Latest Trade Show news
* NEWS FROM INTERNATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING CONFERENCE:
Sun needs AMD chips to launch new supercomputer, 06/26/07: As Sun Microsystems Inc. prepares to demonstrate a new high-performance computer Tuesday at a technology conference in Germany, it hopes that quad-core processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. that will power the computer arrive on time to deliver …
* NEWS FROM BURTON GROUP CATALYST CONFERENCE:
PingID unveils online identity service, 06/25/07: PingID debuts personal identity management service built on support of OpenID and user-centric ID model.
* LATE NEWS FROM NXTCOMM 2007:
NXTcomm 2007 highlights, 06/25/07: If company announcements are any indication, the NXTcomm2007 trade show held last week in Chicago was very successful with fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) and …
Video, iPhone dominate NXTcomm, 06/25/07: CEOs from AT&T, Verizon and Cisco gauge industry impact of iPhone, video …
Verizon turns cell phone into credit card, 06/21/07: Verizon Wireless this week said it will offer its customers a mobile payment service that lets them use their cell phone as a credit card.
Level3 completes Internet2 100G net, 06/20/07: Level3 announced on Wednesday that it has completed construction of Internet2’s new 100G bit/sec backbone network.
Verizon debuts fixed-mobile services, 06/20/07: Verizon this week unveiled three fixed-mobile convergence services at the NXTcomm conference here.
Pressure is on AT&T, Apple over iPhone, says Verizon CEO, 06/20/07: The pressure is on AT&T and Apple to change the industry with iPhone, rather than on competitors to respond to the highly anticipated launch of the wireless device, Verizon’s CEO told reporters Wednesday.
Verizon nears convergence goal, 06/20/07: Verizon Business will announce vendors it has selected for its converged core router architecture and its next-generation multiservice access edge in the third quarter, according to officials interviewed at the NXTcomm conference here.
Cisco’s Chambers: Telecom entering ‘Phase II’, 06/19/07: CHICAGO — The telecommunications and Internet industries are entering their second phase of growth and reinvention, brought about by collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies, Cisco CEO John Chambers proclaimed at the NXTcomm conference here this week.
NXTcomm to show raft of next-gen service gear, 06/18/07: IMS, IPTV and Carrier Ethernet to highlight NXTcomm conference in Chicago.
* HP SOFTWARE UNIVERSE CUSTOMER CONFERENCE:
HP has designs on IBM in software battle, 06/21/07: HP and IBM, both strong in many markets, set their sights on software as the category that will define their market leading positions.
Hurd: Software critical to HP success, 06/19/07: HP chief says software and services will guarantee the company’s success in overall IT market.
Hurd keeps the pressure on to improve HP, 06/19/07: HP may be on track to be a US$100 billion company this year, but CEO Mark Hurd said there’s a total $1.1 trillion IT market for it to pursue.
HP goes green with new storage systems, 06/19/07: HP jumped on the green bandwagon Tuesday with the announcement of three new midrange storage systems and tape drives that it claims can reduce data-center cooling costs by as much as 50%.
HP acquisitions bring new, updated service management software, 06/18/07: HP releases updated change control and configuration management software, as well as services designed to help customer roll out ITIL best practices.
Surgient updates virtual lab software with VMware, Vista support, 06/18/07: Surgient’s virtual lab testing software tackles more environments and includes network capabilities to help IT managers better mimic their production environment in a test setting.
10 reasons why it’s good and bad to be HP, 06/14/07: HP has opportunities and challenges in emphasizing its software and services offerings.
* NEWS FROM COMMUNICASIA:
DRM drags down economy, Linden CTO says, 06/21/07: Digital-rights management drags down economic growth, and countries that back the technology are doomed to lag behind, a top Linden Research executive said Thursday.
Samsung phone sports OLED keypad, 06/20/07: Samsung Electronics’ upcoming SGH-E950 phone has a feature that stands out from other models: a 1.2-inch organic light-emitting diode keypad that can display different icons depending on how the phone is being used.
* NEWS FROM SEK EXHIBITION:
Mtron claims speediest solid-state disk, 06/20/07: Solid-state disks are fast becoming popular as drop-in replacements for hard-disk drives but they are not all alike, said South Korea’s Mtron.
IRiver unveils Mickey Mouse MP3 player, 06/20/07: South Korea’s Reigncom, better known by its iRiver brand name, will launch an MP3 player in Asia this month designed in the likeness of Mickey Mouse.
* 2007 TRADE SHOWS:
itSMF USA – Fusion 07 Conference and Exposition
Charlotte, NC, Conference/Exposition: Sept. 16-19
Charlotte, NC, Post Conference Training: Sept. 20-22
New York, Oct. 22-26
Berlin, Germany, Nov. 6-8
Voice on the Network (VON)
Boston, Oct. 29 – Nov. 1
* INTERNATIONAL TRADE SHOWS 2007
Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 5 – 9, 2009
* FREE NETWORK WORLD SEMINARS 2007:
IT Roadmap: Conference & Expo
Santa Clara: June 26, 2007
Dallas: September 2007
Washington: November 2007
Sept. 10-11, 2007
San Diego: September 2007
