ISPCON Fall 98 Exhibitor Profiles, A-M; Conference and Exposition to be held Sept. 28 through Oct. 1.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1998--ISPCON Fall 98, the only trade show dedicated to the Internet Service Provider 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. , takes place this week at the San Jose Convention Center, Sept. 28 through Oct. 1. ISPCON ISPCON Internet Service Provider Convention (The Golden Group, Inc.) Fall 98 will feature more than 250 exhibiting companies and an expected audience of more than 5,000 internet industry professionals. For more information about ISPCON Fall 98, access the ISPCON site at www.ispcon.internet.com. Listed below are profiles for companies participating in ISPCON Fall 98. These profiles and additional ISPCON Fall 98 exhibitor news will be available at www.tradeshownews.com. Company: Access Capital Booth No.: 1035 Contact: Mark Phillips/ 800-453-9771/ info@accesslease.com WWW: http://www.accesslease.com Access Capital was created to provide a low cost, hassle-free leasing and financing option for growing Internet service providers in need of new equipment or software. As specialists in the industry (ISP's make up over 95% of our customer base), Access Capital offers customized lease structures and buyout options to meet the specific needs of each individual customer. Credit lines up to $150,000 are available with only a one-page lease application - no financial statements are needed. Leasing is available for virtually all types of equipment and can be purchased from any reseller or manufacturer. Company: Activator(tm) / R. Lee Heath Booth No.: 429 Contact: Roger Heath/ 847-729-7522/ heath@contentcontrol.com WWW: http://www.contentcontrol.com Activator is an easy setup, full Internet front-end browser dialer system with many exclusive features including on-board personalized portal See personal portal. , multi-account filtering of sexual, violent, or specific content and times of access. It features a client/server for centralized sign-up and remote control over client browsers and connections, even through multiple ISPs on both UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NT dialups, and direct dynamic auto-delivery of e-commerce. Activator is bundled with the most popular freeware/shareware and custom OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , 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. , ecp power-marketing packages Company: Advanced Computer Communications (ACC See adaptive cruise control. ) Booth No.: Meeting Room 7/8, Ericsson booth #1245 Contact: Lisa Aviani/ 805-961-0628/ laviani@acc.com WWW: http://www.acc.com On September 9, Ericsson, the world leader in telecommunications, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ACC, a leading manufacturer of remote access and IP based networking products. ACC's award winning Tigris integrated access concentrator See remote access concentrator. platform, private labeled by Ericsson as the IAS See iPlanet Application Server. 1. (computer) IAS - The first modern computer. It had main registers, processing circuits, information paths within the central processing unit, and used Von Neumann's fetch-execute cycle. Central Access Server will be on exhibit at the Ericsson booth #1245. In conference room 7/8, best selling technology author, Buck Graham will present the evolution of remote access, from terminal servers to multi-service, scaleable "Virtual POP" solutions, and will discuss how an ISP can effectively monitor and manage resources within these next-generation POPs to deliver the best possible service to customers. Company: Allot al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. Communications, Inc. Booth No.: 1440 Contact: Timothy Riley/ 408-399-3154 WWW: http://www.allot.com Allot Communications introduces the Cache Enforcer, a cache redirection solution for improving network response time and reducing WAN traffic. The Cache Enforcer is a software option available on Allot's bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. product line, the AC200 and AC300. The Cache Enforcer is part of Allot's Policy-Based Networking framework for solving the problems of network congestion In data networking and queueing theory, network congestion occurs when a link or node is carrying so much data that its quality of service deteriorates. Typical effects include queueing delay, packet loss or the blocking of new connections. and recurring WAN expense. The Allot solution integrates traffic shaping Using methods to keep traffic flowing smoothly in a network. Although the term is often used synonymously with "traffic engineering," traffic shaping deals with managing the network moment to moment, whereas traffic engineering refers to the overall strategies employed in a network. , server load-balancing, cache redirection, network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. , and accounting in a single system. By deploying this integrated solution, network managers use common rules and policies to control traffic flows to improve network performance. Company: ArrowPoint Communications, Inc. Booth No.: 1603 Contact: Ervin Johnson/ 978-692-5875 x520/ ejohnson@arrowpoint.com WWW: http://www.arrowpoint.com