MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact: Jeffrey Marquis, DCI Media Relations
(508) 470-3870

Release Date: July 23, 1997

DCI's Internet Expo To Include Intranet/Extranet Development Conference

Trade Show Will Feature Tools, Technologies, and Techniques For Building Successful Intranets

BACKGROUND:

DCI’s Internet Expo will host the "Developing Intranets That Work" Conference this August in Boston. This event will feature leading experts who will focus on the critical issues involved in the design, construction, and implementation of successful Intranets.

WHO:

All Intranet/Extranet beat reporters; IT and business press

WHERE:

Hynes Convention Center - Boston, MA

WHEN:

August 12-14, 1997

WHY:

Featured presentations include:

• "Browser/Server Computing: From dBase to Java," DCI
• "Ins and Outs of ActiveX," Microsoft Corporation
• "Intranet Return on Investments," IDG
• "Spinning the Data Web," SunSoft, Inc.
• "Network Computers: The Myth and Reality," Giga Information Group
• "Architecting, Building and Deploying Net+Web+C/S Apps," Logility
• "Profits Through Internet Commerce," InterWorld Technology Ventures, Inc.
• "Competitive Advantages Through Intranets," Knowledgies
• "Staffing & Organizing for the Intranet," Foote & Associates
• "Document Management on the Internet," Doculabs
• "C/S Application Development and Deployment," Bluestone, Inc.
• "Web Developer’s Roadmap," InfoArchitects, Inc.
• "Developing Next-Generation Internet C/S Apps," Forte Software, Inc.
• "When Is an Extranet Right?", Encore Consulting Group, Inc.
• "Java Wars," Asymetrix Corporation
• "Reengineering Traditional Intranet Apps," Texas Commerce Bank

A panel presentation titled "Intranet Webs: Design, Deployment and Management," will be moderated by Shaku Atre, President, Atre, Inc. Also, a special all-day session including "Overview of Architectures and Tools" and the "Tools Comparison Workshop" will be presented by Dave Linthicum, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young LLP.