May 16, 2006 : ISPCON Spring 2006 Kicks Off


📅 - Internet services industry conference ISPCON (ispcon.com) Spring 2006 kicked off on Tuesay, drawing in hundreds of representatives from the Web hosting, ISP and broadband industries. The 3-day event runs through to Thursday, May 18 and is taking place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland.


As with recent ISPCON events, the amount of hosting-related information and exhibitors was greater at this event than at previous events, reflecting hosting's solid status as a key Internet service.

Among the sessions held Tuesday were presentations on dedicated and VPS hosting strategies, hosting reliable and profitable exchange services, exploiting the boom in managed security services, VoIP strategies that work, and wireless ISP success stories.

In the keynote address entitled "Muni Networks: Partnering for Affordable Broadband," Earthlink's Donald B. Berryman and Motorola networks' Raghu Rau discussed how the ISP industry can help drive and advance the use of wireless networks, strong partnerships and affordable broadband.

The exhibitor's hall, which opened Tuesday afternoon, featured a range of representatives, from newcomers to some of the industrys's top players, including HostMySite, AT&T, GeoTrust, Hostopia, PEER 1, Motorola, Top Layer, Sendmail, Coyote Point Systems, and GlobalNet.

ISPCON Spring 2006 continues Wednesday and will include keynote address entitled "Neutrality Reality" from Insen's David Isenberg.

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