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Tuesday, February 10, 1998
Philippines - Internet Experts Converge At APRICOT '98
Prudencia R
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 1998 FEB 10 (NB). Orani, Metropolitan Computer
Times. Sun Microsystems Inc.'s [NASDAQ:SUNW] Science Office Director
John Gage, International Telecommunications Union's Assistant Secretary
General Henry Chasia, President Clinton's Information Technology Policy
Adviser Ira Magaziner, and the Internet Engineering Task Force's
Co-Director of Operational Requirements Area Scott Bradner, are among
the Internet experts set to grace the Asia Pacific Regional Internet
Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) '98.
The week-long Internet summit on February 16-20 at Shangri-La Manila,
Makati City, will tackle policy and technology issues on Internet
security, standards, quality of service, traffic management, domain name
system, backbone and regional networks, routing Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses, e-commerce, network operations, and others concerning the
transfer of technology and techniques essential to growing a solid
Internet infrastructure in the region.
APRICOT's primary mission is "to develop and advance the skills and
understanding necessary to grow a robust Internet infrastructure" in the
Asia Pacific region by bringing the world's top Internet experts
together with those who can most benefit from their knowledge.
APRICOT '98 is the third staging of the Asia Pacific Regional Internet
Conference on Operational Technologies, an annual event underwritten by
the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC), the Internet
registry for the Asia and Pacific Rim region.
To ease the travel burden on attendees, APRICOT '98 will be held in
conjunction with the APNIC annual general meetings, the Asia & Pacific
Internet Association (APIA) annual membership meeting, and the winter
Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) meeting.
The first APRICOT held in Singapore, gathered 280 participants from 18
countries. APRICOT '97, hosted by Hong Kong, was attended by 630
delegates from 25 countries, Newsbytes notes.
Fernando D. Contreras Jr., general manager of Iphil Communications
Network (IPhil), one of the leading local organizers of the event,
estimates 800 attendees for APRICOT '98.
Contreras clarified that the target for APRICOT '98 is not really the
mass market, but rather key Internet/intranet builders, including chief
information officers (CIOs) and technology professionals, managers,
decision-makers, and entrepreneurs from Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan,
Thailand, the US, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, China, and the
Philippines.
"The content-rich forum will feature interesting seminars, workshops,
tutorials, conference, birds-of-a-feather sessions, and exhibits where
participants meet and learn from peers, including today's brightest
Internet gurus," Contreras said.
IPhil and the other members of the local organizing committee point
out that corporate sector attendees could benefit most from the
week-long Internet forum by being able to obtain first-hand information
on what future technology and products they must consider in planning,
building, or growing their respective Internet/intranet infrastructure.
Participants of APRICOT '98 include: Digital Equipment Asia Pacific
Ltd., Cisco Systems, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, Meckler
Media, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, Ascend
Communications, Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. (ABONE ), Bay Networks,
Ltd., AltaVista Asia, At & T Asia Pacific Group Ltd., Intelsat, The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Netrue Communications, O'Reilly &
Associates Inc., Softbank, Teleglobe Inc., Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co.,
Ltd. (KDD), Aponet, Inc., Datacraft-Asia, Hong Kong Telecoms, Infonet,
MCI Telecommunications Corp, and Singapore Exhibition Services.
Iphil, which was established in March, 1995, is reportedly the
Philippines' "fastest corporate-only" Internet service provider (ISP)
with a bandwidth of three megabits-per-second (Mbps).
More information on the conference schedule, workshop, and tutorial
sessions, exhibits, registration, as well as sponsorships, can be
obtained from the APRICOT '98 Web site at apricot.net
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