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Make sure you are part of the world’s largest Wi-Fi business event! Wi-Fi Planet Fall 2003 Conference & Expo is
returning to the West Coast December 2-5 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.
Register
early & save!
Don’t Miss These Keynote Speakers:
* Steve
Nye, General Manager, Building Broadband Solutions Unit, Cisco Systems, Inc.
* Les
Vadasz, Executive Vice President, INTEL Corporation and President, Intel Capital
* John
McHugh, Vice President and General Manager, ProCurve Networking Business, Hewlett-Packard Company
* Scott
Stainken, General Manager, Global Wireless Business, IBM Corporation
* Kevin
Duffy, Senior Vice President of Project Management and R&D, Proxim
Attendees will also hear presentations by representatives from Computer Associates, Nortel Networks, Avaya,
Starbucks, McDonald’s Strategy & Business Development Group, Visa International, Dartmouth College, Jupiter
Research and much more.
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here for complete agenda
According to Jupiter Research, domestic Enterprise Wi-Fi device sales will triple by 2006 to reach $2.3 billion. Fall
and Spring Wi-Fi Planet Conferences and Expos have become the definitive events of the Wi-Fi industry. These are
the only events where all the major manufacturers, sellers and buyers of Wi-Fi related technology assemble together.
It’s where vendors introduce the latest products, where business users gain the knowledge they need to make
strategic buying decisions and where the industry charts its future direction.
For information or complete details on exhibiting or any sponsorship opportunity, please contact Tim Walsh at
(203) 662-2838 or [email protected].
Register
early & save! For more information and to register today please contact Lillian Potter at (203) 662-2857
or [email protected].
ENDORSED BY: Wi-Fi Alliance
PREMIER BUSINESS SPONSOR: IBM
WI-FI NETWORK SPONSORS: Proxim and PCTEL
PREMIER PLUS SPONSORS: Computer Associates, Hewlett-Packard and Intel
PREMIER SPONSORS: AirDefense, Firetide, Rocksteady Networks, Strix Systems, T-Mobile HotSpot and WilTel Communications
PREMIER MEDIA SPONSOR: InfoWorld
MEDIA SPONSORS: Wireless Week, Broadband Wireless Exchange, Wireless Network News and Laptop Magazine
HOSTED BY: Wi-FiPlanet.com, Wi-FiHotSpotList.com, EarthWeb.com, DevX.com and internet.com
PRODUCED BY: Jupitermedia Corporation
Additional Sponsors and exhibitors to date include:
Advantest America Measuring Solutions
AirFlow Networks
AirMagnet
AirWave Wireless
Andrew Corporation
Aruba Wireless Networks
Atheros Communications
Avnet Design Systems
Azimuth Systems, Inc.
Bandspeed
BelAir Networks
Berkeley Varitronics Systems
Billing Concepts, Inc.
Birdstep Technology
Bluesocket
Bridgewater Systems
Cirond Technologies
Cognio
Cushcraft Corporation
The CWNP Program
DPAC Technologies
EKAHAU
ELIXAR
Enterasys Networks
Escalon Networks, Inc.
Fortress Technologies
Fractus, S.A.
Funk Software
Georgia Department of Industry, Trade & Tourism
GlobespanVirata
GoManufacture
Gric Communications
HelloSoft
HOTSPOTZZ
Hyperlink Technologies
ICSA Labs
Intermec
iPass
Legra
Madge Limited
Make ‘M Wireless
MapInfo
Marvell
Meetinghouse Data Communications
Meru Networks, Inc.
Motia
NetNearU
Network Chemistry
Network Instruments
Newbury Networks
Nomadix
Nortel Networks
Palm, Inc.
PowerDsine
Pronto Networks
ReefEdge
Rohde & Schwarz
SanDisk
Senforce Technologies, Inc.
SonicWALL
Sybase
Tatara Systems
Teletronics
TTP COM
ValuePoint Networks
Vernier Networks
Vivato
Vocal Technologies
WatchGuard
Wavelink
WAV Wireless Outfitters
Wayport
WiDeFi
Wi-Fi Plus, Inc
WildPackets
Wimetrics
Winncom Technologies
Wipro
Wireless Valley Communications
XO Communications
Zebra Technologies
ZyXEL Communications
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Acer Offers Free Wireless for K-12 Education
Acer America Corp. has announced the “Wi-Fi 101” initiative, which will provide free wireless access points and installation to select K-12 schools nationwide. With the support of Intel Corp., Acer America will canvas and select one school in each qualified school district for Wi-Fi 101, with up to 120 schools participating nationwide for the program. Each designated school will be eligible for the installation of up to four access points in two different locations at no cost to the school or the school district.
Wireless connectivity can enable K-12 environments to enjoy the advantages of technology such as Internet access without incurring the more expensive infrastructure costs often associated with hard-wiring. Wireless technology also accelerates the availability of advanced networking in environments where hard-wiring is not a viable option. The intent of Acer is to be in the forefront of providers to education environments, offering solutions that will help speed the penetration of technology into education.
