MEDIA ALERT

Contact: Dave Costello, DCI Media Relations
(508) 470-3870

First-Ever Network Computers Conference

BACKGROUND:

Network Computers (NCs) are the next step in the evolution of the desktop. They are devices of all types designed to work seamlessly over the Internet/intranets. Java-based applications turn NCs into intelligent desktops that can support applications as diverse as word processing, OLAP, and OLTP. This industry-first NCs conference describes the why, how and when of NCs and their future role in organizations.

WHO:

Information technology and business editors wanting to cover network computers plus database, client/server, Year 2000, and other related issues.

WHAT:

The Network Computers Conference at DCI's Database & Client/Server World

WHEN:

May 20 to 22, 1997

WHERE:

Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA

WHY:

Many experts foresee the impact of NCs as being far greater than that of PCs.

This first-ever conference describes the why, how and when of NCs.

10 EXPERT PRESENTATIONS ABOUT NETWORK COMPUTERS, INCLUDING:

Jerry Held, Senior Vice President, Oracle Corporation

Richard Finkelstein, President, Performance Computing, Inc.

James Gant, Vice President, Network Computer Division, IBM Corporation

Chip Gliedman, Industry Analyst, Director, Giga Information Group

HOW TO REGISTER:

Call Dave Costello, DCI, (508) 470-3870, or e-mail at dcostello@dciexpo.com.

DCI's DATABASE & CLIENT/SERVER WORLD is the premier event in the database industry. Other conferences and presentations will include: Data Warehouses/Data Mining, Java Beans/ActiveX, Internet/Intranet/Extranets, Universal Servers (Informix vs. Oracle), Year 2000, and much more.