ArrowPoint Communications offers a next-generation Web switch designed to optimize Web response time and content availability for today's business-critical Web sites. The company's Content Smarta Switches provide new levels of price/performance, lower cost of ownership, carrier-class redundancy, and support for new applications and revenue opportunities for ISPs, Web-hosters, and corporate Intranets. The Content Smart Switch supercedes the contemporary collection of disparate routers, firewalls, LAN switches, and "traffic directors," replacing best-effort delivery and network bottlenecks with a highly integrated, scalable device. Company: Artecon, Inc. Booth No.: 1642 Contact: Sudi Liu/ 760-931-5500/ sudi.liu@artecon.com WWW: http://www.artecon.com Artecon will be conducting a "hat trick hat trick n. Sports 1. Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey. 2. Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls. 3. " showcase, featuring three of its latest high-capacity storage solutions for ultra high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. ISP and telco applications: 1. LynxNSS network-attached RAID storage system. Designed to boost performance, lower response times, increase reliability and scalability, and reduce storage management costs. Perfect for sharing and serving up email files and FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to content. 2. SuperFlex 5500 dual-active controller RAID storage system. Unprecedented resiliency and availability, high performance, and ease of administration. Artecon's Dynamic Growth and Reconfiguration (DGR DGR Deductible Gift Recipient (Australian tax exemption) DGR Dangerous Goods Regulations DGR Delibera Giunta Regionale (Italy) DGR Directorate General Resettlement (India) ) technology maximizes system uptime. 3. LynxArray RAID in NEBS-certified, disaster-tolerant Web server rack with -48VDC VDC Volts Direct Current VDC Venture Development Corporation VDC Vehicle Dynamic Control VDC Village Development Committee (Nepal) VDC Virtual Data Center VdC Verband der Cigarettenindustrie telco support. Company: Assured Digital Booth No.: 452 Contact: Adrian Bisaz/ 978-486-0555 x16/ abisaz@assured-digital.com WWW: http://www.assured-digital.com Assured Digital is demonstrating its Dynamic VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. Switching products. Of particular value to ISPs is the ADI-4500 and its unmatched price/performance ratio In economics and engineering, the price/performance ratio refers to a product's ability to deliver performance, of any sort, for its price. For instance, if you have a whole day to travel 100 km, spending $50 to do the journey in two hours is a better price/performance ratio than , enabling ISPs to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the growing demand for secure VPN services. ADI's products achieve the lowest total cost of ownership through plug-and-play installation and automated deployment and management. ADI is also previewing the new ADI-1500 Dynamic VPN Switch for meshed site-to-site connectivity and extranet configurations for small to medium size networks. The product's cost-effective modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. enables field expansions for changing enterprise configurations of up to 32 meshed connections and up to 50 remote access dial-up clients. Company: Balboa Capital Booth No.: 1331 Contact: Kristen Seastrom/ 949/756-0800/ info@balboacapital.com WWW: http://www.balboacapital.com Balboa Capital specializes in providing equipment leasing Equipment Leasing is a financing option to lease equipment for a certain amount of time. Leasing Benefits
Balboa has structured a 40 month lease especially for the ISP industry. Currently the longest lease term offered to this industry, it helps keep payments low. Secondly, Balboa's "90 Day Deferred Lease Payment" program allows for the learning curve associated with new equipment. Payments can be deferred on a new lease for 90 days while the equipment is being implemented. Balboa can issue approvals for up to $ 75,000 usually within 24 hours with a one page credit application. Credit applications can be submitted from our web site or you can fill out a "Quick Quote Request" online at http://www.balboacapital.com Company: Boutell.Com, Inc. Booth No.: 1256 Contact: Chris Adams/ 206-325-3009/ adams@boutell.com WWW: http://www.boutell.com/ Boutell.Com, Inc. offers web server log analysis software, group scheduling See calendaring. software, and other tools of interest to ISPs. "Wusage," our web server log analysis package, runs on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , MacOS and UNIX. Features include search keyword reporting, popular "trails" reporting, "cookie" analysis and multiple-server analysis. ISP licenses are available. A friendly browser-based user interface is included. "Shared Calendars," our group scheduling product, works with Apache and other Unix-based web servers. Any browser can be used to display and edit calendar entries. A specially priced "ISP license" allows ISPs to offer Shared Calendars as a standard virtual web server feature. Company: Check Point Software Technologies Inc. Booth No.: 601 Contact: Cindi Johnson or Jodi Lazar/ 