Competing CDN Advocates Slated for Joint Appearance at Opening of ISPCON Fall 2000 and iBAND event.Business/Technology Editors Fall ISPCON ISPCON Internet Service Provider Convention (The Golden Group, Inc.) 2000 DARIEN, CT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000 Controversial "Content Delivery Networks" Debated as Internet Service Providers Gather in San Jose Penton Media's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PME PME Petites et Moyennes Entreprises PME Professional Military Education PME Pequenas e Médias Empresas (Portugal) PME Petite et Moyenne Entreprise PME Psychology of Mathematics Education PME Pi Mu Epsilon ) ISPCON Fall 2000 and the iBAND technical conference will have a spirited kick-off in San Jose, CA, this Wednesday, November 8, when spokesmen for two competing industry groups take center stage to address Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). Content Delivery is one of the hottest issues facing Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) today. One of the most widely attended industry conferences, ISPCON runs through Friday in San Jose's McEnery Convention Center, and is co-located with iBAND, geared towards IP Network engineers. "ISPCON and iBAND are the perfect forums for an issue with such vast potential," according to Bill McCarthy, conference chair for ISPCON and editorial director of Penton's Boardwatch and CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) magazines. iBAND is produced by Stardust star·dust n. 1. A dreamlike, romantic, or uncritical sense of well-being. 2. A cluster of stars too distant to be seen individually, resembling a dimly luminous cloud of dust. Not in scientific use. 3. .com, a Penton Media company that oversees multi-vendor alliances, develops specialized technology conferences and provides comprehensive online information resources-all focused on new Internet technologies. Stardust.com also develops and hosts the Content Engineering Tech Channel of CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. resources at www.stardust.com/content-engineering/index.htm and recently announced CDN 2001 - The Content Delivery Networks Conference, which will take place Feb. 21-23, 2001 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Martin Hall, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Stardust.com, will moderate the CDN forum, which he developed as a result of the recent formation of two competing vendor alliances; both with the goal to interconnect CDNs to enable content peering across multiple providers' infrastructures. Building interoperable CDNs allows content providers to make their content accessible, in a cost-effective manner, to a much broader population of potential customers. "There is a sea of change occurring in the broadband space," explained Hall. "Multicast, as a way to conserve bandwidth for transmissions intended for hundreds or thousands of recipients, remains a key CDN building block. In addition, however, other technologies are starting to play significant roles in the delivery of broadband audio and video streams, massive file distribution, and digital music distribution capabilities." The opening keynote presentation for the event will be delivered by David Peterschmidt, chairman, President & 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. of Inktomi Corporation and will begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 8. Inktomi is a founding member of The Content Bridge Alliance, one of the two most visible CDN advocacy groups. The CDN debate, which begins directly after Peterschmidt's speech will bring together representatives of both The Content Bridge Alliance (CBA See Capital Builder Account. ) and The Content Alliance (CA) and will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Despite Inktomi's founding role in The Content Bridge Alliance, Peterschmidt will address ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. issues at large, rather than CDN per se. Peterschmidt addresses ISPCON on the heels of a recent announcement by Inktomi that the company has achieved revenue growth exceeding 200 percent for three consecutive years. Representing the CBA is Z. Alan Fink, Senior Vice President & General Manager for Adero, Inc., a global content delivery company. Jim Ricotta ri·cot·ta n. 1. A soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese. 2. A similar soft cheese made in the United States. , Senior Director of Marketing for networking giant Cisco Systems, will speak for CA. Cisco heads up The Content Alliance, while CBA was founded by Adero and Inktomi Corp. In addition to the CDN debate, ISPCON and iBAND conferees will have access to more than 300 exhibitors offering the latest solutions for ISPs. Attendees will also hear keynote addresses by industry leaders each day of the event and have an opportunity to see a network showcase developed and produced by Stardust.com inside the iBAND exhibit hall. For more information about ISPCON, visit www.ispcon.com. ISPCON is produced by Penton Media's Service Provider Events Group. The Service Provider Events Group, located in Golden, CO also produces ASPCON (www.aspcon.com), the leading Internet Service Provider Convention and CLECexpo (www.clecexpo.com), the leading event for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. Stardust.com makes sense of new Internet stuff for Internet networking professionals. The company oversees multi-vendor alliances, produces specialized technology conferences and provides comprehensive online information resources-all focused on new Internet technologies. Founded in 1995, Stardust.com is a Penton Media Inc. company (NYSE: PME) headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., with offices in Europe. To find out more information about Stardust.com, CDN 2001 or iBAND, please visit www.stardust.com. Penton Media, Inc. (NYSE: PME) is a leading diversified business media company that produces market-focused magazines, Web sites, trade shows, and conferences. Penton serves the Internet/broadband; natural products/food/retail; manufacturing; electronics; design/engineering; management; supply chain/aviation; government/compliance; mechanical systems/construction; and leisure/hospitality markets. For more information, visit www.penton.com/ |
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