NetFlash: Comdex canceled due to lack of interest

Somehow, in a decade of covering this industry, I’ve always managed to avoid a trip to Comdex, long the biggest and most well known of the industry trade shows. This year, I couldn’t go even if I wanted to – the show has been canceled. The organizers promise it will be back in 2005, but with attendance way down from the bubble years, it will have to reinvent itself to stay relevant to IT buyers and sellers. Our story looks at the reasons for the collapse and the challenges organizers face. Comdex canceled due to lack of interest http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0623comdecance.html?net

Somehow, in a decade of covering this industry, I’ve always managed to avoid a trip to Comdex, long the biggest and most well known of the industry trade shows. This year, I couldn’t go even if I wanted to – the show has been canceled. The organizers promise it will be back in 2005, but with attendance way down from the bubble years, it will have to reinvent itself to stay relevant to IT buyers and sellers. Our story looks at the reasons for the collapse and the challenges organizers face.

Comdex canceled due to lack of interest

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0623comdecance.html?net

D-Link shows enterprise ambitions with stackable Layer 3 switches

D-Link’s consumer focus is revealed in the fact that the featured product on the company’s home page is a wireless media player. But D-Link is now trying to appeal to enterprise companies as well, and this week’s announcement of Layer 3 switches with lots of ports is proof of that.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0623dlink.html?net

IEEE set to ratify 802.11i standard

Members of the IEEE standards board will meet Thursday to vote on the final specification for 802.11i, an update to the current standard for Wi-Fi security, the chair of the IEEE 802.11 working group said Wednesday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0623ieee.html?net

Qwest rolls out business VoIP

Qwest this week unveiled a nationwide VoIP service for businesses called OneFlex that uses Qwest’s national IP network.

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0623qwest.html?net

More news from Supercomm:

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/supercomm2004.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where mental vacations are encouraged:

The winner of our Worst Company Event contest; the ins and outs of war kayaking; and Hotmail faces accusations of unfairly closing e-mail accounts; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/