News from DEMOfall07; WIMAX WORLD; STORAGE DECISIONS; GARTNER SECURITY SUMMIT; AND MORE

Latest Trade Show news

* NEWS FROM DEMOfall07:

iPhone gets VoIP tryout, 09/28/07: In a demonstration at this year’s DEMOfall07 convention, British VoIP provider Truphone showed conventioneers how to use the iPhone’s built-in WiFi capability to make calls over Truphone’s VoIP network.

Podcast: Twisting in a Web 2.0 world at DEMOfall07, 09/28/07: Jason and Keith take the show on the road to DEMOfall07 in San Diego to bring you their favorite 10 demonstrators and regal you with tales of holding a Super Bowl ring. (53:04)

Seen, heard and alleged at DEMOfall07, 09/27/07: Digital Fountain’s dip into the content-delivery network pool — DF Splash — offered among the more impressive stage demonstrations last week at DEMOfall07, so much so that a company executive says a couple of conference attendees accused them of pulling a fast one.

IForem storage forever, 09/27/07: A new digital archiving company, iForem, launched at DEMOfall07 this week with a product that lets businesses store critical data without a continuing cost.

Video: Matchmine grows from Patriot roots, 09/25/07: Matchmine lets users take their tastes and preferences profile with them to multiple sites with technology spawned from the New England Patriots. Featuring Bob Kraft and the 2004 Super Bowl Ring.

Video: Five great companies from the first day of DEMOfall07, 09/25/07: Keith gives his picks for the five best companies and technologies demonstrating on Day 1 of DEMOfall07. Companies include: Propel Software, MotionDSP, LiveMocha, Vyro Games and Ncursion.

More cool stuff from start-ups at DEMOfall07, 09/27/07: Continuing the roundup of some cool start-ups from DEMOfall07 in San Diego.

Another DEMO, another batch of ‘cool stuff’, 09/24/07: If it’s September, it must be DEMOfall, in which I get another opportunity to see what’s hot in the world of start-ups and innovation. While there are lots of new products and services for the enterprise launching at this week’s show in San Diego, for me it’s always about seeing the cool stuff.

* NEWS FROM WIMAX WORLD:

WiMAX startups aim to boost radio speeds, network deployments, 09/27/07: Startups are using new software technologies to layer on capabilities to emerging WiMAX wireless nets

Nortel takes its place in WiMAX universe, 09/27/07: Lest Nortel be left out of the growing WiMAX fanfare, the networking vendor announced Thursday it will offer PC cards and USB dongles to allow WiMAX connectivity to laptops, among other products.

* NEWS FROM STORAGE DECISIONS:

ExaGrid, ProStor, OnStor, Emulex upgrade storage gear, 10/02/07: At Storage Decisions last week, ExaGrid, ProStor Systems, OnStor and Emulex unveiled enhancements to their products.

* NEWS FROM GARTNER SECURITY SUMMIT:

NAC deployment obstacles, 10/02/07: The top obstacles to deploying NAC are the political and operational issues, according to a poll of attendees at a recent Gartner Security Summit.

* NEWS FROM ADOBE MAX 2007 NORTH AMERICAN USER CONFERENC:

Adobe teams with Business Objects to fight Microsoft, 10/01/07: Adobe is teaming up with Business Objects to add business-intelligence capabilities to rich Internet applications (RIA). The companies plan to announce a partnership at the Adobe MAX 2007 North America user conference, which kicks off Monday in Chicago.

* NEWS FROM MIT EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE:

GeoWeb helps the Internet become a smaller place, 09/18/07: Location, location, location is the mantra in real estate. Could it be the same for the Internet? The answer is “yes’, according panelists at a MIT technology conference held in Cambridge, Mass. this week.

* NEWS FROM AJAXWORLD:

Enterprises warned to approach Web 2.0 with caution, 09/27/07: Danny Allan of IBM had just finished his primer on potential security risks of Web 2.0 applications when enterprise software developers filing out were overheard telling each other, “That was scary!” and “Now I’m depressed.”

* NEWS PREVIEW MICROSOFT COMMUNICATIONS LAUNCH:

Your eyes and ears at the Microsoft Unified Communications launch: As Microsoft gears up for the big launch of Unified Communications next week in San Francisco Microsoft Subnet blogger Alex Lewis wants to be there for you. He will be blogging from the show and will scope out whatever you ask. Drop him some suggestions.

* 2007 TRADE SHOWS:

Interop

New York, Oct. 22-26

Berlin, Germany, Nov. 6-8

itSMF USA – Fusion 07 Conference and Exposition

Charlotte, NC, Conference/Exposition: Sept. 16-19

Charlotte, NC, Post Conference Training: Sept. 20-22

ChicagoCon 2007: White Hats Come Together in Defense of the Digital Frontier

Sept. 17-23

VISION 2007 Embedded Linux Conference

Santa Clara, Calif.: October 8-10

Fall 2007 VON