INDUSTRY NEWS
Pressure Mounts for Greener IT
374 Million PCs will be consigned to landfill sites or stored in next five years. MORE

Rebates for New Energy Efficient Server Technology
First of its kind program offers financial incentives for virtualization projects in data centers. MORE

America’s Internet Disconnect
America’s record in expanding broadband communication is so poor that it should be viewed as an outrage by every consumer and businessperson in the country. MORE

Data Center Budgets Face Radical Changes
Consortium head says facilities costs are surpassing the price of hardware. MORE

Video-Hungry Users Could Push Net to Brink
Soaring demand for games, video and music will stretch the Internet to its limits. MORE

Bezos: Amazon Web Services Will Be ‘Meaningful Business’
Amazon CEO defends the retailer’s foray into hosted computing services at Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. MORE



SIDE TRAQS
Goodbye Quarterly Reports?
Six financial heavyweights call for companies to overhaul financial reporting to make it more suited to the Internet age. MORE

Ten people create 80 per cent of spam
TEN WELL AIMED silver bullets would take care of 80 per cent of the world’s spam, according to the anti-spam organization Spamhause. MORE

Why IBM’s Patent Suit against Amazon
Could Be Bad News for the Entire Web
If a patent infringement suit filed by IBM against Amazon.com holds up in court, Big Blue may have finally found a way to collar the Web (or most of it). MORE

Another Stupid Application for Google Maps...
Are you concerned about where you arrive if you dig a very deep straight hole through the Earth? Your problems are solved! MORE



EVENTS CALENDAR
NOVEMBER
FT World Communications Conference 2006 — The conference will explore the strategies and innovations being deployed by the industry to generate much needed revenues, and ultimately profits, over the next five years. We will also be examining how enterprise is adapting to an all IP environment. Is the communications industry deploying a radical enough shift in its strategic market approach in order to survive?
November 21–22, 2006 | Dorchester, England MORE

SATCON — the Satellite and Content Delivery Conference & Expo — features applications for satellite, content delivery and communications including video, voice, data and internet over satellite, fiber and hybrid networks.
November 29–30, 2006 | New York, New York MORE



DECEMBER
ISS World Fall 2006 — The Intelligence Support Systems for Lawful Interception, Investigative Analysis and Network Security Conference and Expo is the world’s largest gathering of telecommunications service providers, government intercept policy makers, law enforcement agents, investigative analysts, prosecutors and vendors addressing lawful interception issues and solutions.
December 4–6, 2006 | Washington, DC MORE

ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006 — Bringing the world's leading ICT companies, decision-makers, organizations and governments together, WORLD features a major Exhibition, a high-level Forum and numerous opportunities for meeting, discussing, networking and getting business done.
December 4–8, 2006 | Hong Kong MORE



JANUARY
ChinaTel Summit & VC Forum 2007 — The ChinaTel Summit will highlight the following markets and technologies in China: Telecom Policy and Regulations, 2G and 3G Mobile, IPTV, VoIP, xDSL, FTTH (Fiber to the Home), Cable Access, Ethernet, WiMAX, WLAN and Fixed Wireless. The event offers the best opportunities to network and exchange views on future business development strategies in the rapidly expanding telecom and ICT markets in China.
Jan 13–14, 2007 | Honolulu, Hawaii MORE

2007 BICSI Winter Conference — CSI conferences and workshops draw a diverse group of decision-makers from across the country and around the world who are actively seeking the latest solutions available in the market today. If you believe education and training are important for you to broaden your skills, earn new clients and prosper in your business, the BICSI Winter Conference is one event you will want to attend.
Jan 22–25, 2007 | Kissimmee, Florida MORE

FEBRUARY
SATELLITE 2007 is the world’s largest satellite conference and exhibition highlighting key, successful business strategies being employed by forward-positioned satellite companies. The event spotlights new and emerging profit-making opportunities in the hot government services marketplace, broadcasting, direct to consumer, enterprise services sector and key regional satellite growth markets.
Feb 19–22, 2007 | Washington DC Convention Center MORE

EXPO COMM MEXICO 2007 — The 16th international Telecommunications, wireless and networking technology exhibition
and conference for Mexico and Central America.
Feb 27–March 2, 2007 | Mexico City, Mexico MORE