The installation of the wireless access points requires no funding or manpower contribution on the part of schools or district personnel. Interested schools are invited to contact Acer at www.acer.com/wifi101, or their local Acer reseller for details on applying for the program. Upon approval, Acer America will arrange for a site inspection of existing network connections. Up to two wireless sites employing four access points will be installed at each participating school, with the library, cafeteria or computer laboratory being the obvious choices for their Wi-Fi hotspots.
For more information about Wi-Fi 101, visit www.acer.com/wifi101.
Acer Offers Free Wireless for K-12 Education
Acer America Corp. has announced the “Wi-Fi 101” initiative, which will provide free wireless access points and installation to select K-12 schools nationwide. With the support of Intel Corp., Acer America will canvas and select one school in each qualified school district for Wi-Fi 101, with up to 120 schools participating nationwide for the program. Each designated school will be eligible for the installation of up to four access points in two different locations at no cost to the school or the school district.
Wireless connectivity can enable K-12 environments to enjoy the advantages of technology such as Internet access without incurring the more expensive infrastructure costs often associated with hard-wiring. Wireless technology also accelerates the availability of advanced networking in environments where hard-wiring is not a viable option. The intent of Acer is to be in the forefront of providers to education environments, offering solutions that will help speed the penetration of technology into education.
The installation of the wireless access points requires no funding or manpower contribution on the part of schools or district personnel. Interested schools are invited to contact Acer at www.acer.com/wifi101, or their local Acer reseller for details on applying for the program. Upon approval, Acer America will arrange for a site inspection of existing network connections. Up to two wireless sites employing four access points will be installed at each participating school, with the library, cafeteria or computer laboratory being the obvious choices for their Wi-Fi hotspots.
For more information about Wi-Fi 101, visit www.acer.com/wifi101.
A Palm Beach Post article about a proposal for a new library building – with six floors of condos on top of it.
Some say they wouldn’t mind such a hybrid. Others derisively call it a “librando.”
Warren Schwartz, an architect in Boston who has won awards for library design, said there’s an entirely new way of thinking. Libraries no longer are considered just quiet monumental places to curl up with a book.
“Librarians want to turn libraries back into kinds of city rooms, places where people will go to hang out with their friends,” he said.
That could mean new architecture stunning in its own right, he said.
Diantha Schull, executive director of Libraries for the Future, a New York-based nonprofit organization devoted to improving the country’s libraries, said that, as libraries become more dynamic, they become more democratic.
“I think that even as we see libraries becoming gateways to information, we also see them more important as public spaces,” she said.
Originally published in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence (vol. 16, no. 3 (July/Sept. 2003) pp. 409-427), The West’s Secret Marshall Plan for the Mind by John P.C. Matthews is an article about a little-known operation under which more than 10
million books and journals were sent to scholars and professionals in
Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. More than 500
publishers in Europe and the U.S. cooperated.
rteeter writes “A new study by the University of California, Berkeley, School of Information Management and Systems says the amount of new information has doubled in the past three years. That new information — stored on paper, film, optical and magnetic media — equals 5 exabytes = 5 million terabytes = half a million Libraries of Congress. Read the press release here.”
Charles Davis writes “Report from
Ananova about
Almost three quarters-of-a-million books on communism being thrown out of libraries in Russia.
Twenty libraries in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad have sent 700,000 books on communist ideology to recycling plants. Elena Alesandronets, head of the Kaliningrad Library
System, told the Rosbalt news agency only a few of the books, which she described as largely “Marxist and Leninist propaganda”, in their stocks would be kept. She said: “No one’s had any interest in them since the Soviet Union collapsed. They were just gathering dust and
we needed space for more modern literature”
Genghis John writes “In the face of severe budget problems, the [Minneapolis] library board dropped an interim Franklin library from its budget last spring. That would have been the end of the story, had not a group of library patrons and volunteers decided to take matters into their own hands … [T]here has been enough success already at Franklin Library to make it a model, not just for other libraries, but other producers of social good that formerly were funded almost solely with public dollars.
The story, here. (Registration required.)”
jay currie writes “Lori Bowen Ayre, a consultant at The Galecia Group is putting together a survey of internet filtering products suitable for libraries. Eight companies up so far. You can see pricing, shutoff options and pricing here. There is still a lot of work to be done on the presentation; but this could be a very useful place to compare filtering products.
No word on the ALA’s own efforts in this area. While the press release from the ALA President suggested that there would be an effort undertaken, it is not clear what, if any progress has been made on an ALA evaluation.
Lori’s initiative could easily become the default source for libraries looking for up to date, objective advice and information on filtering products – hey, maybe the ALA should buy the right to disseminate Lori’s results.”
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