Start-ups get their 15 minutes of fame

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A lot of shows happening this week targeted at specific audiences. At the Emerging Ventures conference in Boston, 50 start-ups get 15 to 20 minutes to impress potential investors and partners, while at SoftSummit in Santa Clara, independent software vendors are learning why some of their licensing programs are making IT execs scream. Looking ahead to the future, well, next month, Network World is on the road again with our free IT Roadmap ’06 tour where you’ll find out what technologies are new, what technologies are coming next and what you should be looking to buy now. More information about this tour can be found at the end of this newsletter. 

* FROM EMERGING VENTURES CONFERENCE, BOSTON:

Emerging Ventures conference recap: From the digital home to speedier servers, 10/12/05

This week’s Emerging Ventures conference in Boston features about 50 start-ups that get 15 to 20 minutes apiece to woo potential investors and partners.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-emerging-ventures2.html?nl

Emerging Ventures conference recap: CA exec weighs in on acquisitions, 10/12/05

Computer Associates has acquired 91 companies over its history and during the past year or so has spent about $1 billion on buyouts, including those of Aprisma/Concord, Netegrity and Niku. Look for more of the same in the months ahead.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-emerging-ventures1.html?nl

* FROM SOFTSUMMIT, SANTA CLARA:

Users unhappy with vendors’ software licensing programs, survey says, 10/11/05

Less than one-third of user organizations polled in a recent licensing survey said that they are satisfied with their vendor’s pricing and licensing strategy, despite more than two-thirds of independent software respondents saying that they had changed their pricing and/or licensing policies in the past two years, with the majority changing to improve customer relationships.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101105-licensing-survey.html?nl

* FROM GRIDWORLD, BOSTON:

IBM, start-up become grid partners, 10/10/05

IBM announced last week at the GridWorld show in Boston that it has licensed commercial releases of Globus middleware from Univa, a start-up focusing on open source grid software.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-ibm-univa.html?nl

* FROM JBOSS USER CONFERENCE, BARCELONA:

JBoss kicks off Barcelona user conference, 10/11/05

Reaching out to customers outside its core U.S. market, open source middleware vendor JBoss Tuesday kicked off its first user conference in Barcelona by announcing a handful of product enhancements and a new regional sales executive.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101105-jboss-conference.html?nl

* FROM GOVERNMENT OPEN SOURCE CONFERENCE, PORTLAND:

Conference focuses on open source in government, 10/10/05

IT executives from a dozen states will meet in Oregon this week to take a close look at open source software and how a collaborative approach to application development could help them cut costs and speed software development.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-open-source.html?nl

* FROM SYMBIAN SMARTPHONE SHOW, LONDON:

Securing mobile data more important than viruses, 10/12/05

Enterprises with workers that can access corporate data from mobile devices should be less concerned about mobile viruses and more focused on setting and enforcing rules for securing the data, said speakers at Symbian’s Smartphone Show in London on Tuesday.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-mobile-data.html?nl

* UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS (Oct., Nov., Dec.):

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

Internet Telephony Conference & Expo

Oct. 24-27, Los Angeles

https://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/

Storage Networking World Fall 2005

Oct. 24-27, Orlando, Fla.

https://www.snwusa.com/

WiMAX World

Oct, 26-28, Boston

https://www.wimaxworld.com/

CA World 2005

Nov. 13-17, Las Vegas

https://www.ca.com/caworld/

Comnet Summit

Nov. 28-30, Washington D.C.

https://www.comnetexpo.com/

Interop New York

Dec. 12-16, New York

https://www.interop.com/newyork/

* FREE NETWORK WORLD EVENTS:

IT Roadmap ’06: What’s new, what’s next and what to buy now

Nov. 29 – Dec. 8, various cities

http://www.networkworld.com/events/itroadmapfa05/index.html

What will be the next ‘big thing’ in IT for 2006? What will transform security … management of network and apps … the build out of VoIP … how you think about data centers and storage … and optimize wide-area and local-area networks?

You need to know. And our industry insiders have your answers at IT Roadmap ’06: What’s New, What’s Next, and What to Buy Now. John Gallant and Johna Till Johnson lay it all out for you at this Network World Technology Tour and Expo exclusively for IT executives. IT Roadmap ’06: What’s New, What’s Next, and What to Buy Now gets down to business, pinpointing critical issues and arming you with the facts, figures and strategies to maximize your network in ‘06.