| Program
| Date
of show: Thursday, September 27th, 2007 |
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| Showfloor
Open:
9:30am—6pm Eastern/6:30am—5pm
Pacific
Presentations:
10am—5pm Eastern/7am—2pm Pacific
Note: Exact times for the presentations below
are subject to change.
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11:00 - 11:45 ET
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Build Your Business Mobility Strategy
Whether your small- or medium-sized business has employees
on the go all of the time or some of the time, there
are numerous ways to empower them with technology.
Portable computers, mobile e-mail solutions, smart
phones, PDAs, on-demand applications and many other
solutions can increase mobile efficiency. This 45-minute,
interactive webcast will present several specific
recipes for cutting-edge mobile business technology
deployments.
Speakers:
Dave Mathews, Idea Works — also known as "The Gadget Guy"
Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies
Bret Berg, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Mobile Products at Samsung
Moderated by Lance Ulanoff, Editor-in-Chief
PC Magazine
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12:00
-12:45 ET
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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Gerry Purdy
J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. is the VP and Chief Analyst
with the Frost & Sullivan North American Information
& Communication Technologies Practice. As a nationally
recognized industry authority, he focuses on monitoring
and analyzing emerging trends, technologies and market
behavior in the mobile computing and wireless data
communications industry in North America.
Since joining Frost & Sullivan in 2006, Dr. Purdy
is specializing in mobile and wireless devices, wireless
data communications and connection to the infrastructure
that powers the data in the wireless handheld. He
is author of the Inside Mobile & Wireless newsletter,
which provides industry insights and goes to over
100,000 people a month.
Prior to this, Dr. Purdy was Principal Analyst at
MobileTrax. He also spent five years as a Venture
Advisor for Diamondhead Ventures in Menlo Park where
he identified, attracted and recommended investments
in emerging companies in the mobile and wireless sectors.
Often quoted, his ideas and opinions are followed
closely by thought leaders in the mobile & wireless
industry.
Moderated by Sebastian Rupley, Editorial
Director, PCMagCast
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2:00
- 2:45 ET
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Pocket Portability: Pick the Best Totable
Devices for Productivity
Cell phones, personal digital assistants, portable GPS
systems, and other pocketable gadgets have taken on
many unprecedented features in the past year. From ubiquitous
online connectivity through new, high-speed wireless
data solutions to new forms of fixed and removable storage,
to Wi-Fi and VoIP features within phones, it pays to
keep track of the cutting-edge tools you can carry.
Let PCMagCast take you on a 45-minute, interactive tour
of the best totables, services and portable features
for your business, featuring experts from PC Magazine’s
mobility testing labs, and leaders from mobile technology
firms.
Speakers:
Jamie Lendino, Editor, Smart Device Central
Ben Gibson, Director, Wireless and Mobility Marketing, Cisco Systems
Peter Thornycroft, Voice Technology Analyst, Aruba Networks
David Shoemaker, VP of Engineering and Operations, Alereon
Moderated by Sebastian Rupley, Editorial Director, PCMagCast |
3:00
- 3:45 ET
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Small Business Solutions: Smart Security for Notebooks
Small businesses are increasingly becoming mobile – with notebook usage up 23% or more. We also know that small businesses are concerned about data and system security. Our research consistently identifies security issues as a top business and technology concern across all small business customers. The crossing of these two issues is the subject of this webcast. Learn more about what's available and how to address mobile security issues.
Speakers:
Ramon Ray, Editor, Smallbiztechnology.com
Ed Cline, Dell Technology Specialist, Mobile Computing
Moderated by Frank Derfler, VP, Ziff Davis Market Experts |
4:00
- 4:45 ET
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Boost Your Bottom Line with On-Demand Applications
Road warriors at small- and medium-sized businesses
are using increasing numbers of on-demand applications.
Typically residing on the Web, on-demand applications
facilitate everything from keeping sales teams organized
to online meetings. Many businesses are even taking
advantage of cutting-edge new ways to do free videoconferencing
online on an on-demand basis. In this 45-minute, free
interactive webcast experts from PC Magazine and leaders
from top on-demand application companies will show you
how to optimize on-demand solutions for any kind of
business.
Speakers:
Pat Smith, Vice President of Product Marketing for Vettro
John Jefferies, Vice President of Product Marketing for RedCannon
Moderated by Sebastian Rupley, Editorial
Director, PCMagCast |
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 PCMagCast's
August 2006 "Security & Mobility Tradeshow"
won the Gold Award for Best Online Event at the 2007
FOLIO: Awards for Magazine Events.
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