650-628-2000/ cindij@us.checkpoint.com or jodi@us.checkpoint.com WWW: http://www.checkpoint.com Check Point Software Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of policy-based management See policy management. solutions for IP networks. The company is dedicated to enabling secure, reliable, and manageable business communications. The company's products include the world's leading enterprise security suite, FireWall-1(R), the industry's leading VPN family of solutions, VPN-1*, and the industry's premier bandwidth management solution, FloodGate-1*. MetaInfo, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Check Point, is a leader in network and IP address management software that simplifies the set-up, integration and administration of complex networks. For product information, please call (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit our web site at http://www.checkpoint.com. Company: Critical Path Booth No.: Meeting Room 3 & 4 Contact: Meghan Walsh/ 415-808-8702/ meghan@cp.net WWW: http://www.cp.net Critical Path, Inc. provides email service See Internet e-mail service. solutions to ISPs, Web portals, Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. companies and corporations. Critical Path's email services improve performance, security and reliability; scale to an unlimited number of mailboxes and domains; and deliver advanced communications and commerce capabilities. The company earned "Investors' Choice" honors at the third annual Technologic Partners Internet Outlook conference in September 1998. Critical Path's comprehensive email service includes integrated POP and Web-based email Web-based email or webmail is a term referring to an e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a web browser, as opposed to through an application such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Mozilla's Thunderbird or Apple's Mail. hosting at its customers' domains, blocking of unsolicited bulk email, postmarking and timestamping functionality, and comprehensive customer support. Premium features include unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , IMAP IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol , return-receipt and certified delivery of email. Critical Path's redundant architecture, coupled with the firm's strategy of connecting data centers to key Internet exchange points, brings "dial-tone" dependability and functionality to email service. Critical Path is currently under contract to provide email services for over 3 million users at over 100,000 domains. Company: Crystal Beacon Technology Booth No: 1724 Contact: Doug Meltzer/ 650-638-2500/ doug@crystalb.com WWW: http://www.crystalb.com/ Crystal Beacon Technology has a proud tradition of solution oriented services, using the best products in the industry. We pride ourselves in looking at our customers* need(s) now and in the future. We do our best to provide a scaleable solution that will work for years to come. Many of our "All-Star" technical and sales staff come from the manufactures that we represent. The products listed herein are used in most of our solutions offered to provide a confidence and reliability factor for everyone involved. Due to the nature of the 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. industry, new products and technologies are being introduced at an incredible rate. From time to time, we will offer these new products/technologies to our customers to insure the best solution(s) for their needs. Company: Dell Computer Corp. Booth No.: 249 Contact: Gary Moore/ 512-728-6403/ gary_moore@dell.com WWW: http://www.dell.com Today at ISPCON, Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. will highlight its servers, storage, and workstation products. Stop by and see our rack-dense data center and high performance Web hosting platforms. Learn how Dell custom builds every system to meet your business-critical needs, provides 7x24 support and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , and has several leasing options to help manage costs. Our products are designed for high availability to help keep your customers online. Take advantage of the latest hardware, NOS trends, and convergence of networking technologies through the Dell direct difference: accountability and choice. Company: E-Centric Booth No.: 1555 Contact: John Young/ 415-537-3014 or 415-777-9158/ john@e-centric.com WWW: http://www.e-centric.com E-Centric offers ISPs and Telcos a complete Unified Messaging outsource solution. Through E-Centric's GEM System, ISPs and Telcos can offer their users the convenience of sending and retrieving their email, voice mail, and faxes from any phone device or computer with Internet access See how to access the Internet. . Come by E-Centric's booth (#1555) for more information and a demonstration. Company: Elastic Networks Booth No.: 612 Contact: Susan Shirley/ 678-297-3061/ sshirley@nortel.com WWW: http://www.elastic.com Elastic Networks EtherLoop[tm] Technology Elastic Networks will showcase its EtherLoop Technology, which utilizes standard protocols and modulation techniques to simultaneously send and receive clear voice and high-speed data calls over a single phone line at speeds approaching Ethernet. Like Ethernet, EtherLoop