprise           Susanne Buti
Seattle                                               425/637-9097

TELEPHONY/FAX/CONFERENCING PRODUCT

Company                    Product                    Contact
-------                    -------                    -------
Lucent Technologies        PacketStar IP              Steven
Basking Ridge, N.J.        Gateway 1000               Loudermilk and

                                                      Carolyn
                                                      Kostka
                                                      908/953-7514

Open Port Technology       IP Launch Pad              Rand Pitzer
Chicago, Ill.                                         312/867-5023

PakNetX                    PNX ACD                    Jennifer Trevor
Salem, N.H.                                           603/890-6616


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IDG's ComNet Conference & Exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress.

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
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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:
  • A nickname for the name Mitchell, descending from the name Michael meaning "Who is like God"
  • Hurricane Mitch.
  • Mitch, a character in A Streetcar Named Desire.
  • Mitch, a character played by Luke Wilson in Old School (film).
 Hall Associates. For more information, please call 781/551-9800 or visit the company's Web site at www.idgexpos.com.

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 Corp. (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 San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif., 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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