(COMTEX) B: NETWORLD+INTEROP 99 LAS VEGAS EMPOWERS THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE NEW
ECONOMY
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VPNs, New Convergence Issues and the Emerging Application Service
Provider
Market Top of Mind at Networking's Definitive Event
FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Ziff Davis' (NYSE: ZD)
NetWorld+Interop 99 Las Vegas came to a close Friday, impacting the
market with major product announcements, company mergers and industry
forecasts. NetWorld+Interop was held May 10-14, 1999 at the Las Vegas
Convention Center.
Tens of thousands of networking, Internet and telecommunication
professionals visited hundreds of exhibitors on the floor to see latest
enterprise and service provider solutions. According to an onsite study
conducted by independent research firm, Market Perspectives, the
audience was comprised of primarily of managers and executives (63%)
from a wide variety of organizations that will spend an average of
$21.4 million per company on networking, Internet and
telecommunications hardware, software and services over the next 12
months.
Jud Spencer, vice president, marketing and communications for Frontier
Communications, commented, "NetWorld+Interop is evolving, and we are
seizing that evolution. This is our first appearance here, and we are
very pleased with the level of attention we've received from the
attendees. This has been a great coming-out party for us, and has
proven that Frontier Communications is a serious player in the
convergence area."
Valerie Williamson, vice president/general manager of NetWorld+Interop
added, "There is dramatic growth in networking and infrastructure
technology today. The future is the Internet, and companies know that
they can't develop an Internet strategy without first creating a strong
and robust network. That is what makes this such an exciting time for
the networking industry and for NetWorld+Interop. NetWorld+Interop's
legacy of being the definitive IP data networking event allows us both
to reflect the evolution of the industry and help to lead the
networking revolution by providing a forum that features the most
comprehensive education and exhibition in the world focused on
networking technologies. NetWorld+Interop truly does enable the
infrastructure for the new economy."
Announcements Abound:
More than 400 new product and product enhancement and corporate
announcements were made at NetWorld+Interop 99 Las Vegas. Some press
conference highlights included the following:
* ASP Industry Consortium -- Twenty-five leading technology companies
announced the formation of an international advocacy group dedicated to
promoting greater understanding of and guidelines for the fast-emerging
application service provider industry.
* AT&T announced its Integrated Network Connection (INC), which simplifies
network management and allows businesses to dynamically allocate
bandwidth. INC combines voice, Frame Relay, ATM, private line and IP
traffic.
* 3Com announced its Megahertz 10/100LAN + 56K Modem CardBus PC Card,
which provides true 100 Mbps LAN connections and global V.90 modem
technology.
* Data Fellows announced its F-Secure Workstation Suite which integrates
five major elements of corporate data security into one package
* Procom introduced seven new product lines including its DataFORCE and
NetFORCE series and announced a strategic OEM licensing agreement with
VERITAS software.
Keynotes & Conferences Highlight Latest Technology Developments:
Trends were outlined and predictions were made during keynote
addresses delivered by Chairman/CEOs, and CTOs from Ascend, Cisco,
Computer Associates, Dell, Novell, and Sprint. Virtual Private Networks
(VPNs) were a main focal point, and the first VPN Day was a sold-out
hit. Convergence issues also drew a dynamic audience into
NetWorld+Interop as public network and telecom professionals filled the
CommUnity, Executive Interop and General Conference sessions last week.
Voice over IP (VoIP), VPNs, and Quality of Service (QoS) were in the
spotlight of discussion during conference sessions.
The New InteropNet Makes Its Debut:
The InteropNet Event Network and the InteropNet Labs also led the
educational value of NetWorld+Interop. More than 900 attendees took
advantage of the new hands-on education offered through the InteropNet
Labs. Engineers from Nortel Networks and Cisco Systems worked together
to write new code on a daily basis in the MPLS area of the InteropNet
Labs, and cosponsors of the InteropNet Event Network found the
experience to be valuable and rewarding. Bill Shaw, CEO of Shomiti
Systems, said "We were very pleased to be the protocol analysis
cosponsor of the InteropNet Event Network at NetWorld+Interop 99 Las
Vegas. We had a truly tremendous show."
Awards Ceremonies Recognize Excellence & Innovation:
Two awards ceremonies held during the week recognized key players
and innovative products that will significantly advance the state of
the art of networking and telecommunications. Sandpiper's Footprint
2.0, a network service product, was awarded the "Best of the Best" in
the BEST OF SHOW Awards competition sponsored by CMP's Data
Communications and InternetWeek. The First Annual Interop Enterprise
Awards, sponsored by Inter@ctive Week, PC Week, and Sm@rt Reseller
recognized companies leading the charge in Internet and e-business
innovations. Winners included: eBay, FreeMarkets, IBM, Lockheed Martin
Information Systems, MicroAge, Square D Company and Tower Records.
For more information about NetWorld+Interop 99 Las Vegas, visit
www.interop.com.
About NetWorld+Interop ...
NetWorld+Interop provides networking, Internet and
telecommunications professional buyers with uniquely comprehensive
forum for education and evaluation of products and services in order to
make critical purchase decisions. NetWorld+Interop affords buyers from
enterprises, carrier/service providers, and resellers/integrators the
opportunity to experience live technology demonstrations first-hand.
It's this focus on advanced, multivendor, multi-protocol, multi-service
interoperability technologies and solutions that makes NetWorld+Interop
the definitive networking event. NetWorld+Interop is produced by ZD
Events, the events group of Ziff-Davis. For more information about
NetWorld+Interop 99 Las Vegas, visit www.interop.com.
About Ziff-Davis.
Ziff-Davis is an integrated media and marketing company focused on
computing and Internet related technology, with principal platforms in
print publishing, trade shows and conferences, online content,
television, market research and education. The Company provides global
technology companies with marketing strategies for reaching key
decision-makers.
The ZD Events subsidiary of Ziff-Davis is the world's leading producer
of information technology events, serving over 5,000 exhibiting
companies and two million attendees through more than 60 events in 18
countries. ZD Events' products range from the IT industry's largest
exhibitions such as COMDEX, to highly focused events featuring renowned
educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing
programs. For more information about ZD Events, visit
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