is a "burst" technology enabling the solution to optimize performance in the presence of line irregularities, interference, or changing traffic conditions. EtherLoop systems dynamically adapt in several ways to give the maximum bandwidth available for any application or service. Products based on EtherLoop Technology include the Elastic Elite Modem, the end-user "plug-and-play" Ethernet network device, and the Elastic Modem Multiplexer (ELMo 8), the backbone of the EtherLoop system that controls and directs voice and data traffic. Company: Electric Lightwave Booth No.: 1255 Contact: Stacy Hendricks/ 425-450-9965/ stacyh@kmcgroup.com WWW: http://www.eli.net Electric Lightwave, an integrated communications provider, showcases the latest in high-speed dial-up and remote networking with Remote NetConnect. The service allows ISPs to access Electric Lightwave's network of high-speed modem servers and established Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. , without having to build an entire network from the ground up. Remote NetConnect eliminates expensive capital investment and provides a cost-effective way for ISPs to expand into new markets. Electric Lightwave offers data, Internet access and broadband transport services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model. to businesses nationwide. In the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century , the company is a full-service provider offering local and long distance service, videoconferencing and prepaid services. Company: FatPipe software by Ragula Systems, Inc. Booth No.: 1512 Contact: Kimberly Stilson/ 800-724-8521/ pr@fatpipeinc.com WWW: http://www.fatpipeinc.com FatPipe tm Software by Ragula Systems, Inc. FatPipe is the only software product that combines multiple analog or digital lines into a single high-speed connection. FatPipe offers lower costs, higher speeds, and access management tools for control of your network. Easy to install and support. FatPipe Internet Office was specifically designed to deliver increased speed, more computing power, and significant cost savings for anyone who spends time on the Internet. This includes ISP's, power users, corporate users, etc. FatPipe 1. Increase Internet data downloading speeds two to four times. 2. Operates independent of hardware and therefore does not require any ISP equipment change. And, more . . . Company: FoneFriend Systems, Inc. Booth No.: 700 Contact: Jack Wimsatt/ 202-363-2423/ jwimsatt@erols.com WWW: http://www.fonefriend.com FoneFriend Systems, Inc. is demonstrating and taking orders for its FONEFRIEND for the first time at the ISPCON Fall 98. FoneFriend allows its users wherever they may be to place all the tollfree calls and messages regardless of length to one another for a modest down payment and $15 per month. FoneFriend employs revolutionary new technology and the public Internet to make this possible. No computer is required. ISPs et al. can expand their business base and earn high margin recurring revenues without the capital investment and regulatory risk that other Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. options pose. Company: Funk Software, Inc. Booth No.: 1318 Contact: Janet Lill/ 617-497-6339/ janet@funk.com WWW: http://www.funk.com Funk Software will be demonstrating how ISPs can use our award-winning RADIUS server, Steel-Belted Radius, to simplify remote user management and accounting/invoicing. Stop by our booth to learn more about: -Managing billing and associated customer issues, including concurrent logins and the ability to charge incrementally for services provided -Using SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. databases to manage billing and provide conditional access Conditional Access (acronymized CA) is the protection of content by requiring certain criteria to be met before granting access to this content. The term is commonly used in relation to digital television systems, most notably satellite television. to the network (template SQL table formats will be distributed) -Interfacing with an external settlement house server to manage billing Steel-Belted Radius runs on Solaris, Windows NT, and NetWare, and supports the widest range of remote access equipment and back-end authentication databases. Company: GigaNews Booth No.: 147 Contact: Jonah Yokubaitis/ 512-427-1651/ sales@giganews.com WWW: http://www.giganews.com GigaNews provides news outsourcing to ISP's. Why spend time and money maintaining hardware and software updates? Utilize GigaNews and package outsourced news service as your own. The ISP Control Panel feature allows you to maintain control, for quick increases in capacity and 24x7 access to GigaNews engineering staff. Upgrades and account changes are guaranteed to take place in 5 minutes or less, giving you more time to focus on other aspects of your network and provide an unbeatable level of news service. Five day free trial. $15 per stream. 