Up from the computer underground

Article Abstract:

The Interop internetworking trade show, now taking place in San Francisco, CA, has outgrown its countercultural techie origins to become the annual meeting ground for corporate executives plotting the coming telecommunications revolution. An unemployed Daniel C. Lynch, now 52, started Interop as a 300-person, one-time workshop run by pony-tailed volunteers in 1986, in hopes of finding a job as marketing vice president with one of the represented companies. No offers were forthcoming but one attendee called Lynch's bluff on the final day, counseling him to give himself a job as chairman of an annual conference focusing on the global Internet network of networks. Lynch used his MasterCard, Visa and a $50,000 loan to do just that, and has seen attendance double every year since, reaching 65,000 in 1993. Ziff-Davis Corp bought Interop from Lynch in 1991, but retains him as chairman. Ziff will fold the rival Network World show into Interop in 1994, when it will move to Las Vegas, NV, having grown too large for San Francisco.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, History, Exhibitions, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., Trade shows, Computer history, 1993 AD, Entrepreneur, Trade Show, Careers, History of Computing, NetWorld+Interop, Internetworking, Internet, InterOp, Lynch, Daniel C.

---

New cellular phones raise a national security debate

Article Abstract:

A group of cellular telephone equipment manufacturers and service providers is trying to set standards for future telecommunications phones and computers, but privacy rights issues are stirring a debate with the US Defense Department's National Security Agency (NSA). In order to prevent illegal eavesdropping of cellular phones, manufacturers often include encryption and scrambling codes in the equipment. The NSA opposes the most difficult codes because it does not want to see such security systems used in foreign nations. The maximum level of protection has already been ruled out by the standards-setting committee due to pressure from the NSA. Many privacy rights advocates believe the NSA is weakening the technological advances that the industry could develop. Officials of the NSA who have been observing the meetings said they are only interested in ensuring that government equipment is compatible with future cellular phones.

Safety and security measures, Laws, regulations and rules, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Standard, Standardization, Privacy, United States. National Security Agency, Government Agency, Security, Telephones, Cellular Radio

---

I.B.M. official moving to Northern Telecom

Article Abstract:

Edward E. Lucente has been appointed a senior vice president for marketing and a member of the executive office of the Canadian telecommunications company Northern Telecom Inc. He has previously held a number of posts at IBM, including corporate vice president, president of the World Trade Asia Corporation unit, and head of the United States marketing division. He is also responsible for many of the cost-cutting strategies and work force reductions that have occurred at IBM since the middle of 1988.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Telecommunications, Executive, Promotion of Employee, New Appointment, Northern Telecom Inc., Lucente, Edward

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Quebec store chain to buy Ontario rival. Sears results raise questions about strategy
• Abstracts: British sell computer to U.S. lab; move by Livermore raises security issue. Appliances need genius more than labs do
• Abstracts: A.T.&T. raises bid for NCR; computer maker will study offer of $110 a share in stock. A.T.&T. deal with NCR may be close; computer maker gives conditional acceptance to $110-a-share offer
• Abstracts: Denser, faster, cheaper: the microchip in the 21st century; the exponential growth of transistor capacity will continue to have a huge impact
• Abstracts: Do you really need a computer? Some bumps in the road for Intel's fast new chip. Wise electronic giving

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.