Contact: Lisa Reyes<br>
Phone: 1+312+559+3325<br>
E-Mail: <a href="mailto:lreyes@iec.org">lreyes@iec.org</a>
CHICAGO November 29, 2005 The International Engineering Consortium
(IEC) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
announced their continued partnership to bring EntNet to the
first-ever Broadband World Forum Americas 2006, last night in a
signing ceremony during the 2005 IEEE Globecom conference in
St. Louis, Missouri.
Providing enterprise practitioners, business owners, researchers,
designers, developers, integrators, and technical leaders with
solutions to the latest in communications technology, the IEC and
IEEE's EntNet will focus on enterprise network requirements and
technology evolutions.
IEC Senior Director John Janowiak commented on the continued
relationship: The International Engineering Consortium has enjoyed
a long and productive relationship with the IEEE. Both organizations
strive to serve the industry's continuing education needs through
quality programs such as EntNet.
The educational program will reveal details on cutting-edge technology
important to enterprise, such as implementing IMS, wireless
communication, real-time enterprise challenges, enterprise Web
services, advanced VoIP technologies, quadruple play, interoperability
and integration of enterprise networks and services, and more.
The IEEE;s Dr. Shri Goyal, director of meetings and conferences,
added, "The unique IEEE ComSoc and IEC partnership facilitates
serving both the technical and practitioner community, utilizing the
technological innovations for business applications and pitching it to
business leaders. Our successful collaboration on the Enterprise
Networking and Services Conference, EntNet, is a testimonial to this
win-win strategy. We look forward to continued success!"
Through each of its sessions, EntNet will show businesses how to cut
operations costs, increase profit margin, gain in employee
productivity, and increase efficiency in information and
communications efforts.
For EntNet's sixth year in existence, previously at SUPERCOMM, the IEC
and the IEEE have once again teamed up to bring visionaries, vendors,
practitioners, and technology experts to one symposium. The continued
relationship allows EntNet to return for industry professionals at the
first-ever 2006 Broadband World Forum Americas, which will provide
networking opportunities and present services issues and solutions.
The business- and technology-oriented panels, workshops, and tutorials
fulfill the IEC and IEEE's commitment to education and progress in
technology and business.
For more information, please visit http://www.iec.org or contact Lisa
Reyes at +1-312-559-3325 or lreyes@iec.org
About Broadband World Forum Americas
The first-ever Broadband World Forum Americas debuts September
11-14, 2006 at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre in
Vancouver, British Columbia. With TELUS as the official sponsor, the
event completes the Broadband Series, which includes Broadband World
Forum Europe (the 2005 Madrid event drew nearly 6,000 industry
professionals to register) and Broadband World Forum Asia.
For more information, please visit
http://www.iec.org/events/2006/bbwf_americas/
About the IEC
The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to catalyzing technology and business progress
worldwide in a range of high-technology industries and their
university communities. Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality
educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics, and
students. In conjunction with industry-leading companies, the IEC has
developed an extensive, free on-line educational program. The IEC
conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on
curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications,
conferences, and technological exhibits that address major
opportunities and challenges of the information age. More than 70
leading high-technology universities are IEC affiliates, and the IEC
handles the affairs of the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department Heads Association and Eta Kappa Nu, the honor society for
electrical and computer engineers. The IEC also manages the activities
of the Enterprise Communications Consortium. For more information,
http://www.iec.org
About the IEEE:
The IEEE (I-triple-E) is a nonprofit, technical professional
association of more than 365,000 individual members in approximately
150 countries. The full name is the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc., although the organization is most
popularly known and referred to by the letters I-E-E-E. Through its
members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging
from computer engineering, biomedical technology, and
telecommunications to electric power, aerospace engineering, and
consumer electronics, among others. The IEEE promotes the engineering
process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying
knowledge about electro and information technologies and sciences for
the benefit of humanity and the profession. For more information,
please visit http://www.ieee.org
Lisa Reyes (lreyes@iec.org)