COMDEX and EDS Create First Metropolitan Area Network For COMDEX/Fall
EDS-COMDEX Network Signals Show's Move into the Services Sector of the Digital Economy
LOS ANGELES, and PLANO, Texas, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Key3Media Group, Inc. (NYSE: KME - news) and EDS (NYSE: EDS - news) today announced the creation of the world's largest temporary metropolitan area network (MAN) servicing all buyers and sellers at COMDEX/Fall 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The network, which will connect more than 2,200 exhibitors and all five conference venues, will go live at COMDEX/Fall, November 13-17, 2000. The network will connect COMDEX venues including the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas Hilton, Sands Exposition and Convention Center, Venetian Hotel and MGM Grand Conference Center.
``COMDEX has collaborated with EDS to signal a growing focus at the show on the services community, and to enhance the level of service provided to COMDEX participants,'' said Bill Sell, vice president and general manager, Key3Media Events. ``Services companies enhance the incredible hardware and software innovations available today -- services enable companies to compete effectively.''
In addition to connecting all aspects of COMDEX/Fall 2000, the network will provide the buyers, media and analysts visiting the show reliable, secure and fast Internet connections. The network also offers exhibitors a cost- effective alternative to traditional Internet drops. The network will enable exhibitors to showcase network-based technology such as optical networks, Storage Area Networks (SANs), Voice over IP and streaming multimedia through a single high-performance network. EDS and its technology services and products teams -- Nortel Networks, EMC and Hewlett-Packard -- created a MAN with massive bandwidth that is reliable, flexible for supporting new applications and services, and affordable.
The MAN team assembled and tested the thousands of components and miles of fiber cabling at a staging center in California. Over the next five days the network will be rebuilt and installed in Las Vegas. Once re-assembled, the network solution will service more than 2,200 companies placing rigorous demands on the systems as they showcase their wares at the world's largest and most influential information technology event.
``The EDS-COMDEX Network exemplifies the innovative ideas, answers, services and benefits EDS provides to thousands of business clients around the world every day. We look forward to working with COMDEX, Nortel Networks, EMC and HP to provide a new level of customer service for the exhibitors and participants,'' said Terry Milholland, senior vice president, CIO and CTO of EDS.
EDS Chairman and CEO Dick Brown will deliver a Wednesday morning keynote address at the show this year, the first address in show history by a services sector leader, and for the first time, EDS will have a major presence at the show.
About EDS
EDS, the leading pure-play global services company, provides strategy, implementation and hosting for clients managing the complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS serves the world's leading companies and governments in 55 countries globally. EDS reported revenues of $18.5 billion in 1999. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS - news) and the London Stock Exchange. Learn more at www.eds.com.
This year COMDEX has developed a customer-centric initiative that will concentrate on segmenting everything from conference programs to floor plans in order to better serve the specific needs of buyers and sellers and to enable discrete community development. Detailed information is available at www.comdex.com. For media and analyst registration, contact Amy Groden at 781/433-1756.
COMDEX/Fall is a Key3Media Event. Key3Media Events, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Key3Media Group, Inc., is the world's leading producer of information technology tradeshows and conferences, serving more than 6,000 exhibiting companies and two million attendees through 60 events in 18 countries. Key3Media Events' products range from the IT industry's largest exhibitions such as COMDEX and NetWorld+Interop to highly focused events featuring renowned educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing programs. For more information about Key3Media Events, visit www.key3media.com.
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