ComNet '96 announced expanded conference program; Premier networking tradeshow to be held January 29 - February 1,1996.NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 1995--ComNet, the world class 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 event, has announced the details of the 1996 conference and exhibition. ComNet '96 will be held Jan. 29 - Feb. 1,1996 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center and the Washington, D.C. Renaissance Hotel. ComNet '96, now in its 18th year, is the industry's only networking show that focuses on company-wide enterprise networking issues from the wide-area to the local-area network. The show will highlight the technologies that are shaping the new enterprise, ATM,ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. ,SMDS (Switched Multimegabit Data Service) A high-speed, switched data communications service offered by the local telephone companies for interconnecting LANs in different locations. It was introduced in 1992 and became generally available nationwide by 1995. , and Frame Relay. Internet and on-line services, wireless and mobile communications. The ComNet '96 conference has more than doubled the number of educational sessions offered at ComNet '95 to 143 tutorials, sessions, short courses, keynotes and plenaries. The breadth of the program has expanded as well to include a "conference within the conference" on the Information Superhighway. The focus on superhighway technologies and business issues is evident in the ComNet Keynote speaker line-up which includes MIT Media Labs founder and author of Being Digital, Nicholas Negroponte, Sun Microsystem's Chief Technology Officer, Eric Schmidt, Netscape 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. , James Barksdale, and Prodigy CEO, Edward Bennett. The ComNet conference will include 36 one and two-day tutorials, 81 conference sessions and a luminary speaker program of plenaries, spotlight sessions and special sessions dubbed "The Industry Track." Speakers appearing as part of the program include the inventor of the mouse and window, Dr. Douglas Englebart, the Discovery Channel's Richard Hart, Pacific Bell CEO, David Dorman, Managing Editor of Newsweek Interactive, Mike Rogers and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Founding Anchor, Mary Alice Williams Mary Alice Williams (born 1949) is a former co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today and a former anchor and news division Vice President on CNN. While at CNN, she co-hosted Inside Politics with Bernard Shaw. , among others. The ComNet '96 conference is organized into 9 "views" and 13 "threads" which guide attendees through functional and technology paths from public/private infrastructure, systems management and applications, to ATM, Multimedia, Security, the Internet and Wireless. New additions to the ComNet '96 program include two superhighway-focused views on electronic commerce and enabling technologies; a "nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl.n. Slang The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] " engineering "view" with evening sessions; intensive half-day tutorials and entitled "short courses;" and "Fiber-U," a fiber-optic installer's training program. Almost 450 leading vendors will exhibit the latest networking products and technologies, including ATM switches, LAN servers, switched Ethernet, multimedia applications, high-speed bridges, virtual LANs, smart hubs, Frame Relay switches, multiprotocol routers, v. fast modems, Internet services, bandwidth on-demand, bandwidth managers, network operating systems, network management systems, videoconferencing services, mobile data communications, wireless devices and much more. Hundreds of new products will be announced at ComNet '96 as part of the ComNet New Product Achievement Award program. The ComNet '96 exhibition will once again feature LiveNet, a one-of-a-kind show network that demonstrates the seamless integration of legacy and advanced technologies in one multivendor, multiprotocol, multiplatform enterprise network. The technologies on display and implementation of technologies will be explained in a 2-day LiveNet tutorial as well. The ComNet '96 exhibition will also feature an Internet terminal area free for attendee use, sponsored by Compuserve; the 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) Internet Training Theater; and the Vision Dome, a 3-D immersive environment that allows users and participants to view, manipulate and transform 3D information into a non-restrictive, Virtual Reality environment. ComNet '96 is expected to attract almost 45,000 professionals from a broad range of disciplines within their organizations including MIS, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , WAN, WAN/telecom, network and corporate management, as well as analysts, investors, resellers and consultants. ComNet is owned by International Data Group (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) ), a global leader in information services See Information Systems. on information technology and managed by MHA MHA microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. Event Management (formerly Mitch Hall Associates), a leader in professional conference and exposition management for the information technology industry. For more information on attending or exhibiting at ComNet '96, contact MHA Event Management at 1-800-545-EXPO (3976). To find out more about ComNet through the World Wide Web: http://www.mha.com/comnet/. -0- Note to editors: For more information on ComNet, contact Tara Finney at Rourke & Co. at 617/267-0042 or via e-mail at tfinney@rourke.com. CONTACT: MHA Event Management Cathy Gibson, 617/440-2745 cgibson@mha.com or Rourke & Company Tara Finney, 617/267-0042 tfinney@rourke.com |
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