Oracle's Larry Ellison, Netscape's Marc Andreessen to Speak at CMP/CommunicationsWeek Networked Economy ConferenceIndustry's Visionary Leaders to Join a Host of Technology, Media and Government ExecutivesPRNewswire Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison and Marc Andreessen, Senior Vice President, Technology, Netscape Communications, have agreed to participate in the CMP/CommunicationsWeek Fourth Annual Networked Economy Conference, March 18-19 at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner in McLean, Va. The two industry leaders join a host of notables gathering to discuss the future of computing and communications technology; regulatory policies; and the economy. The Networked Economy Conference is the premier event for business and technology executives. The conference gives attendees the opportunity to rub elbows with some of the biggest names in the industry. More importantly, it also provides technology evolution and investment insights that attendees can apply strategically and tactically in their own enterprises. Ellison and Andreessen join a marquee group of speakers, including: Eric Benhamou, Chairman of 3Com.; Steve Case, Chairman of America Online; John Chambers, President and Chief Executive of Cisco; David House, Chairman, President and Chief Executive of Bay Networks; Dan Lynch, Chairman of CyberCash; Jim Manzi, President and CEO of Industry.Net; Rich McGinn, President and Chief Operating Officer of Lucent Technologies; Patrick Naughton, Chief Technology Officer of Starwave; Ray Ozzie, President of Iris Associates; Roel Pieper, Vice Chairman and CEO of Tandem Computers; and Don Tapscott, author of The Digital Economy. CMP/CommunicationsWeek launched the Networked Economy Conference in Washington, DC, in September 1991. The event annually attracts high-ranking officials from leading technology and communications companies and from the Federal government. Last fall CMP debuted an online component, the Networked Economy Conference Online. For more information or to register for the Networked Economy Conference visit http://www.networked-economy.com/ or call 800-452-4433 (US only) or 805- 298-3333. The conference registration fee is $1,150 until Friday, Feb. 7, 1997, and $1,250 thereafter. CMP's Networked Economy Conference is presented by CommunicationsWeek (http://www.commweek.com/), The Networking Newspaper. 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- 01/21/97 SOURCE: CMP Media, Inc. CONTACT: Steve Rubel, CMP Corporate Communications Specialist, |