14 day binary retention. Bulk pricing or personal accounts available. Company: Hurricane Electric Booth No.: 555 Contact: Anna Shaver/ 408-282-1543/ anna@he.net WWW: http://www.he.net Hurricane Electric is a Business ISP specializing in colocation, dedicated servers, and direct connections. Hurricane Electric owns its network and is directly connected to several major exchange points, including MAE-West, MAE-East, PAIX PAIX Palo Alto Internet Exchange (Palo Alto, CA peering facility) , CIX (Commercial Internet Exchange Association, Herndon, VA, www.cix.org) Pronounced "kicks," it was a membership organization that promoted the development of a level playing field for ISPs. , and the PacBell NAP. Hurricane Electric offers virtual hosting Virtual hosting is a method that servers such as webservers use to host more than one domain name on the same computer, sometimes on the same IP address. There are two basic methods of accomplishing virtual hosting: name-based, and IP address or ip-based. , fully managed servers, and colocation from 1Mbps to 155 Mbps. Hurricane Electric is able to accommodate a wide range of needs and has the ability to grow with the client. Hurricane Electric also offers a Value Added Reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). program and is interested in working with professional developers to help them build their business. Hurricane Electric, Your Industrial Internet! Company: iBEAM Booth No.: 625 Contact: Peter Shankman/ 212-835-0494/ peter@schwartzpr.com WWW: http://www.ibeam.com iBEAM Broadcasting is rolling out a new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. satellite service to efficiently "beam" high volume Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. to a network of distributed servers at ISPs nationwide. The iBEAM service represents a next generation backbone enhancement for the Internet community enabling highly efficient streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. applications for "iBEAM enhanced" service providers. You are invited to attend the launch press conference on Tuesday, 9/29 at 11:30 am, where Senior Management of iBEAM will be on hand to answer questions and guide you through this exciting "next step" in Internet content delivery. Company: InfoLibria Booth No.: 1036 Contact: Sarah Lawson/ 781-641-0481/ slawson@infolibria.com WWW: http://www.infolibria.com InfoLibria is dedicated to improving Internet functionality and performance. The company's breakthrough architecture, DynaNet, enables the Internet to move content efficiently, tailor content to users, and evaluate and filter traffic. InfoLibria's first product, DynaCache 200, makes using the Internet faster and less bandwidth-consuming by moving information to where it is needed, closer to users and off of the congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. Internet backbone. As intelligent dynamic devices, DynaCache 200 boxes talk to each other and are aware of each other's presence in the network. This allows cached information to be shared and kept fresh. DynaCache 200 will be available later this fall and is being demonstrated at the ISPCON in the InfoLibria booth #1036. Company: Integrix, Inc. Booth No.: 1631 Contact: Angela Schutt/ 805-376-1000/ aschutt@integrix.com WWW: http://www.integrix.com Founded in 1990, Integrix offers a complete line of RAID storage subsystems, SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill and UltraSPARC rackmount servers, workstations and peripherals. The company provides scaleable, configurable, upgradeable products that offer the performance required for today's Internet/intranet based networks. Integrix also manufactures RAID controllers, SCSI adapters, graphic accelerator and frame buffer An area of memory used to hold a frame of data. Typically used for screen output, the buffer is the size of the maximum image that can be displayed on the screen. The memory, which is either a separate memory bank on the display adapter or a reserved part of regular memory, holds a cards, SBus expansion units and enhanced keyboards at its Newbury Park, California The community of Newbury Park, California is located in the western portion of the City of Thousand Oaks and Casa Conejo, an unincorporated area of southern Ventura County. headquarters. The company's products are sold worldwide through a network of VARs, OEMs, and resellers. Integrix will be demonstrating the latest in its RAID and server technology at the show. The RS4 and RS10 servers move Integrix's server products into the PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). market. These servers will easily integrate with various types of system configurations and offer an extremely good value for their customers. The RD15 RAID storage unit will also be demonstrated at the show and is a breakthrough with 109GB of storage available. Company: Intellicom, Inc. Booth No.: 1534 Contact: Paul Lanning/ 510-353-0100/ planning@vsat.net WWW: http://www.vsat.net Intellicom is the nation's only provider of fully wireless, two-way, high speed Internet connectivity for ISPs, school systems, businesses and other organizations seeking efficient, affordable connectivity and networking. Intellicom specializes in rural and remote locations where traditional T1 land lines are prohibitive or unavailable. With the release of Intellicom's revolutionary T1Plus and Edge Connector The protruding part of an expansion board that is inserted into an expansion slot. It contains a series of printed lines that go to and come from the circuits on