Major Players in Home Networking Converge at CONNECTIONS'99.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1999--CABA (Continental Automated Buildings Association The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is a not-for-profit industry association dedicated to the advancement of intelligent home and intelligent building technologies in North America. ) and Parks Associates recently announced the keynote speakers and platinum sponsors for CONNECTIONS'99: Enabling the Networked Home. CONNECTIONS'99, to be held May 12-14 in Vancouver, BC, is the first and only conference to extensively address all aspects of networks in the home in relation to networks to the home via the residential gateway. Platinum sponsors for CONNECTIONS'99 include the Home API Working Group, 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) , Intel, Sony. The first keynote speaker, Steve Hester, executive vice president of Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社 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. , will open the conference on Thursday by discussing Mitsubishi's role in the in the development of Home API. John C.W. Taylor, chairman, 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. , and president of Home Wireless Networks Inc., will deliver the keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. for Friday. This company's communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. provides a wireless solution to manage Internet applications, telecommunications, and data networks. "For consumers to realize the full potential of home computing, home networking technologies must be based on open and interoperable standards," said Ed Arrington, anywhere in the home initiative manager at Intel Architecture Labs Intel Architecture Labs, also known as IAL, was the Personal Computer system research and development arm of Intel Corporation during the 1990s. IAL was created by Intel Vice-President Ron Whittier together with Craig Kinnie and Steven McGeady to develop the hardware and . It is Intel's second year to be a platinum sponsor at CONNECTIONS. "This year's CONNECTIONS'99 conference is a natural venue to learn about the infrastructure standards that will provide a foundation for exciting new applications and devices in the home." Thursday's highlights will include a speech by Mark Ireland, Segment Manager of IBM's Pervasive Computing Division, about the recently announced Open Service Gateway Specification. CONNECTIONS'99 will also host the first Home API demonstration featuring compliant concept products from many of the Working Group members as part of a special showcase area where attendees can view demonstrations of select products and services throughout the conference. "Mitsubishi is a proud sponsor of CONNECTIONS'99. We believe this is the ideal venue to illustrate our interest, commitment and fortitude as we move into the home networking space," said Michael Fox, consulting director of business development for Mitsubishi Electric America, a co-founder of the Home API Working Group. Friday will begin with a breakfast sponsored by IBM and hosted by Wiring Americas' Homes, a working group dedicated to promoting advanced wiring in new homes. Following that, Peter Meechan, director of business development for Sony, will address the Home Audio-Video interoperability (HAVi) specification for home entertainment networks. For further information about this event or its sponsors, please visit their Web sites at www.parksassociates.com and www.caba.org. |
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