ConNet '95 recognizes the best new networking products; ComNet '95 features the best and the brightest.FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 1994--The best and brightest new products will be making their debut at ComNet '95. These products will be recognized as part of the fourth annual New Product Achievement Award Competition. Since the inception of the New Product Program in 1986, over 1500 new products have debuted at ComNet. ComNet '95, the premier computer networking and communications conference and exposition, will be held Jan. 23-26 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, the Washington, D.C. Renaissance and the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. The ComNet '95 exposition spans 170,000 net square feet of exhibition space with over 400 companies demonstrating the latest networking technologies and more than 250 new products. Exhibitors with new product(s), product enhancement(s), and/or product upgrade(s) that will be introduced for the first time at ComNet '95 are eligible to enter the competition. Exhibitors can also enter a new product announced within eight weeks preceding ComNet '95, providing the product has not been introduced or exhibited in the same form at previous trade shows. Exhibitors may enter a maximum of three products. Each of these new products can be entered in one of the following nine categories: o ComNet '95 Best New Transport Technology Product o ComNet '95 Best New Network Management Product o ComNet '95 Best New Carrier Product o ComNet '95 Best New 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. and Internetworking Product o ComNet '95 Best New Switching Technology Product o ComNet '95 Best New Infrastructure Product o ComNet '95 Best New Multimedia and Desktop Product o ComNet '95 Best New Wireless Product o ComNet '95 Best New Software and Application Product Prior to ComNet '95, a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
During ComNet '95 attendees (non-exhibitor) will cast their ballots for the best new product in each of the categories, and select one of the products as the winner of the ComNet '95 Most Innovative New Product or Service. The ten winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 25 at 5:15 p.m. at the New Product Achievement Awards Ceremony. Winners will be inducted into the ComNet '95 New Product Achievement Award Hall of Fame and will receive exclusive rights to use the ComNet '95 New Product Achievement Award Winner logo in all promotional literature for one year. ComNet Honorees The ten winners of this year's competition will join the roster of past honorees including: ComNet '94 Honorees: 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) for Netview DM/6000; 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. for MCI Datastream for Vnet; Optical Cable Corp. for ADSS ADSS Association of Directors of Social Services (UK) ADSS Alabama Department of Senior Services ADSS Alcohol and Drug Services Study ADSS All-Dielectric Self-Supporting (cable) Round Messenger Fiber Optic Cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power ; Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. for Sun 100BaseT; and U.S. Robotics for Shared Access Fax Server. ComNet '93 Honorees: CACI CACI - A company developing and marketing SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other simulation software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681. Products Co. for COMNET III; Crescendo Communications for 1000 CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Interface) A version of FDDI that uses UTP (unshielded twisted pair) wires rather than optical fiber. The technology was developed by Crescendo Communications, Sunnyvale, CA, which was acquired by Cisco in 1993. Workgroup Concentrator; John Fluke Manufacturing Company for Fluke 670 LANMeter; MCI for 800 MultiManager; and Tekelec for Chameleon 600. ComNet '92 Honorees: Compression Labs for Rembrandt II/VP; Cylink for FTI FTI Free thyroxine index, see there Access Radio; MCI for MCI Perspective; Newbridge Networks for TAP System; and Tellabs for HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line Transmission System. ComNet '95 Conference Program Focuses on Digital Convergence Topics The ComNet '95 conference program includes 30 in-depth tutorials and 50 conference sessions focusing on digital convergence topics including the Information Superhighway, advanced communications technologies/applications and the Internet. In addition, ComNet '95 will feature two keynotes on the Information Superhighway, four plenary sessions and the first-ever ComNet "Hot-Seat" Debate: The NII (National Information Infrastructure) The U.S. government's policy for managing advanced technology in the country. The Clinton/Gore