the board. The number of lines (pins) and the width and depth of the lines are different on the various interfaces (ISA, EISA, products, Intellicom is truly able to provide an "Internet-in-a-box" solutions throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , usually at a fraction of the cost of a traditional T1 line. Visit the Intellicom booth for a live, high speed, satellite-based demonstration and more information! Company: Internet Finance & Equipment, Inc. Booth No.: 1117 Contact Name: Jim Hollis/ 800-919-4521/ ife@internetfinance.com WWW: http://www.internetfinance.com Local and Regional ISP's must have access to a reliable equipment and financial supplier to compete against venture-capital laden national providers. Internet Finance & Equipment (IF&E) is in our third year of working exclusively with ISP's and our highly successful 3-point ISP business development program is guaranteed to improve YOUR TIME and CASH FLOW - the most critical elements to ensure your business succeeds. IF&E's customers maintain high-growth while showing month-to-month net income of 35% or greater. IF&E specializes in procuring new equipment, raising cash by selling or buying your existing equipment, and providing free financial and business consulting to our customer base. IF&E is the only equipment supplier (Ascend, Bay Networks, Cisco, 3Com/USR, Fore Systems See Marconi. , Livingston, others) that can cover procurement, salvage, and financing. Company: InterPacket Group, Inc. Booth No: 1337 Contact: Lisa Pederssen/ 310-899-8920/ lisa@interpacket.net WWW: http://www.interpacket.net InterPacket Group, Inc., based in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif., is the pioneer in providing high speed, international Internet connections via satellite. Through its network of satellite facilities and Internet backbone connections worldwide, InterPacket provides simplex, duplex and asymmetrical duplex services with guaranteed bandwidth (committed information rates) from the US backbone. With ESPRESSO service to Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Europe, Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. , the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. and has become the leader in global satellite Internet solutions. ISPCON attendees can stop by booth 1337 for complimentary gourmet espresso drinks, test drive the speed of InterPacket's ESPRESSO service and register to win espresso machines daily! Company: InterVU Booth: 1152 Contact: Doug Augustine/ 619-623-8400/ daugustine@intervu.net WWW: http://www.intervu.net InterVU Inc.[NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ITVU] offers full-service online multimedia solutions to ISPs, VARs/resellers, Web site developers, online publishers, and others. The InterVU Network is the industry's first network dedicated to serving online video and multimedia, built to ensure the best possible viewing experience for the end user. InterVU's proprietary network infrastructure utilizes a configuration of intelligently distributed servers strategically located across multiple Internet backbones A group of communications networks managed by several commercial companies that provide the major high-speed links across the country. ISPs are either connected directly to these backbones or to a larger regional ISP that is connected to one. to optimize multimedia file availability for Web sites, providing rapid scalability and unparalleled reliability. InterVU encodes in all major digital multimedia formats and offers comprehensive multimedia services for live broadcasts, video on demand, and rich media advertising. Company: IPivot Inc. Booth No.: 902 Contact: Ken Liu/ 619/679-7858 x230/ kliu@ipivot.com WWW: http://www.ipivot.com IPivot's QoS Broker is the most extensible server management appliance that ensures Web site reliability, performance, scalability and QoS. It is an integrated LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network solution that provides 7x24 uptime, global failover, layer 4 or 7 routing, response-time based load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them , and Class of Service-based priority access. QoS Broker enables ISPs to sell high-performing and fault-tolerant Web hosting, backup, premium access, news/SMTP/DNS failover, and geographic load balancing and failover services. IPivot is introducing an aggressive marketing campaign for ISPs. The campaign will focus on previewing a QoS Broker version designed for ISPs and a special 20% discount program for 90 days. IPivot is also actively recruiting ISPs as resellers. Company: Ipswitch Booth No.: 1313 Contact: Brian Landrigan/ 781-676-5700/ sales@ipswitch.com WWW: http://www.ipswitch.com Ipswitch, founded in 1991, develops Windows-based software products for the Internet and corporate intranets. The Ipswitch product family includes: WS_FTP Pro, the world's most popular FTP file transfer client; WhatsUp Gold, a multiprotocol network monitoring and notification tool; IMail for Windows NT, an Internet messaging server; and WS Ping ProPack, the ultimate Internet utility suite. Ipswitch is an ISP-friendly company. We have many satisfied ISP reference customers who are using our products to run their businesses more