ComNet/San Francisco to Cater to Fast-Growing Remote Access/Telecommuting Segment of Networking Industry.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1998-- 'Remote Access and Telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. Pavilion' to Provide Attendees Critical Look at Technological and Managerial Strategies To mirror the rapidly growing needs of the telecommuting market, ComNet/San Francisco will feature a Remote Access and Telecommuting Pavilion that will serve as the definitive resource for corporations and individuals establishing remote businesses, field networks and home offices. ComNet/San Francisco, to be held Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 at the Moscone Convention Center, is produced by 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 Company and is an extension of the worldwide ComNet brand, which has served as the global information resource for networking professionals for more than 20 years. Uniquely situated near Silicon Valley, the heart of the nation's networking and enterprise-wide telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industries, ComNet/San Francisco leverages the strength of ComNet/Washington, D.C., the country's largest technology expo 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 Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the technologies. The remote access market is increasingly critical to the evolving networking and communications industries 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. , says Michael Munn, ComNet/San Francisco show director. "Remote access is one of the fastest growing segments of enterprise network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. ," Munn says. "Attendees to ComNet San Francisco's Remote Access and Telecommuting Pavilion will see first-hand the latest hardware and software products and solutions that bring the remote worker closer to colleagues, customers and business partners. At the same time, participating exhibitors will benefit from the increased exposure provided by the broader ComNet platform. "By the turn of the century, there will be an estimated 40 million Americans who work on a regular if not full-time basis in a remote office setting," said Bill Laberis, conference chairman for ComNet/San Francisco. "The care and feeding of the networking needs of this group will be a vital job undertaken in just about every corporation. I think ComNet 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 with its Remote Access and Telecommuting Pavilion is a great place to be for those trying to get their arms around these critical business issues." In addition to the Remote Access and Telecommuting Pavilion, ComNet/San Francisco will feature a conference track devoted exclusively to remote access/telecommuting. "Technologies and Applications in Remote Access" will provide in-depth knowledge about the state-of-the-art technologies -- from xDSL to virtual private networks -- and management strategies critical to building and maintaining remote access programs. The general conference track theme compliments com·pli·ment n. 1. An expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation. 2. A formal act of civility, courtesy, or respect. 3. two additional conference programs announced earlier -- ComNet/Pro and ComNet/Business Essentials. ComNet/Pro is geared to MIS (1) (Management Information System) An information system that integrates data from all the departments it serves and provides operations and management with the information they require. professionals and addresses the technical challenges associated with the diversity of technology products in many organizations. ComNet/Business Essentials, on the other hand, caters to management, addressing the needs of organizations to strike a balance between new technology and ensuring it ties into a company's overall strategic mission and bottom line. Among the notable companies exhibiting in the Remote Access Telecommunications Pavilion are: Ariel Corp., Extended Systems, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Nortel, Onebox Networks, Inc., Rhythms Net Connections, Symantec Corp., Teltone, Inc. and WorldCom Advanced Networks. The Remote Access Pavilion is located on the west side of Hall A on the exhibit floor and will be open during ComNet/San Francisco's regular show hours, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 and Thursday, Oct. 1 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2. About 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 the largest technology conference and exposition dedicated to global networking utilizing wide-area telecommunications, data communications networking and Internet technologies. Each year more than 800 manufacturers and suppliers of computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. hardware, software, services, and solutions participate in ComNet. Founded in 1977, ComNet Washington, D.C. has served the IT market for two decades as the premiere 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 will debut at the Moscone Convention Center Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1998. The success of ComNet 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 on ComNet Conferences and Expositions, call 800-545-EXPO or visit our Web site at www.comnetexpo.com About 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; 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:
(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 $2.05 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 www.idg.com |
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