In the high-tech industry, "there's nothing as constant as change," says tech event veteran Debbie Williams, CMP, who, in keeping with the truism, walked away from an 11-year career at Microsoft Corp. on June 1. On June 2, she hung out her own...

Two years ago, Microsoft had high expectations for the unveiling of its groupware program at Austin's convention center. Its executives wanted multiple PCs in each of the 29 meeting rooms and 70 servers to handle e-mail--230 computers in all...

Using a live Internet connection, you demonstrate your company's new software in the hotel ballroom then, laptop in tow, head to the hotel restaurant to grab a quick bite and check your e-mail. Then, logging on again, you visit your site at a...

Write About Us? I am with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, producer/manager of about 20 expositions and more than 400 conferences and clinics annually. One of these larger events focuses on information technologies that impact the...

With Internet commerce escalating at warp speed, states and localities are eyeing e-transactions as possible sources of tax revenue--not good news for event planners. If you're selling tapes of seminar sessions, exhibit booth space, or other...

In the thriving provincial capital of Upper Austria, Design Center Linz (www.design-center-linz.com) is distinguished on the outside by a sleek, curving roof of steel and glass. Inside, the ultra-modern, high-tech environment is a flexible...

If you're bringing meeting attendees in from Europe for a conference in Florida, the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Area Convention & Visitors Bureau offers a nice touch: An electronic press kit in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish...

Judging IT companies' by their salaries, benefits, training, workplace opportunities, and flexibility, Computerworld, the Framingham, Mass.-based news weekly, ranked the best places to work in the information systems field. We hope your company is...

Tech Upgrades * The Doubletree Hotel North Shore Executive Meeting Center (EMC), 12 miles from downtown Chicago in Skokie, Ill., is now a member of the International Association of Conference Centers. The announcement follows a $5.5 million...

"Old shows are going to die. New shows are going to come. And there's a change of guard in the event business as well. We are going to see private marketing events become dominant in our business," said Robert Singer, Intel Corp.'s manager...