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APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER (ASP) CONFERENCE SET FOR OCTOBER 18-20 IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA September 8, 2000 - Application Service Provider SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 11, 2000 - PBI Media today announced the dates for its upcoming Fall Network Hosted Application Conference (NHAC) (www.networkhostedapps.com), part of a worldwide series of events aimed at the burgeoning Application Service Provider (ASP) industry. The conference, scheduled for October 18-20, 2000, at the Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, is designed for ASPs, Telecommunications Carriers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) New Media Developers, Independent Software Developers, Value Added Resellers (VARs), Content Providers, Managed Services Companies, Venture Capitalists, End-Users. The Fall NHAC, the second in a series of events, is sponsored by Accessline, EMC (NYSE:EMC), Graybar, IBM (NYSE: IBM) Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU), Marconi, New York New Media Association, Norstan (NASDAQ:NRRD), Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL), Tundo and Winstar Communications (NASDAQ:WCII). According to David Laughland, senior executive officer of PBI Media (www.thephillipsgroup.net), attendees will develop a greater understanding of the rapidly changing market. "This is the only conference designed for business partners to bring the next generation applications to market and to hear real end users describe their experiences," he said. According to a recent study from PBI Media, the Parsippany, NJ-based research and consulting firm, U.S. demand for network hosted applications will increase twelve-fold by 2004 and the ASP market is expected to top the $13 billion mark that same year. Within the next five years, said the study, the U.S. market for Application Service Providers (ASPs) will grow from $1.1 billion to $13 billion, with larger businesses accounting for almost 70 percent of the growth. "Five Years from now if you are a CIO with a head for business, you won't be buying computers anymore. You won't be buying software either. You will rent all your resources from an Application Service Provider (ASP)," added Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems. To register for NHAC, log on to www.networkhostedapps.com, or call toll free at 888-811-RSVP (inside U.S.) or 404-923-9124 (international). The study titled, "Network Hosted Applications: U.S. Market Demand and Segmentation Analysis" is available by contacting PBI Media at 973-884-0100 or http://www.thephillipsgroup.net. PBI Media, a global professional services company with offices in Parsippany, NJ, London and Washington DC, specializes in market intelligence for the telecommunications and information technologies industries. In addition to conducting primary research studies, the company offers a comprehensive range of professional services, including custom consulting, InfoTracksm and TelecomTacticssm database products, professional conferences, market and competitive intelligence analyses and custom marketing programs. PBI Media is a division of Phillips International, Inc. (www.accessintel.com), a $350 million corporation headquartered in Potomac, Md., which offers a wide variety of quality publications and services for both consumer and business-to-business markets. Phillips is one of the leading publishers in America, with a fast-growing Internet business. |
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