* Rescheduled conferences * Breaking news from Microsoft PDC * News from Microsoft Business Summit * Upcoming trade shows * Free Network World Technology Tours
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A number of technology events that were scheduled to take place in New Orleans have either been canceled or rescheduled and relocated, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Among the shows that have been rescheduled include the HP Technology Conference, which was due to begin this week and will instead take place in Orlando from Oct. 17 through Oct.20. A list of some of the affected technology conferences is below.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is busy this week in Los Angeles at its Professional Developers Conference, where it is expected to debut Sparkle, its graphics and animation development tool targeted at Macromedia’s popular Flash product. And just last week, Microsoft was out wooing small and midsize businesses at the Microsoft Business Summit in Redmond, Wash.
* RESCHEDULED TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES:
HP Technology Forum: Originally planned for Sept. 12-15, now rescheduled for Oct. 17-20 in Orlando, Fla.
https://www.hptechnologyforum.com/
The Association for Information Technology Professionals National Conference: Originally planned for Oct. 6-8 has been canceled.
https://www.aitpjackson.org/conferences/
The Association for Data Center, Network, and Enterprise Systems Management (AFCOM) Data Center World/Spring: Originally planned for March, has been postponed.
https://www.afcom.com/afcomnew/Display.asp?typ=2&page=Education%20Conferences
The System Administration, Networking and Security (SANS) Network Security Conference, Oct. 24-30, now relocated to Los Angeles.
https://www.sans.org/ns2005/index.php
* BREAKING NEWS FROM MICROSOFT DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE, LOS ANGELES:
Q&A: Microsoft’s Allchin on Vista and beyond, 09/14/05
Jim Allchin, Microsoft ’s group vice president of platforms, delivered a two-hour-plus keynote Tuesday, the opening day of Microsoft’s Professional Developer’s Conference. Afterward, he sat down with Network World Senior Editor John Fontana and talked about client software, IT pros, ship dates (and the lack thereof), storage technology and workflow.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091405-microsoft-allchin.html?nl
Gates debuts new Vista, Office features, 09/13/05
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Architect Bill Gates introduced new features of the next versions of Microsoft Office and Windows in his keynote at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles Tuesday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091305-gates-pdc.html?nl
Microsoft weaves workflow plan, 09/12/05
Microsoft this week plans to unveil at the Professional Developers Conference a new workflow subsystem for its client and server operating systems that will become a foundation service available on the Windows platform.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-microsoft-pdc.html?nl
Microsoft to debut Sparkle, OS features, 09/12/05
A potential Flash-killer and better ways for its development community to collaborate are among the topics Microsoft will highlight at its Professional Developers Conference this week, according to analysts who follow the software giant.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-microsoft-sparkle.html?nl
Microsoft targets Google with developer platform, 09/08/05
Microsoft next week will try to gain ground on competitors Google and Yahoo by unveiling a new Web development platform on which developers can add new search, mapping and instant-messaging features to online products from the MSN division.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090805-microsoft-web-development.html?nl
* NEWS FROM MICROSOFT BUSINESS SUMMIT, REDMOND, WASH.:
Microsoft renames business app project, targets mid-market, 09/07/05
Microsoft Wednesday renamed its suite of next-generation business applications for the mid-market and reiterated its plans to tie them together with Office on the front end and bundles of infrastructure software on the back end.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090705-microsoft-dynamics.html?nl
Ballmer: Microsoft to offer hosted CRM to midmarket, 09/07/05
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Wednesday outlined some of the products and services Microsoft has come up with to solve the problems of midmarket customers, including a hosted customer relationship management service that the company will unveil within the next year.
http://www.networkworld.com/net.worker/news/2005/090705-microsoft-crm.html?nl
* UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS (Sept., Oct., Nov.):
Oracle OpenWorld
Sept. 17-22, San Francisco
https://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html
Demo Fall
Sept. 19-21, Huntington Beach, Calif.
https://www.demo.com/demofall/
Business Engines Global Summit 2005
Sept. 25-27, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
https://www.beglobalsummit.com/Overview/Overview.cfm
NGN (Next Generation Networks) 2005 Conference
Sept. 26-30, Washington D.C.
Storage Decisions
Sept. 28-30, New York
https://storagedecisions.techtarget.com/newyork/index.html
IT Security World Conference & Expo
Sept. 28-30, San Francisco
https://www.misti.com/virtprogITS05/program.asp
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2005
Oct. 16-21, Orlando, Fla.
https://www.gartner.com/2_events/symposium/2005/sym15.jsp
ISPCON Fall 2005
Oct. 18-20, Santa Clara
https://www.ispcon.com/fall2005/
VORTEX 2005
Oct. 24-26, San Francisco
https://www.idgexecforums.com/vortex05/index.html
Storage Networking World Fall 2005
Oct. 24-27, Orlando, Fla.
CA World 2005
Nov. 13-17, Las Vegas
Comnet Summit
Nov. 28-30, Washington D.C.
* FREE NETWORK WORLD TECHNOLOGY TOURS:
Security: Preventing Attacks on Applications and Data
Sept. 13-29, various cities
http://www.networkworld.com/events/securityfa05/index.html
At this event, you’ll discover how application-aware firewalls, gateways and proxies auto-block crippling attacks,
how content-inspection and malware gateways make clients and servers immune to viral infection and pestware infestation – while protecting intellectual property and meeting privacy regs, which security software out-perform hackers in protecting operating systems and application servers (Microsoft IIS, Apache, etc.), and much more.
