an awfully quiet thread. any Interex board members care to comment?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:58 PM
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> Subject: OT: Interex? What's Interex?
>
>
> It appears that HP didn't even bother to wait for Interex to
> take the vote
> that would allow it to commit suicide willingly, and in the
> process become just
> another HP promotional mechanism. The following announcement
> appeared on the
> BusinessWire this afternoon (If you're unaware of the
> BusinessWire, it's an
> organization designed to allow corporations to put public
> relations announcements
> out to the world in the form of thinly-disguised news items):
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
> ========================================
>
> Updated: 03:09 PM EDT
> HP to Host Unified Technical Users Conference in 2005 as Showcase for
> Adaptive Enterprise Strategy
>
> PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--07/28/2004-- Conference
> Attendees from
> Across HP's Customer Base to Benefit from Training and
> Education Certified by HP
>
> HP (NYSE:HPQ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced plans for a new
> technical users
> conference in September 2005 to be led by HP.
>
> HP also reaffirmed its strong support as the Premier Sponsor
> of HP World 2004
> in Chicago and David Parsons, vice president, enterprise
> segment marketing -
> Americas, Customer Solutions Group, was named the executive
> sponsor of the
> Encompass and Interex user groups. HP World 2004 runs Aug. 16 - 20.
>
> For the first time, the 2005 conference will unite the
> education and training
> across HP's broad base of user groups - systems integrators,
> value-added
> resellers, independent software vendors, HP Certified
> Professionals and partners -
> alongside HP's technical presales teams. The conference will instruct
> technical users in the Americas in how to help companies
> synchronize business and
> information technology (IT) in order to embrace change,
> accelerating the journey
> toward becoming Adaptive Enterprises.
>
> "Creating a brand new technical users conference hosted by HP
> is a natural
> evolution of our strategy to provide one 'face' to our
> customers," said Parsons.
> "Most of our users have multiple HP solutions running in their IT
> environments. By coalescing the various HP user events under
> one roof, we can provide
> training direct from HP that goes beyond any single
> technology area to reflect
> the real-world data centers of our customers."
>
> In planning for the 2005 event, HP is reaching out to all of
> its major user
> groups to participate. Encompass has already pledged its
> collaboration on the
> 2005 event, and discussions are still in progress between HP
> and the other user
> groups.
>
> "We are looking forward to HP World next month in Chicago and
> are excited to
> support HP in its plans for a new technical event in 2005,"
> said Kristi
> Browder, president, Encompass. "User-focused, quality content
> remains our highest
> priority. We confidently anticipate that Encompass members
> will continue to
> benefit from a dynamic user community and quality networking
> opportunities at next
> year's event and beyond."
>
> HP plans to provide further information on the 2005 technical
> user conference
> location and date in the coming weeks.
>
> About HP
>
> HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and
> institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT
> infrastructure, personal
> computing and access devices, global services and imaging and
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> fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2004, HP revenue totaled
> $76.8 billion. More
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>
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>
> (C) 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The
> information contained
> herein is subject to change without notice. HP shall not be liable for
> technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
>
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