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NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Dave Costello, DCI Media Relations
(508) 470-3870
Release
Date: March 17, 1997
Future of
AS/400 Examined at New Conference
Gartner Group
and DCI Team Up To Launch First Independent
AS/400 Conference
Andover,
MA -- The AS/400 Environment: Opportunities,
Risks & Strategies Conference, to be held
in Dallas from June 10-12, 1997, is the first
impartial conference to focus on the strategic
challenges of AS/400 enterprises. Gartner Group,
the world's leading provider of IT research and
analysis, and DCI, the largest U.S.-based
promoter of IT educational trade shows and
consulting, have developed a conference program
that will address key midrange computing issues
such as the Year 2000, data warehousing, network
computing, electronic commerce, and Unix and NT
alternatives. Presentations will be offered by
Gartner Group's leading analysts, AS/400
end-users, and industry leaders including Bill
Zeitler, general manager of IBM’s AS/400
Division.
More
than 500 attendees are expected, including CIOs,
IS managers and directors, senior architects and
developers from companies with AS/400
infrastructures.
"Right
now, the midrange market is more dynamic than
it's ever been with the growing popularity of
Unix and Windows NT environments," said
Thomas Bittman, Conference Chairman and Research
Director, Gartner Group. "We saw a need in
the marketplace for an impartial conference to
educate IS managers and developers on the future
of the AS/400. The conference will provide a
third-party analysis of applications and
technologies on the AS/400 and alternatives to
the AS/400."
Conference
Highlights Include:
Roundtable
discussions are also scheduled so that
attendees can interact with Gartner Group
analysts and discuss topics such as negotiating
the best deals, client/server experiences,
application vendor experiences, and NT in AS/400
shops. In addition, the conference will feature a
full-day, in-depth AS/400 data warehousing forum,
sponsored by ShowCase Corp.
At
the product exposition on June 10-11, attendees
will see the latest in new products and services
from the industry's leading vendors including
IBM, ShowCase Corp., JD Edwards, Lawson Software,
Vision Solutions, Data Mirror, PentaSafe,
Seagull, Lakeview Technology, Sirius Computer
Solutions, Open Universal Software, Synon, CorVu
Corp., Silvon Software, Magic Software
Enterprises, RMTi, Advanced Systems Concepts, and
many more.
For
press registration, contact Dave Costello at
(508) 470-3870 or send an e-mail to dcostello@dciexpo.com. Press credentials will be
limited, so early registration is recommended.
For attendee registration or information, contact
DCI at (508) 470-3880 or send an e-mail to ConfReg@dciexpo.com. Additional information
can be found on DCI’s web site at www.DCIexpo.com.
Gartner
Group, Inc. is the world's leading provider of IT
research, advisory and market research services.
Founded in 1979 with headquarters in Stamford,
Conn., Gartner Group serves nearly 7,500 client
organizations worldwide. Additional information
about the company is available on the World Wide
Web at http://www.gartner.com.
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