PressONE Event Sponsors Win Awards at NetWorld+Interop.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1999-- On Monday, May 10, in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , 19 companies sponsored the PressONE press reception on the night before the NetWorld+Interop tradeshow opened. Several sponsors of the event presented sneak previews of their new products being announced during the next three days of the tradeshow. The event was well-attended by top-tier press and analysts, who got hot-off-the-press announcements and product releases before their release to the public the next day at the tradeshow. Four PressONE sponsors followed up this product preview event by winning either the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Well-Connected Awards from Network Computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. or the Best Of Show Awards picked by Data Communications and InternetWeek. Best Of Show Awards winners included: BOOSTWORKS' BoostWeb Enterprise, client-server software that boosts Intranet and Extranet performance, in the Network Applications Software category. IPivot's Commerce Accelerator 1000, an Internet Appliance that provide a 50x performance boost on ecommerce sites and intranets by offloading SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. encryption, in the Network Security and Performance category. "Being at PressONE allowed IPivot the opportunity to meet with a number of key journalists and analysts and I have no doubt that the opportunity to discuss IPivot's new Commerce Accelerator 1000 product in an unhurried and relaxed atmosphere helped win the coveted 'Best of Show' award the very next day," says John Bromhead for IPivot. Network Computing's Well-Connected Awards winners included: Aironet Wireless Communications Aironet is a maker of wireless networking equipment currently operated as a division of Cisco Systems. It was started by ex-Marconi Wireless employees in 1986 as Telesystems SLW in Canada, right after the United States FCC opened up the ISM bands for spread spectrum license-free in the Wireless LAN Solution category for their Aironet 4800 Series product. FlowPoint Corporation in the SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. Router category for their FlowPoint 123 ISDN Router. PressONE sponsors included: Micro House International 3Com -- Aironet Wireless Communications -- ATEN A·ten n. Variant of Aton. Noun 1. Aten - the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten Aton Technology -- Avici Systems -- BeadleNet -- BOOSTWORKS -- eSoft -- Euro909.com -- Exabyte -- FlowPoint -- IPivot -- Mercury Interactive -- NETsilicon -- OpenConnect Systems -- Powerware -- Proxim -- Scream Design -- SpectraLink. The next PressONE event will be held at Fall NetWorld+Interop in Atlanta, Georgia on September 14, 1999. Complete event information can be found at www.jpdavis.com. PressONE is independently owned and produced by JP Davis & Co. and no affiliation with, and is not sanctioned by, ZD Events or NetWorld+Interop. |
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