Anyone on the thread planning to attend ComNet/DC?
The Finalists:
Tuesday January 19, 3:44 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
ComNet/DC '99 Announces New
Product Achievement Awards
Finalists
Emerging Companies Make Strong Showing For
the Year's Best New Products in Networking, Data and Telecommunications
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1999--The organizers of ComNet/DC '99
today announced 27 finalists will compete for top honors in the ComNet New Product
Achievement Awards (NPAA) competition. Sponsored by IDG's InfoWorld, the Awards
recognize the best new computer networking hardware, software, services, and solutions debuting
at ComNet.
Scheduled for January 26 - 28 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center and the Washington,
D.C. Renaissance Hotel, ComNet is the largest technology conference and exhibition dedicated to
enterprise networking and communications.
This year several emerging companies such as Softcom Systems, New Access Communications,
and PakNetX make a strong showing as Awards finalists, joining 3Com, Cisco Systems, Lucent
Technologies, MCI Worldcom, and Sprint. The winners of this year's competition will join past
honorees from ComNet '98, including 3Com, Atmosphere Networks, Cisco Systems, Ganymede
Software, Nbase, NetReality, Inc., networkMCI, Newbridge Networks, and Grand Prizewinner
Network Associates. A complete list of this year's finalists, product descriptions and company
contacts follows.
''ComNet continues to be the industry's major event where leading networking and
communications companies unveil new products and services,'' said Debra Hart, ComNet show
director from IDG Expo Management. ''This year more than 300 exhibiting companies will
introduce new products and services, and the New Product Achievement Awards will honor those
companies that have contributed the most innovative products which promise to change the
networking and communications industry.''
Winners will be chosen by non-exhibitor attendees, who will cast votes during the show and
choose the best new product in each of eight categories, as well as one product for the ComNet
'99 Most Innovative New Product or Service. Finalists' products will be on display in the New
Product Showcase located in the main lobby of the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. All
winners will be announced at the New Product Achievement Awards Ceremony on Wednesday,
January 27, 1999 at 5:30 p.m. in the Washington, D.C. Renaissance Hotel. The Awards will be
presented by InfoWorld Publisher Phil Branon.
To qualify for the competition, products must be introduced for the first time at ComNet '99, or
announced within eight weeks preceding ComNet and cannot have been introduced or exhibited in
the same form at previous trade shows.
The finalists were chosen by a panel of judges consisting of representatives from the trade and
business press, industry research firms, the financial community and academia. They were
evaluated on the basis of innovation, industry contribution, integration with current product lines,
migration capabilities and return on investment.
ComNet '99 is expected to attract close to 50,000 communications and networking professionals
to the Washington, D.C. Convention Center to test and evaluate more than 400 companies
demonstrating the latest networking and telecommunications technologies. This year's keynote
speakers are C. Michael Armstrong of AT&T, John Chambers of Cisco Systems, and John
Sidgmore of UUNET and MCI Worldcom.
1999 NPAA FINALISTS
CARRIER/WAN SERVICE OR PRODUCT
Company Product Description Company Contact
Castle Networks C2100 Services Matthew Burke
Westford, MA Mediation Platform (SMP) (978)692-9500
New Access Communications MetroFusion Network Jeff Graham
Santa Barbara, CA (818)773-0900
Salix Technologies ETX5000 Kit Goldfarb
Gaithersburg, MD (301)417-0017
Sprint Corporation Sprint ION
Dallas, TX (Integrated On-Demand Joey Mooring
Network) (972)405-5345
INTERNET/INTRANET PRODUCT
Company Product Company Contact
IRE/Safenet ADSP 2141 SafeNet Crypt1C Maureen Walsh
Baltimore, MD (410)931-1103
Loral Orion WorldCast Premier Lisa Koppel
Rockville, MD (301)258-8101
MCI Worldcom MCI Worldcom Interact Paul Adams
Atlanta, GA (770)280-6406
MEMCO Software SECURED For Internet Cherity Morrison
Redwood City, CA (415)677-0219
LAN/INTERNETWORKING PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
Carrier Access Corp. Access Bank II/SDSL Michele Yamada
Boulder, CO (Symmetric Digital (303)442-5455
Subscriber Line)
LANart SxC1215 - 12 Channel Sondra Barrison
Needham, MA 100Base-TX to 100Base (781)444-1994
SX Converter
Softcom Microsystems GigaBlade™Network Melissa Crowton
Fremont, CA (510)497-3962
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
Cisco Systems MGX 8850 Wide Area Edge Everett Tackett
San Jose, CA (408)527-8607
Glenayre Western Multiplex Tsunami Shauna Schinella
Sunnyvale,CA (408)542-5210
Siemens Information & HiNet RC Austen Briggs
Communication Networks (650) 363-0982
Santa Clara, CA
VINA Technologies Multiservice Pamela Rupert
Fremont, CA (408) (408)286-2611
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Company Product Contact
