Tuesday June 27, 8:40 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Safeguard Scientifics Executive Speaks on the New Economy and Internet
Trends at ITU Event Sponsored by SOTAS, Inc.
MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000--Safeguard Scientifics Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Stephen J. Andriole, PhD, will
speak on ``Fifteen Killer Internet Trends'' in a keynote address sponsored by SOTAS -- a global provider of network-management solutions based on an advanced,
real-time data mining foundation -- at this week's International Telecom Union (ITU) Quality of Service conference.
Among the trends Andriole's talk will touch on are how ``bricks and mortar'' mergers with online businesses will increase over the next few years generating
counter-intuitive mergers & acquisitions; how we finally will be able to converse with our digital counterparts; and on convergence: voice/video/data, offline/online,
old economy/new economy, ERP/XRP, TV/computing, computers/PDAs/phones and B2B/B2C/C2C.
At Safeguard Scientifics, Andriole is responsible for identifying technology and technology market trends and translating that insight into the Safeguard acquisition
strategy. The same trends insight is leveraged with the Safeguard partner companies to help them develop technology and marketing strategies.
Andriole has directed large R&D programs in government, industry and academia. Andriole was the director of the Cybernetics Technology Office of the Advanced
Research Projects Agency (ARPA). While at ARPA, he supported the development of spatial data management and multimedia systems, decision-support systems,
computer-aided simulation and training systems, and intelligent technology-based systems. Andriole also has published 28 books.
More than 200 service providers from more than 120 countries will attend and contribute to this week's ITU Quality of Service Development Group meetings in
Montreal in order to enhance Quality of Service in every facet of telecommunications services.
About SOTAS, Inc.
SOTAS, Inc. -- a Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE:SFE - news) partnership company -- provides solutions that empower service providers to run profitable
networks and serve their customers by presenting the right information, at the right time, to the right decision makers. Using data gathered from existing network
elements -- such as switches, test equipment from multiple vendors, legacy systems, and databases - SOTAS' solutions provide service providers the tools to make
decisions in real time in order to more effectively, design, provision, diagnose, view, monitor and manage communications networks.
For more than a decade SOTAS has helped telecom providers monitor and manage the integrity and quality of service of their networks. In January SOTAS
expanded its offerings through the acquisition of S3net. S3net's expertise in signaling protocols, such as SS7 and C7; fraud-prevention systems; and web-based data
management complement SOTAS' portfolio of analog and digital intrusive testing systems and data management and reporting systems. This move gives the new
SOTAS the tools to help customers achieve the full strategic potential of SS7-driven networks - a market of $10Billion.
With headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD, and offices in London and New Delhi, India, SOTAS serves service providers around the globe, including AT&T,
Broadwing, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cignal, Concert, Korea Telecom, Lucent, Maxcom, Worldcom, Nortel, Qwest, SITA/Equant, Sprint, Telecordia, Teleglobe,
Viatel/Destia and World Access/Facilicom.
About Safeguard
Safeguard is a leader in incubating and operating premier developing technology companies in the Internet infrastructure market with a focus on three sectors:
software, communications and eServices. Safeguard's network of Internet infrastructure companies offers solutions, seamless connectivity and eServices to
businesses engaged in electronic commerce.
SOTAS is a registered trademark of SOTAS, Inc.; Safeguard is a service mark of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
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