This may be more in the "obscure sightings" category, but for what it's worth:
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December 21, 1998 12:03
Ziff-Davis Successfully Launches New World Networks Conference Series
NEEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Ziff-Davis (NYSE: ZD) today announced that the premier event of the New World Networks Conference Series concluded a successful launch earlier this month, as over 500 enterprise networking professionals were registered for the event. Entitled The IP Revolution: Networks in Transition, the Conference provided these professionals with transition and management strategies that will enable them to leverage IP-based solutions in designing and implementing networks.
Detailed sessions focused on IP technologies, service offerings, and processes for evaluating the economics of IP solutions and developing business cases to justify investments. It was the only event focused on managing the transition of enterprise networks from frame and/or cell-based switched networks to next generation IP-based enterprise solutions. Lucent Technologies, Bell Atlantic, 3COM, Frontier Global Center, Motorola, Newbridge Networks, Nortel Networks, UUNET and Williams Communications Solutions were sponsors of the Conference.
As one of the highlights of the Conference, Chris Schoettle, Vice President IP Communications for Lucent Technologies delivered a keynote presentation titled Communications Networking: Voice & Data Convergence. "I was impressed with the both the quality and quantity of attendees," said Mr. Schoettle. "They were clearly leaders in helping their enterprise organizations gain a competitive advantage through converged networks."
The New World Networks Conference Series was developed by ZD Studios and presented in conjunction with Interop and Inter@ctiveWeek. The Series is designed to help end-users, service providers, equipment vendors and content generators manage the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition from traditional voice-driven circuit-switched networks to data intensive packet-switched networks.
The New World Networks Conference Series continues March 23-24, 1999 at the Inverness Hotel and Golf Club, in Denver, CO, with The New World Service Provider Summit. This event will bring together the leading network architects, builders and providers in a two-day forum to explore, discuss and plan the future of the emerging IP-based public network. Cisco Systems and UUNET, an MCI WorldCom Company, are Summit Partners and 3Com is a Conference Sponsor. John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, and John Sidgmore, CEO of UUNET, will be featured as keynote speakers.
About ZD Studios
As a division of ZD Events, ZD Studios is dedicated to creating custom marketing programs for IT marketers in addition to some of the most attended, and highly regarded conferences and seminars in the industry. These face-to- face solutions are developed by a vast resource of resident experts who have access to the global resources of Ziff-Davis including publishing, events, research, Internet, television and education as well as the industry's most sought after experts, opinion makers, and celebrities. This flexibility, combined with a solid foundation of experience, places ZD Studios as a leader in developing successful, creative, face-to-face marketing programs for today's leading technology companies.
About Ziff-Davis
Ziff-Davis is a leading integrated media and marketing company focused on Internet-related technologies, with principal platforms in print publishing, trade shows and conferences, on-line content, market research and education. The Company provides global marketing and media strategies for reaching key technology decision-makers worldwide.
For more information about the New World Networks Conference Series, visit newworldnets.com or contact Kimberly Silvestro, ZD Studios at Kimberly_Silvestro@zd.com or (781) 433-1878.
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