Cornet Technology FSX Fiber Crosspoint Rosemarie D'Agostino
Springfield, VA (703)658-6746
RADCOM Equipment WireSpeed™622 ATM Bob Geller
Mahwah, NJ and Israel and Packet over SONET (212)840-5905
(POS)
Voelker Technologies AxxS 9200 Tom Burniece
San Ramon, CA (925)551-6400
WIRELESS PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
3Com 3Com/Citrix thin Steve Plavny
Rolling Meadows, IL (847)262-1329
Metricom Richocet SX Modem John Wernke
Los Gatos, CA (408) 399-8315
Nbase/Xyplex Wireless Fiber Driver Jeff Graham
Chatsworth, CA (818)773-0900
SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
3Com DynamicAccess Mobile Software Molly Mulloy
Salt Lake City, UT (408)326-3021
LAN-hopper Systems PATHmaster v4.0 Ike de Diego
Norcross, GA (770)446-9266
Visio Corp. Visio Enterprise Susanne Buti
Seattle, WA (425)637-9097
TELEPHONY/FAX/CONFERENCING PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
Lucent Technologies PacketStar IP Gateway 1000 Steven Ledermilk
Basking Ridge, NJ Carolyn Kostka
(908) 953-7514
Open Port Technology IP Launch Pad Rand Pitzer
Chicago, IL (312) 867-5023
PakNetX PNX ACD Jennifer Trevor
Salem, NJ (603) 890-6616
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IDG's ComNet Conference & Exposition
ComNet/Washington, D.C. and ComNet/San Francisco, produced by IDG Expo Management
Company, is celebrating its 20th year as the largest technology conference and exposition
dedicated to global networking utilizing wide-area telecommunications, data communications
networking and Internet Technologies. Each year more than 800 manufacturers and suppliers of
computer networking hardware, software, services and solutions participate in ComNet. Founded
in 1977, ComNet/Washington, D.C. has served as the IT market for two decades as the premier
information source for networking professionals. ComNet has captured the imagination of IT
buyers, information seekers and network professionals responsible for designing, building,
facilitating, and managing global networks. ComNet has won such support from IT product
marketers that IDG Expo Management was compelled to add a new, second ComNet -
ComNet/San Francisco which was held Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 1998. The success of
ComNet/Washington, D.C. impacts over 80 countries around the world and more than a dozen
other ComNet branded events in Europe, Asia and South America. For more information call
800-545-EXPO or visit our Web site at www.comnetexpo.com.
IDG Expo Management Company
Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, IDG Expo Management Company is a premium
producer and manager of exposition and conference events that shape the U.S. IT marketplace.
IDG Expo Management Company is an affiliate of the IDG World Expo Corporation family of
companies; together, the two companies produce the broadest array of conferences and
expositions related to information technology around the world. IDG Expo-produced events
include the MACWORLD Expos in Boston and San Francisco; ComNet in Washington, D.C. and
San Francisco and E3 -the Electronic Entertainment Expo produced for the Interactive Digital
Software Association (IDSA). Each year, more than 2,000 exhibiting companies and more than
250,000 IT professionals attend IDG's U.S. events to buy, sell, learn about and influence the IT
purchasing agenda. IDG Expo Management Company was founded in 1979 as Mitch Hall
Associates. For more information, please call 781-551-9800 or visit the company's Web site at
www.idgexpos.com.
International Data Group (IDG)
Headquartered in Boston, International Data Group (IDG) informs more people worldwide about
information technology than any other company in the world. With annual revenues of $2.35 billion,
IDG is the leading global provider of IT media, research, conferences and expositions. IDG
publishes more than 290 computer newspapers and magazines and 700 book titles in 75 countries,
led by the Computerworld/InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, PC World, Channel World,
and ...For Dummies global product lines. IDG offers online users the largest network of
technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises
more than 225 targeted Web sites in 55 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168
computer-related expositions in 35 countries, and research arm International Data Corporation
(IDC) provides computer industry research and analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries
worldwide. Company information is available at idg.com.
InfoWorld
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, IDG's InfoWorld Media Group publishes InfoWorld,
''The Voice of Enterprise Computing.'' The newsweekly provides the country's leading Information
Technology (IT) executives with the most up-to-date analysis and evaluation of the technology
shaping the workforce and the workplace -- now and in the future. InfoWorld Media Group is a
wholly owned independent business unit of International Data Group (IDG).
Contact:
IDG Expo Management Company
Michelle Lifton, 781/440-2827
mlifton@idgexpos.com
or
Brodeur Porter Novelli
Matt Hutchison, 202/973-1374
mhutchison@brodeur.com
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