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ASP CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS FOR NEXT MONTH'S SAN FRANCISCO'S EVENT September 28, 2000 - Network Hosted Applications SAN FRANCISCO, CA, - September 28, 2000 - The world's leading experts on the flourishing Application Service Providers (ASP) market will converge next month in San Francisco for PBI Media's Fall Network Hosted Application Conference (NHAC) (www.networkhostedapps.com), the second is a series of worldwide events aimed at this $13 billion industry. The event is set for October 18-20, 2000, at the Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. The roster of speakers at the Fall NHAC include: Terry Vega, president, CyberSolutions, Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU); Traver Gruen-Kennedy, senior executive officer, Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) , and chairman, ASP Consortium; Sandy Hamilton, senior vice president, Qwest Cyber.Solutions; Mark DeSimone, executive vice president and general manager AduroNet ; Michael Kantrowitz, president and chief executive officer, Neoware Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:NWRE); Jim Rothnie, senior vice president and chief marketing technical officer, EMC (NYSE:EMC); Mark Yurgelevic, director, Emerging Markets, Exodus Communications; Leo Massarani, chief technical strategist, IBM Net Generation Business (NYSE:IBM); Cliff Conneighton, founder and chairman, iCOMS; Vinh Q. Amis, director, North American Consulting Practice, Norstan (Nasdaq:NRRD); Scott Dunlap, vice president product management, Loudcloud; Steve Foster, partner, Crosspoint Venture Partners; Ed C. Frankenberg, vice president, PSINet (Nasdaq:PSIX), Ventures; Mike McDermott, senior consultant, The McKenna Group; Bill Forquer, vice president, ASP Partner Program; Vikram Chachra, co-founder and chief strategy officer, SNAZ Commerce Solutions; Michael S. Centrella, president & CEO, AuctionLogic; Dave Mukherjee, chief executive officer, Atesto; Bill Forquer, vice president, ASP Partner Program; Scott Dunlap, vice president product management, Loudcloud; Roger J. Pilc, vice president and general manager, Winstar Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:WCII); Martin Brej, vice president of professional services, diCarta; Philip Poulidis, director of marketing, Novell Service Provider Network (Nasdaq:NOVL); Carl Kelly, senior vice president, online services Oracle Service Industries (Nasdaq:ORCL); Tim Steele, VP of sales Americas and Global Marketing, Tundo; Kevin Borders, vice president sales, Marconi; Cameron Chell, chairman and CEO, Chell.com and founder, FutureLink (Nasdaq:FTRL), Lizabeth Converse Wilson, marketing and business development vice president, Lucent (NYSE:LU); Don Shirley, chief executive officer, Brightpod, Inc.; Alice O'Rourke, president, New York New Media Association; James Laietta, director- services marketing, global services provider, Lucent (NYSE:LU); David Weber, chief business strategist, Global Net Generation Business, IBM (NYSE:IBM); Audrey Rasmussen, research director, Enterprise Management Associates; Jim Lewis, president and CEO, Berlitz GlobalNET (NYSE:BTZ);and Elizabeth King, group marketing manager, ASP/.com Markets, Sun MicroSystems (NasdaqNM:SUNW). Workshop speakers include: Terry White, senior director, PBI Media; Irwin Waxberg, marketing research director Lucent Technologies; Margrit Sessions, managing director, PBI Media, London; and Rick Kent, vice president, PBI Media. "NHAC will feature a collection of the world's leading hi-tech experts covering all sectors including software, hardware, networking and telecommunication," said David Laughland, senior executive officer of PBI Media (www.thephillipsgroup.net), the Parsippany, NJ-based research and consulting firm. "The conference speaks to developers, providers and end users and provides them with the tools to pilot the expanding ASP environment." The conference 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. To register for NHAC, log on to www.accessintel.com or www.networkhostedapps.com, or call toll free at 888-811-RSVP (inside U.S.) or 404-923-9124 (international). The recently published study from PBI Media recently 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. and will be free to all NHAC workshop attendees. 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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