efficiently and to generate additional income by reselling Ipswitch products. We also make it easy for ISPs to enter the E-commerce business and profit from our experience. Company: ISPhone Booth No.: 1453 Contact: Kenneth E. Moody/ 616-929-0970/ ken@isphone.net WWW: http://www.isphone.net ISPhone is a network of regional ISPs providing phone-to-phone long distance voice/fax service through common gateways and a private frame relay network. Each ISP operates under an exclusive arrangement and sets their own calling rate programs for the area in which they agree to terminate calls. The ISphone network is being created to provide additional IP services on a national/international level. (re: unified messaging and video/audio conferencing, etc.) Company: ISP Power Corporation Booth No.: 1100 Contact: Carol Kim/ 808-539-3786/ ckim@isppower.com WWW: http://www.isppower.com ISP Power Corporation produces software solutions that automate and integrate billing and customer management needs into one powerful and easy-to-use package. These software solutions will manage customer information, automate customer sign-up and server maintenance, and keep recurring billing on track by automatically charging, collecting from billing your customers. ISP Power, extremely powerful and flexible, uses MS Access as the backend database. PRISM, for use with MS SQL or Oracle backend databases, is highly scalable and designed for companies with more demanding database requirements and specialized needs. We are proud to announce PRISM support of MCIS (Microsoft Commercial Internet System) A family of Web server software products from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT and works with Internet Information Server (IIS). version 2. Company: Kidz.net Booth No.: 1647 Contact: Brad Duffy or Roger Felice/ Nashville - 615 327 9580 Australia- 612 9344 4044/ admin@kidz.net.au WWW: http://www.kidz.net.au Kidz.net is a stand alone network with a database of over 500,000 authorized sites operating independently to the Internet. Children and families can safely and quickly access the very best the Internet has to offer without pornography, violence and other undesirable content. Kidz.net is not a software filter, it is an on-line service. Students have fast icon access to relevant, useful and informative sites via a web portal. There's education, games, sport, local information and little kids sites. We also offer on-line coaching, reference material, web publishing and e-mail within the network. Company: Kiss Software Corporation Booth No.: 1515 Contact: Don Watters/ 714-979-5477/ dcwatters@kissco.com WWW: http://www.kissco.com ISPs looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. inexpensive solutions to their customers' most crucial Internet concerns now can find them from Kiss Software Corporation in Booth 1515. KISSCO is introducing two new products: Speed Surfer Internet Toolbox 4.0, a utility package containing everything needed to make the Internet better, safer and faster, including anonymous cookies, lockdown Lockdown A specified period when an employee of a public company is barred from selling - and occasionally buying - their company's stock. Notes: These types of equity transaction restrictions can be imposed by securities regulators or underwriting firms if a company has , intelligent port blocking, optimization, encryption and more. And, Modem Wizard 4.0, everything needed to fix, speed up, tune and monitor the Internet connection. The latest update to this award-winning utility hits most modem connection problems head-on, including making sure that the telephone, modem software, operating system and browser all work together seamlessly. Company: LookSmart Ltd. Booth No.: 1009 Contact: Elizabeth Connaghan/ 415-597-4850/ lsn@looksmart.net WWW: http://www.looksmart.net/lsn The LookSmart Network is the leading partnership program with ISPs that combines Internet access from ISPs with tailored versions of the LookSmart navigation service for subscribers. The LookSmart/ISP co-branded homepage is an intuitive gateway to the Web, with immediate access to LookSmart's database of over 500,000 site listings in over 20,000 categories, AltaVista's search engine, and customizable daily local and national content. LookSmart will also be launching two new programs at ISPCON: ISP Passport and ISP Locator. ISP Passport is a content solution targeted to smaller ISPs, generally with subscriber levels under 2,000. ISP Locator is a worldwide ISP referral program reaching millions of potential subscribers through LookSmart. Company: maxhost Internet Solutions Booth No.: 528 Contact: Shawn Terry/ 888-523-3989/ saterry@maxhost.com WWW: http://www.maxhost.com & http://www.homebaseweb.com maxhost Internet Solutions, is unveiling its 4.0 version of their *HomeBaseWeb* Software. The HomeBaseWeb software allows virtually anyone to create and maintain their own web site via a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Anything from a simple web site to an intricate e-commerce site with shopping cart can be handled by anyone with simple word processing skills. The 4.0 version gives the end user, more options for backgrounds and buttons, plus the same look and feel in the administration of