administration (1993-2001) was very enthusiastic about the Internet and proposed that it should be funded by private industry and be : Freeway or Feeway? ComNet '95's annual Town Meeting, as well as two Federal Forums and two free "Early Bird" sessions will also be featured. Exhibitors interested in entering the ComNet '95 New Product Achievement Award Competition should call Cress O'Brien at 508/820-8631. The deadline for all entries is Dec. 12, 1994. The ComNet '95 New Product Achievement Award Competition is sponsored by COMPUTERWORLD, an 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) ) publication and the newspaper of information systems management. IDG World Expo IDG World Expo, an International Data Group (IDG) company, is the leading producer of professional conferences, expositions and seminars exclusively for the information technology industry. IDG World Expo currently produces more than 64 events in over 24 countries, including an international series of MACWORLD Expo, ComNet, SunWorld, Object World, and Windows World shows. IDG World Expo also manages the Information Superhighway Summit, Network World Unplugged and the Digital Executive Programs. For information on attending ComNet '95, please call IDG World Expo at 800/225-4698 or 508/879-6700. For information on exhibiting at ComNet '95, please call Hajar Associates at 617/769-8950, fax 617/769-8982. -0- Attention Editors: To receive information on new products debuting at ComNet '95, please contact Cress O'Brien of IDG World Expo at 508/820-8631 or 678-176(at)MCIMAIL.com ComNet and MACWORLD Expo are registered service marks of International Data Group Inc. Network World Unplugged and Information Superhighway Summit are service marks of International Data Group Inc. Object World is a registered trademark of Object World Corp. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. and used by licensees under license from owner. All other trademarks and trade names are used to identify entities claiming the marks and names of their products. ComNet '95 New Product Achievement Award Competition Pre-show Judging Panel ComNet '95 Best New Transport Technology Product John Turner; West Virginia University West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. Ivy Schmerken; Wall Street & Technology Jim Kedersha; Cowen & Company Jeff Berger; Probe Research Bob DeMarzo; Computer Reseller News ComNet '95 Best New Network Management Product Scott Bradner; Harvard University Seth Kenvin; The Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: Randy Yuen; Oppenheimer Howard Anderson; The Yankee Group Vance McCarthy; InfoWorld ComNet '95 Best New Carrier Product Dale Harris; Stanford University Ken Maize; Newsbytes DC Jeff Hines; Paine Webber Caroline Michel; International Data Corp. Susan Menke; Government Computer News ComNet '95 Best New Multimedia & Desktop Product Arun Sood; George Mason University Named after American revolutionary, patriot and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972. Brian Deagon; Investor's Business Daily Investor's Business Daily (IBD) is a national newspaper in the United States, published Monday through Friday, that covers international business, finance, and the global economy. Founded in 1984 by William O'Neil, its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. Roger Redmond; Piper, Jaffray & Hapwood Sarah Dickinson; Personal Technology Research Harry Jessell; Broadcasting & Cable ComNet '95 Best New Software & Application Product Shmuel Rotenstreich; George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. David Savona; International Business Chris Mortensen; Alex Brown & Sons Sandra Sampson; Datapro Michael McCarthy; Advanced Systems ComNet '95 Best New LAN & Internetworking Product Dr. Paul Mockapetris; University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission Lew McCleary; CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. Magazine Mark D'Annolfo; Adams Harkness & Hill Charlie Robbins; Aberdeen Group Susan Breidenbach; LAN Times ComNet '95 Best New Switching Technology Product John M. Lusa; Ball State University John McCright; Boston Business Journal Mary Henry; Goldman Sachs Greg Cline; Business Research Group Cassimir Medford; VAR Business ComNet '95 Best New Infrastructure Product Dr. Glenn Ricart; University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
Jim Nash; San Jose Business Journal Richard Kimball; Montgomery Securities Marty Palka; Dataquest Brad Bass; Federal Computer Week ComNet '95 Best New Wireless Product Greg Welsh; American University Christopher Wilson; Reuters James Reynolds; Wedbush Morgan Securities Susan Rubinstein; META Group Stan Gibson; PC Week CONTACT: IDG World Expo
Cress O'Brien, 508/820-8631
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