Latest Trade Show news
* NEWS FROM CA WORLD 2007:
CA integrates software for service quality, 04/23/07
CA Monday announced at its user conference that it had developed code that would enable four existing CA Unicenter and Wily management software applications to better work together toward automation service-level management across distributed networks.
VC shares 10 tips on innovation, 04/23/07
While several industry watchers bemoan the lack of innovation in technology today, Guy Kawasaki knows innovation when he sees it.
CA unfurls product-integration road map, 04/23/07
CA this week laid out its plans to further unify and simplify its extensive product portfolio, homing in on governance, management and security technologies that would help customers optimize their businesses.
CA chief preaches management simplification, 04/23/07
The IT industry has seen much innovation over the years, none of which reduces the complexity of managing distributed environments, says the head of CA.
* NEWS FROM NETPRO’S DIRECTORY EXPERTS CONFERENCE:
Security: Identity systems all about making claims, Microsoft says, 04/23/07
Las Vegas — The traditional concepts of authentication and authorization will eventually give way to an inclusive identity system where users will present claims that answer who they are or what they can do in order to access systems and content or complete transactions, according to Microsoft’s identity architect.
NetPro updates tool to backup, restore Active Directory data, 04/23/07
Las Vegas – NetPro Monday released RestoreADmin 3.0, which adds new backup and restore capabilities to its data restoration tool for managing Microsoft’s Active Directory.
* NEWS FROM INFOSEC:
Olympics to bring London IT security challenges, 04/24/07
Britain’s IT industry is likely to see business surge as London prepares to spend at least £1 billion ($2 billion) on security when it hosts the 2012 Olympics.
.ANI attacks took swipes at Vista’s security, 04/24/07
Microsoft’s Vista operating system took some of its first punches when a dangerous vulnerability was disclosed earlier this month, but the OS held strong, a security analyst said Tuesday.
* NEWS FROM STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD (SNW):
Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter: Vendors collaborate on data integrity, 04/23/07
Last week at Storage Networking World, four storage vendors announced an initiative to ensure data integrity and prevent data corruption in Oracle databases running on storage-area networks.
Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter: Storage Networking World in review, Part 2, 04/19/07
IBM, Symantec and EMC this week announced software and hardware for managing and protecting data on the network. IBM rolled out a new storage array – the DS3000 – for small and midsize businesses. Symantec introduced new versions of its Backup Exec data protection software, and e-mail and file system archiving software.
* 2007 TRADE SHOWS:
6th Annual Smart Cards in Government Conference 2007
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
Washington, DC – April 10-13
Smart Cards for Government and Payment – Mexico 2007
Mexico City, Mexico – May 8 – 9
San Francisco, April 22 – 26
Chicago, May 5 – 7
Las Vegas, May 20-25
Moscow, Russia, May 30-31
Tokyo, Japan, June 11-15
New York, Oct. 22-26
Berlin, Germany, Nov. 6-8
Chicago, June 18 – 21
Boston, Oct. 29 – Nov. 1
* INTERNATIONAL TRADE SHOWS 2007
Germany, March 15 – 21
Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 5 – 9, 2009
Taipei, Taiwan, June 5 – 9
* FREE NETWORK WORLD SEMINARS 2007:
IT Roadmap: Conference & Expo
Chicago: April 2007
Santa Clara: June 26, 2007
Dallas: September 2007
Washington: November 2007
Sept. 10-11, 2007
San Diego: September 2007