their web site as the web wizard gives them. This makes the product more user friendly than ever. Any ISP signing up at ISPCON will be able to offer this product to their clientele at special pricing. Additionally, marketing materials and training of the ISPs staff will be provided at no charge. Company: MediaGate, Inc. Booth No.: 605 Contact: Cindy Adams/ 408-248-9495 x114/ cindy.adams@mediagate.com WWW: http://www.mediagate.com MediaGate will be making news on Tuesday, September 29! We closed an additional round of funding and iPost Release 3.0 is available. MediaGate's schedule of events during the week includes: o Presentation featuring Jonathan Taylor, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , on the topic of Universal Messaging Services, Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 9 a.m. o In-booth reception featuring food and beverages at MediaGate's Booth No. [pilcrow (paragraph sign)] 605 on Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. o MediaGate-sponsored luncheon featuring Al Wokas, 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. , Don't Lose Your Customers to Another ISP! on Thursday, Oct. 1 at noon. o Daily presentations in the booth featuring A Vision for the NextGen ISP Market and Making Money with Universal Messaging. Company: Microsoft Corporation Booth No.: 835 Contact: Tony Bawcutt/ 425-936-7611/ tonyba@microsoft.com WWW: http://www.microsoft.com Microsoft(r) will demonstrate ways for ISP's to build great new services on the very cost-effective Windows NT (r) Server platform. In particular, Microsoft will be featuring the newly released Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) 2.0 which provides: * Business features, allowing the ISP to host web sites, outsource intranets, and provide secure VPN's. * Commerce capabilities, providing complete retail store, mall and cross selling. * Rich management tools including usage and site management, and self-provisioning scripts. In addition Microsoft will be featuring Microsoft FrontPage(TM) , Microsoft Windows NT Server, Microsoft Windows(r) 98, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01, and WebTV (tm). Company: Minuteman UPS Booth No.: 1709 Contact: David Brennan/ 972-446-7363 x240/ dbrennan@minuteman-ups.com WWW: http://www.minuteman-ups.com Minuteman UPS understands the power protection needs of the Internet Service Provider. Our XRT XRT A symbol used specifically upon the consolidated tape to indicate a security trading ex-rights. Notes: Typically, a stock will depreciate in price immediately after rights offering expires. Series delivers uninterruptible power for mission-critical applications with extended run times (up to 8 hours or more). Your customers expect reliability - and we provide you with power protection to keep you network running 24 hours a day 7 days a week . The Pro Series Rackmount also provides 100% reliable power protection in a rackmount unit that is line interactive and designed for hubs, routers, bridges, servers, and phone systems. Come by our Booth 1709 and let one of our experts show you our award winning products to protect not only your equipment but your reputation as well. Register to win a UPS at our booth. One given away each day of the show. In addition, pick up a Free UPS runtime chart to calculate your equipment backup requirements. The President of Minuteman, Ron Mazik, will also be attending the show to answer your questions. Company: MovinCool/DENSO Sales of California, Inc. Booth No.: 1445 Contact: 310-952-7434/ movincool3@denso-diam.com WWW: http://www.movincool.com The new MovinCool Office Pro 12 cools overheating Overheating An economy that is growing very quickly, with the risk of high inflation. computer or telecom equipment in minutes. The Office Pro 12 provides 13,000 Btu/hr of cooling and operates on standard 115V power. It is designed to keep electronics operating by providing air-conditioning in the low 60'sF. The Office Pro 12 features a programmable digital controller for automatic operation even after-hours and weekends and a two-speed fan to control airflow. With the MovinCool portable air conditioner there is no costly instillation instillation /in·stil·la·tion/ (in?sti-la´shun) administration of a liquid drop by drop. instillation administration of a liquid drop by drop. necessary. Suggested price is $3,295. Company: Multiactive Technologies Inc. Booth No.: 1241 Contact: Farrah Jinha/ 604-899-6421 or 604-328-6049 (cell) / farrah.jinha@multiactive.com OR press@ecbuilder.com WWW: http://www.ecbuilder.com ecBuilder is the first simple, affordable e-commerce and Internet presence software built for small business. Distributed by ISPs, ecBuilder consists of 11 wizard-driven screens, allowing users to easily create a commerce-capable Web site with up to 100 item product / service catalog, marketing messages and company information. Graphics, logos and photos can be added to enhance the site and users choose from over 500 professionally designed Web site templates. Attend a press conference on Wednesday Sept. 30 from 11 a.m.- noon in Room M to see a demo and learn about soon-to-be-released e-commerce products from Multiactive Technologies. |
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