Visionary Awards Top CommunicationsWeek's ComNet '97 Activities; CommunicationsWeek Interactive to Feature News from the Show FloorPRNewswire CMP's CommunicationsWeek, The Networking Newspaper, will reveal the winners of its prestigious Visionary Awards during ComNet on Tuesday, February 4. The annual awards recognize the leadership of ten individuals in the telecommunications and technology industries. The presentation takes place at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. -- one of the conference's three locations. "Since launching at ComNet in 1984, CommunicationsWeek has been committed to helping network managers navigate the changes that are shaping enterprise networks," said Mike Azzara, Publisher. "With our partnership activities at ComNet '97, we take that commitment a step further by recognizing the individuals who have made the most significant contributions to the advancements we report on." Beyond the Visionary Awards, CommunicationsWeek's editors will be leading a number of ComNet panels and tutorials during the four-day networking event: Senior Technology Editor Wayne Rash and Senior Technical Editor Oliver Rist will participate in a VLAN and Switching Tutorial on Feb. 3; Editor-at-Large Tim Wilson will join in on a ComNet session on the future of network systems management on Feb. 4; on February 5 Department Editor Terry Sweeny will lend his expertise to a session on ATM vs. IP Switching, Editor Elliot Kass appears at a Visions in Practice session the same day; and Paul Kapustka, Editor-at- Large, will weigh in on a debate on Microsoft NTAS vs. Novell NetWare 5.0. on Feb. 6. CommunicationsWeek will also debut a multimedia newspaper -- CommunicationsWeek Live at ComNet! -- featuring breaking news, live audio and video feeds from the show floor. CommunicationsWeek Live at ComNet! can be seen on kiosks throughout the Washington, D.C. Convention Center as well as on CommunicationsWeek Interactive (http://www.commweek.com/). CommunicationsWeek is the leading newspaper serving the information needs of Network IT Management. The newspaper delivers news and analysis that helps Network IT Management translate evolving advances in communications and computing technology directly into business advantage. In addition, the newspaper features Web Commerce, a biweekly section that provides in-depth features and analysis of electronic commerce products, technologies and case studies. Telepath, a monthly supplement to CommunicationsWeek, is directed to the innovators behind converging networks. CMP Media Inc., now in its 26th year of uninterrupted growth, is the only provider of publishing, marketing and information services to reach the entire spectrum of the high-technology market -- the builders, sellers and users of technology. With sales of $418 million in 1996, CMP marked a quarter century of success with an average annual growth of 20 percent. All of CMP's publications and a series of innovative news and interactive services are available on the World Wide Web through CMP's TechWeb®, http://www.techweb.com/, the industry's first free daily technology news and interactive services super site. CMP Media is also the creator of NetGuide Live (http://www.netguide.com/), the first comprehensive daily listing of live events on the Internet and commercial online services, and First-TV (http://www.first-tv.com/), the Internet's first 24-hour TV/video network. -0- 1/31/97 SOURCE: CMP Media Inc. CONTACT: Steve Rubel, 516-562-7434, or srubel@cmp.com, or Laurel |