Tech Events October

October 5-6, 2005
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
London, UK

Fifty four percent of CIOs agree that open source will be their dominant platform in five years or less. LinuxWorld enables you to present applications on both Open Source and proprietary platforms. 5,000 vistors are expected

http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/

October 11-12, 2005
Intel Developer Forum (IDF)
Moscow, Russia

Future Technology Spoken Here
Intel hosts the Intel Developer Forum in multiple locations around the world to serve technology and business communities. Each forum is tailored to provide insights into Intel's future technology directions and region-specific technical content.

http://www.intel.com/idf/

October 13, 2005
Balancing Paid & Organic Search Listings
Online

If you get plenty of "free" listings, there's no need to go the paid route, right? Wrong - what happens if a change in how search engines rank pages leaves you out of the top results? Well, if you buy your way in, there is no need to worry about the free results. Wrong again. Why not gain free traffic if you're relevant?
This Jupiter Webinar explores why and how you need to achieve a balance between free and paid campaigns.
Attend this Webinar and learn:
Why it's important -- and profitable -- to have top listings in both paid and free results.
The different strategies for optimizing paid vs. free listings.
How to find a balance between providing searchers with information and a sales pitch.

http://www.iprospect.com/

October 13, 2005
INTERFACE Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, USA

It’s critical to stay current with the technology that runs your organization and secures your operational infrastructure. INTERFACE addresses these IT issues through informative, non-sales oriented, educational seminars customized to the specific needs of the local business community. Using case studies and best practice examples, these vendor-presented sessions offer you the solutions needed to address your technology challenges and achieve your organizational goals.

http://www.f2fevents.com/event_schedule.htm

October 17-18, 2005
Black Hat Japan 2005
Tokyo, Japan

Architecture Flaws in Common Security Tools
Look at your new device! It has a great case, plenty of buttons, and those blue LEDs - wow! But when you strip away the trappings of modern artistic design, what does it really do and how does it help you sleep at night? Perhaps most importantly, what do hackers know about this new toy that you do not? Would you be surprised to know that simple TCP fragmentation can evade most security products in the world? What would you think if you learned that a hacker can apply simple, normally accepted encoding schemes to launch attacks right through most security tools? Come and see what hackers know. If you rely on these products to keep you safe, you can't afford not to.

http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-japan-05/bh-jp-05-en-index.html

October 17-20, 2005
The 2005 O'Reilly European Open Source Convention
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The 2005 O'Reilly European Open Source Convention brings together diverse projects and communities from across the continent and around the world to address the changes and challenges unique to the European computing community. Convention participants will explore the remarkable range of open source technology and business innovations, from AJAX, Ruby on Rails, and Plone to open source stacks and IT best practices for open source adoption, integration, and deployment.
EuroOSCON targets the specific needs of European developers, programmers, strategists, entrepreneurs, and technologists, helping them to deliver the benefits of open source technology to their companies and organizations. Tutorials, sessions, panel discussions, and on-stage conversations focus on all aspects of building applications, services, and systems with an emphasis on practical skills.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/eurooscon/

October 18-20, 2005
ISPCON
Santa Clara, USA

As an ISP or WISP, you have a profoundly deep, rich resource available to immerse yourself in twice a year called ISPCON. With the generous support of our advisory board, ISPCON identifies and breaks down the most critical issues and opportunities that are currently facing wired and wireless ISPs.

http://ispcon.com/fall2005/default.asp

October 19-20, 2005
Search Engine Strategies
Stockholm, Sweden

Search is the hottest topic in marketing. Period. Organized by Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch.com and President, Searchwise, only Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo 2005 gives you the actionable information you need to grow your business through search engine marketing.

http://www.jupiterevents.com/sew/sweden05/index.html

October 19-21
The 2005 Internet Measurement Conference (IMC 2005)
Berkeley, USA

IMC is the annual conference where the Internet measurement community meets, and has become the premier conference in the field with an emphasis on how to collect or analyze Internet measurements, or give insight into how the Internet behaves.

http://www.usenix.org/events/imc05/

October 19-22, 2005
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WWW/INTERNET 2005 Lisbon, Portugal

The IADIS WWW/Internet 2005 Conference aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet. WWW and Internet had a huge development in recent years. Aspects of concern are no longer just technical anymore but other aspects have aroused. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as non-technological issues related to these developments.

http://www.iadis.org/icwi2005